https://americangirl.wiki/w/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Buster_Brown_Dress Buster Brown Dress - Revision history 2026-11-11T18:29:10Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.46.2 https://americangirl.wiki/w/index.php?title=Buster_Brown_Dress&diff=1581&oldid=prev MigrationBot: Imported latest exported content; source attribution retained. 2024-12-24T18:00:19Z <p>Imported latest exported content; source attribution retained.</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>[[File:SamSchooldress.jpg|thumb|350px|Buster Brown Dress, shown with [[Samantha&#039;s Shoes and Socks]].]]<br /> The &#039;&#039;&#039;Buster Brown Dress&#039;&#039;&#039; (also known as &#039;&#039;Samantha&#039;s School Dress&#039;&#039;) was introduced to [[Samantha&#039;s Collection]] in &#039;&#039;&#039;1986&#039;&#039;&#039; and [[Retirement|retired]] in &#039;&#039;&#039;2008&#039;&#039;&#039;. It is associated with the book &#039;&#039;[[Samantha Learns a Lesson]]&#039;&#039;. Retail cost was &#039;&#039;$20 &#039;&#039;and was later raised to &#039;&#039;$22.&#039;&#039;<br /> <br /> ==Dress==<br /> <br /> Grey flannel drop waisted dress. White high collar. Six white buttons in two rows on bodice. Black bow tie at neck. White cuffs. Pleated skirt. The front bodice and the hem of the skirt are topstitched in white. Velcros at sleeves and up back. <br /> <br /> ==Hair Bow==<br /> <br /> Black satin hair ribbon.<br /> {{Clr}}<br /> ==[[Dress Like Your Doll]]==<br /> [[File:SamanthaSchoolFlannelDress_girls.jpg|thumb|250px|left|School Flannel Dress.]]<br /> The matching outfit was available: <br /> <br /> * School Flannel Dress: &#039;&#039;$78&#039;&#039;<br /> * [[French Hairbows]]: (black) &#039;&#039;$15&#039;&#039; <br /> <br /> A [[American Girl Patterns|pattern]] was also available. The outfit was released in 1987 and phased out around 2000.<br /> {{clr}}<br /> ==Trivia==<br /> [[File:SamPrototype.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Samantha prototype sketch showing Buster-Brown style meet dress.]]<br /> * [[Wikipedia:Buster Brown|Buster Brown]] was a popular newspaper comic character of the era; the dress is intended to evoke his clothing style as drawn in the comics, where it was a boy&#039;s suit.<br /> * Images released in 2021 for the 35th anniversary revealed that Samantha&#039;s meet outfit at early stages had been designed to look like this outfit paired with high-button shoes. The sketch was drawn by [[Renée Graef]].&lt;ref&gt;[https://www.channel3000.com/madison-magazine/meet-madison-an-illustrator-s-tribute-to-pleasant-rowland/article_743753f6-ab63-11ef-b188-2743d3af86b3.html Meet Madison: An illustrator’s tribute to Pleasant Rowland], Renee Graef, &#039;&#039;Madison Magazine&#039;&#039;, 12/4/2024. Accessed 12/24/24.&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> {{clr}}<br /> ==References==<br /> <br /> {{Refs}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Samantha Parkington]]<br /> [[Category:Samantha&#039;s Collection]]<br /> [[Category:School Collections]]<br /> [[Category:School Outfits]]<br /> [[Category:Historical Outfits]]<br /> [[Category:Items Released in 1986]]<br /> [[Category:Retired Outfits]]<br /> <br /> ----<br /> &#039;&#039;This page incorporates text from [https://americangirl.fandom.com/wiki/Buster_Brown_Dress the source wiki] ([https://americangirl.fandom.com/index.php?oldid=123568 exported version], [https://americangirl.fandom.com/index.php?title=Buster+Brown+Dress&amp;action=history contributor history]), under [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ the original text license].&#039;&#039;<br /> </div> MigrationBot