JEM's Fashion Connection
From the designers who worked on the fashions.
(names are excluded for their privacy) |
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| This may be subject to change, some information is based on memories of other designers and not necessarily information from the specific designers themselves. I will update and change information as I receive clarification. |
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| much much more to come... |
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| Girls'
Hard - In-house Designer (Design Director) |
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Jem/Jerrica™
4000 |
4005 The Holograms™
Shana™, Kimber™, & Aja™
4203, 4202, & 4201/4005 Asst. |
4010 The Misfits™
Stormer™, Pizzazz™, & Roxy™
4205 42054 & 4206/4010 Asst. |
Glitter'n Gold™ Jem/Jerrica™
4001
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designed |
designed |
co-design? Glitter'n Gold Jem/Jerrica |
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designed |
designed/Raya, except face make-up |
designed |
Rock'n
Curl™ Jem™
4002 |
Flash'n Sizzle™ Jem/Jerrica™
4003 |
4005 (4006?) The Holograms™
Raya™, Video™, & Danse™
4210, 4209, & 4208/4005 Asst. |
Regine™
????/4005 Asst. |
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A high end red dress -- name reused after being a code name for Glitter'n Gold Jem? |
designed
(unconformed)
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co-design? |
co-design? |
designed |
Rockin' Romance™ Jem®
4004 |
Basic Hollywood Jem™
???? (4008?) |
Scented Hollywood Jem™
4009 |
Ruby Red™ Jem®(?)
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designed |
designed |
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Riot™ of the Stingers™
????/4012 Asst. |
Rapture™ of the Stingers™
????/4012 Asst. |
Minx™ of the Stingers™
????/4012 Asst. |
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| Girls'
Hard - In-house Designer |
was known for painting the face screens.
also worked on 1st year MoonDreamers, Maxie, and then moved to the UK to work on Sindy after Maxie was over
(continues
to put her mark on toy industry to this day) |
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started design |
designed |
designed
(unconformed) |
Rio™
4015 |
Synergy™
4020 |
4010 (4011?) The Misfits™
Jetta™ & Clash™
4214 & 4207/4010 Asst. |
4025
The Starlight Girls™
Krissie™, Banee™ & Ahsley™
4212, 4213, & 4211/4025 Asst. |
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designed
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designed |
co-design? |
co-design? |
American Beauty™ Jem®
4007 |
Astral™
????/4005 Asst. |
"Red Dress" Pizzazz
4010 Asst. |
Graphix
4010 Asst. |
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Riot™ of the Stingers™
????/4012 Asst. |
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| Girls'
Hard - In-house Designer |
designer
for both 2nd and 3rd year Jem, along 2nd year Moondreamers
(continues
to put her mark on toy industry to this day) |
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(designed with a neckpiece,
bowler hat, hat box and food dish as additional accessories)
check out Rama Llama on JEM
Deco Guide page |
| re-designed |
finished design |
designed |
The "New Look" Holograms®
Kimber™, Aja™, & Shana™
4202, 4201 & 4203/4005 Asst. |
Synergy™
4020 |
Rama
Llama™
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1988 Jem/Jerrica Redo
her 2018 sketches based on her designs |
Wedding Kimber & Male
(image
borrowed from
Judith Nelson online portfolio) |
| She also designed the face pant for Raya and Rockin' Romance ("scented" Hollywood Jem,?) the "Star of Fame" star for "basic" Hollywood Jem and the portfolio for Paris (Regine). She also designed a Jem make-up head, but it was killed at the first presentation. |
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| Girls'
Soft/Girl's Hard - In-house Designer ( Design
Assistant) |
Strongest
in small scale sewing.
