MINT 1998 American Girl Birthday Outfit - 100% COMPLETE (Pleasant Company)
- Released: 1998 | Retired: 1999 (Available for only one year!)
- Era: Pre-Mattel / Pleasant Company
- Condition: Museum-grade, boutique-crisp "New Old Stock." Preserved in a climate-controlled, smoke-free, and pet-free environment for over 25 years.
📦 What is Included:
- The Jumper Dress (PC Tag): A calf-length, lightweight woven rayon jumper with spaghetti straps and a vibrant, deeply saturated all-over fruit print (orange halves, green pears, watermelon, and cherries). Features decorative front buttons, a full back Velcro closure, a soft fluid drape, and clean internal overlock surged seams.
- The T-Shirt (PC Tag): A heavy, dense interlock cotton knit white short-sleeved top. Features deep purple ribbed binding piping on the collar/sleeve seams and a crisp screen-printed chest graphic of a strawberry, watermelon slice, grapes, and pear.
- Plum Bike Shorts/Briefs (PC Tag ©1996): Ribbed plum shorts with a clean, stretchy elastic waist.
- Hand-Knotted Beaded Hair Wrap ("Made in Taiwan" Gold Sticker): A purple and pink hair elastic manually constructed with a complex cluster of faceted glass-look resin beads individually secured by pink cord knots. Elastic remains firm and stretchy.
- Purple Jelly Sandals (Gold Sticker on BOTH Soles): Pristine transparent purple jelly sandals, free from any vintage stickiness, cloudiness, or warping.
- Vintage Black Outfit Hanger: Original 90s injection-molded black plastic doll hanger explicitly featuring the vintage lavender stamped American Girl of Today star logo.
- Sheet of Mini Grin Pins: Pristine, unused sheet of miniature adhesive "Grin Pins". These tiny stick-on replicas feature iconic 90s graphics meant to customize the doll's clothing and remain flat, unpeeled, and perfectly preserved on their original paper backing card.
✨ Archival Environmental Status: All items originate directly from a strictly climate-controlled, smoke-free, pet-free, fragrance-free, and perfume-free private home environment. Every vintage textile, paper page, and antique component is entirely clean, pristine, and 100% free of ambient storage odors, chemical scents, or fabric softeners.
🔍 Hallmarks, Tags, & Authenticity Guarantee
This set features three matching pre-Mattel clothing tags, three gold factory stickers, and the original branded hardware, proving it is a rare, early-edition historical archive.
- Dress & T-Shirt: Matching white tags with crisp black lettering for Pleasant Company.
- Plum Shorts: White tag with crisp black lettering including © 1996 Pleasant Company.
- Accessories: Original gold factory stickers intact on the hair wrap cord and the soles of both sandals. Hanger features the period-accurate lavender brand stamp.
💼 Seller Terms & Shipping
- Provenance: Sourced from a single-owner, "Trunk Preserved" private collection. Every hallmark, neck stamp, and textile has been personally inspected.
- Shipping: Padded and securely packed with collector-grade care. The delicate hanger and mini grin pin sheet are individually protected to ensure they arrive flat and undamaged in the exact museum condition pictured.
- Policy: To protect the archival integrity of these 25+ year-old vintage items, all sales are final. Please review the high-resolution photos carefully. Feel free to send a message with any "curator questions" before purchasi