BSeries Preemie Outfits

The second, and fancier, line of Preemie clothing!

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)

A picture showing all 6 B series preemie outfits. All are on dolls except one.

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.

Picture of a cabbage patch preemie outfit tag from the BSeries where there was a sticker over top of the code.

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.

Picture of a spreadsheet that shows what outfits have been recorded for a specific BSeries outfit. It is an example of what the greyed out sections look like.
Example: The greyed-out lines are those that I do not believe had outfits manufactured.

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.

B501 – Velour Bunting Bag

B502 –  Fancy Hooded Gown

B503 – Fancy Hooded Blanket and Gown

B504 – Bubble Romper with Blouse

B505 – Teddy Bear PJ’s

B506 – Kitty PJ’s

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