Started as a freelance artist working on Jem, but then became an in-house designer. Worked mostly on other lines, but did work on a lot of the fashions for the 1988 included Smashin' Fashions. Went on to design me dolls for Maxie. |
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co-design? |
co-design? |
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"Red Dress" Pizzazz
4010 Asst. |
Graphix
4010 Asst. |
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| Girls'
Soft - In-house Designer (Design Director) |
least
amount of fashion experience -- most amount of influence
(worked on many toylines, including
Star Trek, as a freelance toy designer and built a pet
accessories company) |
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The Rock'n Curl Jem fashion is the only doll fashion not designed by Girls' Hard (the doll deparment.) |
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designed/prototyped |
designed/prototyped |
Rock ‘N Curl™ JEM®
4002 |
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"Friend
Or Stranger"™
4224/4040 |
"Come
On In"™
4225/4040 |
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designed?/prototyped |
designed |
designed/prototyped |
"There's
A Melody Playing"™
4226/4040 |
"Love's
Not Easy"™
4228/4040 |
"Set
Your Sails"™
4229/4040 |
"Gimme,
Gimme, Gimme"™
4256/4050 |
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designed/prototyped |
designed/prototyped |
co-designed |
"You
Can't Catch Me"™
4257/4050 |
"Congratulation"™
4273/4051 |
"Universal
Appeal"™
4274/405 |
"It
Takes A Lot"™
4275/4051 |
| prototyped: "How You Play
The Game"™ 4227/4040, "Running
Like The Wind"™ 4241/4045, "We
Can Change It"™ 4242/4045, "Broadway
Magic"™ 4243/4045, "She
Makes An Impression"™ 4244/4045, "Lightnin'
Strikes"™ 4245/4045, "You Gotta Be Fast"™ 4259/4050 & "Designing Woman"™ 4261/4050 |
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| co-designed/prototyped |
designed/prototyped |
designed/prototyped |
designed |
| "Purple
Haze"™ 4282/4055 |
"Gold
Rush"™
4284/4055 |
"Star
Struck Guitar"™ 4299/4060 |
"Rhythm
& Flash"™ 4301/4060 |
| prototyped: "Rock'n
Roses"™ 4296/4060, "Electric
Chords"™ 4300/4060, and may have prototyped "24
Carat Sound"™ 4298/4060 |
| She designed
the boots and all the "Music Is Magic" instruments |
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| Girls'
Soft - In-house Designer (Industrial
Designer) - Carleigh Hoff |
Carleigh
is best known for putting the "magic" in Jem
-- also designed the unproduced "Mardi Gras"
masks and fashions Started as a freelance artist working on Jem, but then because an in-house designer.
RIP
(August 5, 1950 to November 5, 2005) |
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designed/prototyped |
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co-designed/prototyped |
| "Midnight
Magic"™ 4283/4055 |
"Moroccan
Magic"™ 4285/4055 |
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"It
Takes A Lot"™
4275/4051 |
She was involved
in color coordinating the "Matching Medley™"
assortments
I believe she said she prototyped the Starlight Girls
and maybe even the Stingers |
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| Girls'
Soft - In-house Designer |
| she mostly prototyped fashions including the boxed doll fashions from Girls' Hard -- this may be her only fashion |
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prototyped: "Let
The Music Play"™ 4252/4050, "Just
Misbehavin'"™ 4254/4050, and probably most of the 1986 fashions, and "Putting
It All Together"™ 4240/4045 |
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"Fire
& Ice"™
4281/4055 |
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| Freelance
Designer * |
She was brought
on board by a Marketing VP -- real fashion experience
(designed
wedding dress and best know for sewing patterns, including
patterns for dolls,
more recently know for her interior design) |
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She probably designed a lot of 1986 fashions. |
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designed |
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"Let
The Music Play"™
4252/4050 |
"Just
Misbehavin'"™
4254/4050 |
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"How
You Play The Game"™
4227/4040 |
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designed |
designed |
designed |
"Putting
It All Together"™
4240/4045 |
"Running
Like The Wind"™
4241/4045 |
"We
Can Change It"™
4242/4045 |
"Broadway
Magic"™ 4243/4045 |
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designed |
designed |
designed |
| "She
Makes An Impression"™ 4244/4045 |
"Lightnin'
Strikes"™
4245/4045 |
"We're
off and Running"™
4258/4050 |
"You
Gotta Be Fast"™
4259/4050 |
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designed |
co-designed |
designed
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"There
Ain't Nobody Better"™
4260/4050 |
"Designing
Woman"™
4261/4050 |
"Purple
Haze"™ 4282/4055 |
"Golden
Days, Diamond Nights"™4286/4055 |
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designed |
designed |
designed |
| "Rock'n
Roses"™ 4296/4060 |
"Splashes
of Sound"™
4297/4060 |
"24
Carat Sound"™ 4298/4060 |
"Electric
Chords"™ 4300/4060 |
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| Girls'
Soft - In-house Designer * |
| Strongest
in-house designer -- fashion background and still works for Hasbro |
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designed |
designed |
designed |
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"Matching
Medley™"
4066 |
"Matching
Medley™"
4067 |
"Matching
Medley™"
4068 |
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| * = credited
with the majority of design work on fashion and/or assortment |
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