Permanent Wave 4219/4040 Asst
	Comments/Fun Facts Other Versions of this outfit (may contain files larger than 100 kb, click at your own peril!) Released Both Years An On Stage Fashion There is no song called "Permanent Wave"  It was featured on the cartoon The photo used in both the first year Jem catalogue poster and the 1986 Hasbro Toy Fair Catalogue shows the jacket to have a much larger/splotchier design, that is also darker.  The netting on the top is more sparse, and I can't tell if there is a jewel on the belt or not. Another photo is used in the 1986 German Leaflet (same photo appears in the 1986 Belgium catalogue): showing the fashion with the sparser netting on the top, larger and darker splotchier jacket and pink shoes. and a 1986 photo in Topolino is a rare early example of the fashion looking pretty much as it was made. First Year Package Art illustrationagain with the sparser netting on the top, larger and darker splotchier jacket and either no belt, or a thinner orange one. The same photo  (see left) is used for the 1987 US Hasbro Toy Fair Catalogue, the 1987 France/UK Toy Fair Catalogue, the Second Year Jem Catalogue Poster and the Second Year package art, and it looks pretty much exactly like what was produced. It is one of the outfits featured in the Rockin' Roadster commercial. It may be in other commericals I haven't yet screen captured for this site.
	The back of a card/box always says what is contained in the fashion.  The bold words in my descriptions are what Hasbro themselves stated came with the fashion. INCLUDES: Pink and organe (sic) jumpsuit, belt, jacket and pumps.

Pink and orange jumpsuit; hot pink spandex  pantsuit, except the top is not stitched and has a "sweetheart" neckline.  There is an orange mesh, large holed tank top sewn onto the top.   Matt has two versions of this jumpsuit, one being a lighter pink than the other.

belt; white thick nylon (think backpack straps); has a round orange "jewel" in the centre.

jacket; soft cotton collared jacket, white with fluorescent pink tiger stripes.    This distinctive pattern was going to be reused for other clothing pieces in 1988, according to the photos in the Hasbro Pre-Toy Fair Catalogue Matching Medley Fashions.

pumps; Orange Straight Edged Pumps.  There are apparently variations among the two years, thanks to Liz here are some nitpicky details: 1st year: Orange sherbet color; slightly translucent/fluorescent & thick sided;  2nd year: Bright "crayon" orange, Opaque & Thin-sided 1st PW is still darker and more translucent/fluorescent than Up & Rockin', but clearly lighter and less opaque than 2nd PW.  It Takes A Lot and 2nd PW are pretty close in color and intensity.  Lightning Strikes is darker still than 2nd PW. Scan courtesy of Rhonda Robinson.

NRFB US edition, 2nd year photo card Card- 2nd year On Stage Fashion Insert -(hot pink)

This page was compiled with my NRFB US issued fashion as a source. For more information on boxes, and the stuff included in them, please go to Jem Ephemera.