CALIFORNIA DREAM TERESA

YEAR: 1987

PURCHASE CONDITION: Boxed

PURCHASE DATE: November 2025 

MOLD: Spanish

OUTFIT DETAILS: 1990 Jeans Weekend line. Shoes are from childhood. The pair that came with the outfit were weirdly light considering this is a neon denim line. Jewelry original.

NOTES: Another Spanish mold! This might be the lightest Teresa I own, which is odd, considering she's in a California-themed line. She's still tan, just not as tan as other Teresas I have or the previous Spanish mold dolls. She's got a super cute face. I love her. 

ISLAND FUN TERESA

YEAR: 1988

PURCHASE CONDITION: Boxed 

PURCHASE DATE: June 2023

MOLD: Spanish

OUTFIT DETAILS: 1982 Fashion Fun "Romantic Nights" #5712. This dress is interesting because it came in multiple shades of blue. I love this dark blue for Teresa. The shoes are part of my childhood collection.   

NOTES: Got this one shortly after Cool Times. I love her long black hair, but the quality of it right out of the box is not great. It's not the waxy vintage feel of earlier 80s dolls. It's just rough quality wavy hair. She's adorable though. 

COOL TIMES TERESA

YEAR: 1989

PURCHASE CONDITION: Boxed 

PURCHASE DATE: June 2023

MOLD: Spanish

OUTFIT DETAILS: Original 

NOTES: After finding those dolls in the toy store, I bought a couple vintage pieces on eBay. This Teresa is one of them. She sparked my love for the Spanish mold, though I only recently really started buying them. 

BARBIE AND THE ALL STARS TERESA

YEAR: 1989

PURCHASE CONDITION: Used 

PURCHASE DATE: 2023ish

MOLD: Steffie

OUTFIT DETAILS: 1984 Fashion Fun white lingerie. 

NOTES: Teresa is not in the best shape. Pretty sure her bangs had a little cut. But she's the hardest to find of the All Stars line and I was not leaving her in the store. I finally got her the childhood favorite lingerie set I had in mind for her.

 

Outfit mint on card. The condition of this was beautiful. I kept the package. 

Here she is in her original outfit. 

BENETTON TERESA

 

YEAR: 1990

PURCHASE CONDITION: Boxed 

PURCHASE DATE: August 2008

MOLD: Steffie

OUTFIT DETAILS: 1985 Astro fashions "Dazzling Dancer" #2743. I adore this outfit! It's very She-Ra meets superhero. I believe the whole outfit is being worn by Teresa, along with her original earrings and ring. 

NOTES: This is my favorite Teresa ever, though she might be nudged aside if I ever get Benetton Shopping. This one is stunning though. Gorgeous eyes and lips. Love her hair color. Always a sucker for the Steffie face. That's why she got one of my fave outfits. 

HOLLYWOOD HAIR TERESA

YEAR: 1992/1993 

PURCHASE CONDITION: Boxed

PURCHASE DATE: Childhood

MOLD: Teresa

OUTFIT DETAILS: 1989 Dance Club fashion #3566. Ah, old pleather. Sometimes it makes it, other times it does this. I cut the feet off the socks to make "legwarmers" that fit better. Mattel loved to make stockings and socks that those heels just could not fit over. Earrings and ring are original.

NOTES: This was my last Barbie purchase in what I consider my childhood collection. I thought this doll was gorgeous and she got played with a lot, hence the wildness of her hair. 

ALL AMERICAN TERESA

YEAR: 1990/1991

PURCHASE CONDITION: Boxed 

PURCHASE DATE: Childhood

MOLD: Steffie

OUTFIT DETAILS: This is 1989 Dance Club fashion #3569, missing only the orange vinyl purse. Her earrings are original. Not sure where the green ring came from. The original ring was an orange triangle.  

NOTES: I only had two Teresas as a kid and they were very different from each other. This one was the first. I was really into X-Men at the time and she was my Rogue. It's the big hair. Heh.