The reality of the Babs wardrobe left a lot to be desired. It was incredible how poorly the doll was made, and one only wonders, since the outfits were a dollar each and often copies of Barbie clothing while Barbie’s outfits were only two or three dollars, why most people did not opt for the finer quality of Barbie or other dolls. I imagine most did.

But Babs’ outfits were sassy, fast girl-named, and had the cheapest accessories possible moulded clumsily in injection moulds. A certain class and milieu of teenage girls must have loved this creature. She was hot stuff and because of this evident fact, the entire effect is an extremely important social message. The outfit names were dead giveaways which alluded to the golddigger, brassy tart look of the doll.

To name just a few, such as “Golden Charmer," “Beach Beauty," “Let’s Go Formal," “Date Bait," “Light of Love," “Rip Tide," ”Cummerbund Cutie," “Aint She Cute?," “FloraDora," “Sugar and Spice," “Peek-a-Boo," “Big Bertha," “Bare Midriff," “Puttin’ on the Ritz," “Female Fatale," “Blaze O’Glory” (Blaze O’Glory and Blaze Starr were famous strippers of the era!), and “Cream Puff” made her intentions quite clear. “Wedding Day," was incredibly vulgar yet described as “a rare and exquisite creation.”

All keeping with the hooker theme of the first Lilli doll, one supposes.

High fashion looks were described as haute mode which was not only an incorrect use of the French language but quite an inaccurate description of the rather tawdry mood of the overtly sexy clothing. Words like “daring," “tight-fitting," “filmy," “dainty," and “dreamy” were interspersed frequently in the over-zealous and self-approving snazzy text. There was also an omnipresent plastic orchid corsage which was placed with everything. You could expect to see it even with tennis and beach outfits! (only kidding, she wasn’t THAT grossly vulgar!)

Some of the outfits in Babs catalogue are identical to the original Lilli clothes from Germany, often in the exact same fabrics and colours. The patent leather-style belts were often the exact same ones, with identical buckles as the German-made ones as well. She well could go hitch-hiking from anywhere on the Autobahn to USA Route 66 in her shorty shorts, calypso blouse, chunky high heel pumps and vinyl hair lace.

Some of the Lilli dolls made in Hong Kong, with the moulded-on heels and asterisk earrings - painted plastic or not, found in Europe have some of the original Lilli clothes styles actually sewn on the doll (without snaps of any sort) as well, these are identical “Bild” Lilli clothes made in the exact same fabrics, notably cotton twill and knit jersey. Go figure it out!

Many outfits for Babs nonethelsss were simply Barbie doll clothing knock-offs. Some of the most obvious were “Queen of Hearts” and “Sugar ‘N’ Spice," a copy of Barbie’s “Cotton Casual” (No. 912) from 1959 - 1962, “Let’s Go Formal," a copy of Barbie’s “Country Club Dance” (No. 1627) from 1965, “Light of Love,” and “Puttin’ on the Ritz," blatant copies of Barbie’s various lamé sheath dresses such as “Golden Girl (No. 911) from 1959 - 1962 and the darker lamé sheath called “Lamé Sheath” from 1963. Barbie’s well known “Let’s Dance” dress (no. 978) from 1960 until 1962 was the inspiration for, “Let’s Sit Down”...no, only kidding...it was for the outfit awkwardly named “Cummerbund Cutie." It was identical in cut and color although the seams left a lot to be desired. Bulky, bulky, bulky! Itshould have more aptly been called “CUMBERSOME CUTIE”!

“Shopper Stopper” was the copy of the Barbie outfit called “Busy Gal” (no 981) from 1960 until 1961. The famous “Solo in the Spotlight” (no. 982) from 1960 to 1964 for Barbie, in itself a copy of a French haute couture creation of the 1940s, was featured in the Babs catalogue as nothing less than “Femme Fatale," although a little shorter in length, of course! The tulle fishtail was a skimpy wisp of cheap net on the Babs version. “Big Bertha” for Babs was a copy of “After Five” (no. 934) from 1962 until 1964, and “Movie Date" (no. 933) for Barbie in 1962 and 1963 was interpreted as the ultra-sleazy sounding “Cream Puff” for Babs.

“Pert and Pretty” for Babs was a copy of Barbie’s “Garden Party” (no. 931), 1962-1963 and “Sun Back Sensation” for the Babs doll was a copy of “Suburban Shopper” (no. 969) from 1959 until 1964 for the Barbie doll. Babs’ outfit called “Slim Sheath” was a copy of the “pak” item “Silk Sheath” for Barbie in 1962 and 1963. Other separates available for the Barbie doll, known and promoted by Mattel at the time as “fashion pak” items, were copied as well. Notably “Date Bait” ( as in “hook and bait, as in “hooker”) was Babs’ version of “Gathered Skirt” from 1962 and 1963.