For basic information on preemies and their outfits, jump here.
1984 – First Series of Preemie Clothes
1985 – B Series (This Post)
1987 – Preemie Mimic Series (707 – 716) (Future Post)
1988-89 – Random outfits in the 100’s (Future Post)
What’s with the code?
I am unsure what the B stands for. I theorize it indicates that this was the second series of outfits, but I have no proof of that. These outfits have a 500s number as they were produced in 1985. For more information on this, jump to: What are Clothing Tag Codes
Some of the codes were put on the tags with stickers. It may be they were reusing leftover tags from other outfits until the correct tags were available.
The Outfits
NOTE: These outfits do not have conventionally agreed-upon names. Therefore, the names used below were created by me purely for the sake of expediency to distinguish one from the other.
There are six B Series outfits, and they were made predominately by the SS factory. However, some are OK, and some are WS. All are Chinese factories.
I do not have enough information to propose ‘primary’ factories at this time; however, so far, outfits J and K appear to be primarily from the WS factory. Based on my research to date, it seems that letters A, B, C, and I were not manufactured. The highest letter I’ve found is K.
Almost all the BSeries outfits have the curved Cabbage Patch Kids applique on them. I have only seen one or two that did not !
Summary List
NOTE: These outfits do not have conventionally agreed-upon names. Therefore, the names used below were created by me purely for the sake of expediency to distinguish one from the other.
B503 – Fancy Hooded Blanket and Gown
B504 – Bubble Romper with Blouse
