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In Buenos Aires, young girls can now live the Barbie lifestyle, beginning as young as three years old. At the first ever Barbie store, girls can get their hair done, try on makeup, and dress in fancy gowns, all while their parents are enjoying a cup of coffee in the Barbie cafe. Once they're done making themselves look like a stepford wife, they can use the catwalk in the playroom to strut about in front of appreciative Barbie dolls and other girls.The store is more about selling Barbie fashion -- T-shirts, skirts, pants and handbags -- than dolls, although I imagine it can't hurt sales of the toys. The mostly pink clothes are available only at the store and the owner plans to open more across South America. So far, us North Americans are out of luck, though.
This doesn't seem all that different from Justice "the store for girls" that we have around here, although without the Barbie tie-in. Still, I'm not sure Barbie is quite the role model I'm looking for for my daughter.
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11-21-2007 @ 11:41AM
Joy said...I'd like to know what's wrong with Barbie dolls? I loved them as a child. So did both my daughter-in-laws as does my granddaughter now. Everyone I knew "played" with them. It's not a college course or anything. It's about "playing." They have every kind of "proffesion" now you could ask for so it's not all about "fluff." My granddaughter is not allowed Bratz in any form but what's wrong with the good old fashioned Barbie????
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11-21-2007 @ 2:33PM
roger.sinasohn said...Joy -- it's the focus on fashion that I'm not wild about. I'd rather my kids be all gaga over the latest scientific discovery rather than the latest hot fashion.
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11-21-2007 @ 4:55PM
Joy said...Roger, don't you have any sense of fun deep down somewhere???? Little girls (and boys if they want) should like toys like this AND science. Who's to say you can't have both?
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12-17-2007 @ 2:53AM
Lori said...Nice post, Recently i bought beautiful Barbie Alice in wonderland doll from ToysRUs(http://www.couponalbum.com/coupons/toysrus.htm) store at couponalbum.com, on great discounted prices..
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