Flip Side Fashion Gettin' Down To Business ID Page

Fashion Name	Gettin' Down To Business
Stock # (US)	#4234/4045 Asst.
Hasbro package contents listing	Includes: White jacket, white skirt, print blouse, mini dress, sash, hat, tights, sandals and sunglasses.
Comments/Trivia	1 of 8 Flip Side Fashions, released in 1986 1 of 10 Flip Side Fashions, released in 1987 The name of this fashion is also a Jem song title
More	Skip here to see more about packaging variations from different countries, promotional boxes, H numbers, etc. Skip here for a listing of other depictions of Gettin' Down To Business (cartoon, prototypes, catalogues, etc).

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	White jacket: White satin collared blazer with pockets, sewn in shoulder pads.
	white skirt: slightly stretchy with an embossed "leather" type pattern on it. Velcros in back.
	print blouse: Soft pink cotton with floral pattern, velcros in back.
	mini dress: Dark pink spandex with black polka dots and satin straps, trimmed with white lace, velcros in back. There have been reported so far two slightly different versions of the minidress (see photo). The boxed 1986 version in the photo is darker, shinier, and has smaller spots and thinner, differently patterned lace. The dress in the box looks a bit longer. There isn't yet a consensus on which dress belongs to which fashion, except we know for sure that the 1986 boxed one is shown here is a UK issue. There is a Barbie fashion that looks very similar to this one, so watch for Barbie labels before buying!
	sash: Dark pink, made of thick textured cotton with a white satin fringe
	hat: Beret-style, made from the same satiny material as the jacket.
	tights: closed weave, white fishnets.
	sandals: pink open toed sandals. The ones shown in the photo have "attached" straps (as opposed to "flush" straps) - see two pairs together to know what I mean. Notice also the colour differences.
	sunglasses: peachy fluorescent orange. The peachiest of all the Flip Side fashions. See a photo of four pairs of Flip Side fashion glasses together. The fashion used on this ID guide came with a pair like the ones on the left with the wider nose notch. The more triangular nose notch pair probably came with an H22 box.

Packaging Variants: A listing of the packaging that Gettin' Down To Business can be found in, that I know of, so far!
*I don't own all of these fashions NRFB so I can't say which, if any posters and inserts originally came with it. Bold listings are those I have used to create this ID page. Anything in Italics I haven't actually seen but have good reason to believe exists. If you have any photos or information/corrections to share, I'd love to hear about it!

	Canadian issue Flip Side Fashions, 1986 (illustrated box).
	Canadian issue Flip Side Fashions, 1987 (photo box)
	European 6 language Flip Side Fashions, 1986 (illustrated box) © 1986 MB España S.A. © 1986 Milton Bradley GmbH © 1986 MB Italy S.r.l. © 1986 MB Hasbro een divisie van MB International BV - Utrecht/Brussel © 1986 Hasbro, Inc., Hasbro Industries (UK) Ltd. © 1986 Hasbro S.A. /under Berne & Universal Copyright Convention. Fabriqué en Chine. Made in Hong China. H-44
	US issue Flip Side Fashions, 1986 (illustrated box)
	US issue Flip Side Fashions, 1987 (photo box) © 1986 Hasbro Inc./Pawtucket, RI 02862/All Rights Reserved./Made in China H-44 Box liner: Dark orangey-pink.

It is probable that the 3 1986 fashions each came in both H22 and H44 marked boxes.
To read more about the differences in the fashion packaging, please go to Jem Fashion Box Variants.

Other images of Gettin' Down To Business (generally unproduced/prototypes/promotional figures)	Differences from produced fashion (if any)
1986 US Hasbro Toy Fair Catalogue	has really sparse polka dots on her dress that look applied, not a design on the fabric. The tights are shown to be white lace, the scarf is lighter and in a different fabric with no fringes, and the shoes are shown as straight edged light pink pumps similar to 1st ed. Aja's.
1986 German Leaflet (same photo appears in an issue of Topolino, and again in the 1986 Belgium catalogue)	the polka dots are actually black sequins and are sparser than those on the produced fashion; the lace on her dress is sewn on differently. The tights are shown to be white lace (a pattern I don't recognize from Jem). The scarf looks close, but I don't see any fringes, and the shoes are shown as straight edged bright pink pumps. There are no glasses shown.
1987 Hasbro Box Photo #1, same photo is used on the backs of the 1987 Flip Side Fashion boxes, 1987 US Hasbro Toy Fair Catalogue, 1987 France & UK Toy Fair Catalogue (though Jem & Jerrica have been manipulated to be standing reversed) and the 1987 Jem catalogue poster	has the larger polka-dot dress, and the sunglasses are quite darker.
1987 Hasbro Box Photo #2, from Gettin' Down To Business box front - appears to be the same outfit as Photo #1, with different poses/hairstyles.	has the larger polka-dot dress, and the sunglasses are quite darker.
Topolino
Store Catalogues
Prototypes (from Hasbro employees, etc)
Commercials
Other Print advertisements
Illustrations: Hasbro Box art	The drawing of Gettin' Down to Business on the 1986 Flip Side Fashions box art is nearly spot on.
Illustrations; Hasbro Promotional art
Illustrations: Cartoon	Both Jem and Jerrica wear this fashion in some form or other.
Illustrations: UK Comics
Illustrations: Colouring & Activity Books
Illustration: Fashion Flash boardgame piece

Credits: Thanks to Lynda for the information and photos of the variants of the mini dress and sandals. Thanks to Nabil Khazzaka for the Euro box information. Thanks to Maria aka bluehairedgoddess for the photos of the sunglasses.