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Welcome to the next edition of our series Meet Blythe. The focus of this series is to highlight one special girl per post from the over 300 official stock releases throughout the years. We want you to meet Lounging Lovely!

Lounging Lovely in her stock outfit

^(Photo @ Danielleorama via Flickr)

Lounging Lovely was released in May of 2004 as the sixth SBL or Superior Blythe. She retailed for 10,290 JPY, or about $115 USD. She is one of a handful of releases that were designed around and named for an original Kenner fashion concept. This one was one of the Blythe's Boutique fashion packs offered by Palitoys in 1972.

Lounging Lovely redressed

^(Photo @ Dyatel Woody via Flickr)

Junko Wong elaborated on this idea from the 1970s by dreaming of a girl who was lying down on a sofa playing music while relaxing. She comes with a tiny record player and a mug for her favorite cozy beverage. This practice of expanding upon the original outfits to include complimentary accessories that told a little more story about the concept as Junko Wong imagined it began with Dottie Dot.

Lounging Lovely Reimagined

^(Photo @ grrrlie4 via flickr)

Lounging Lovely had all default eyechip colors in their default positions: Green (left), Blue (right), pink and orange. Her hair was a true black. She did not have any "special specifications," her pullring was the default skintone, she had unpainted nails, and her ears were not pierced.

Fun Resources:

An imagine of the original Palitoys Blythe's Boutique outfit that inspired the concept for Lounging Lovely - https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/blythe/images/f/f0/Llkenner.png

Photo Pool on Flickr - https://www.flickr.com/groups/blythe_lounginglovely/

Please join us on 10/07/26 when we will be featuring Casual Affair. If you're new to our community or just want to look back, be sure to check out our past entries in the series: https://www.reddit.com/r/blythe/search/?q=flair%3A%22Meet+Blythe%22&restrict_sr=on&include_over_18=on&sort=new&t=all

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