New Barbie Basics Doll is All About the Accessories
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Barbie Basics accessories let you customize your doll's look. Credit: Amazon.com
Dressed in a simple Little Black Dress, Barbie's accessories are totally customizable and give girls permission to play dress up. Available in 12 different faces sculpts, hairdos and LBDs for $20 each, you add your own accessories -- available in $15 packages that include purses, belts, scarves, laptops, sunglasses and even coffee cups and compacts.
And since Barbie is so fashion-conscious, it's no surprise Mattel has joined forces with the Council of Fashion Designers of America in launching the new doll. Each Barbie Basics box features a quote from a CFDA member ("The Little Black Dress is all you ever need..." says Betsey Johnson), and, Women's Wear Daily reports, 12 CFDA members have accessorized the dolls -- with some even creating their own tiny LBDs.
The designer dolls will be auctioned on eBay Jan. 28 through Feb. 7, WWD says, with an opening bid of $100. All net proceeds will benefit CFDA's educational initiatives and scholarship program.
In the coming months, BarbieCollector.com reports, customized Barbie Basics dolls from some of CFDA's most respected members will be revealed.
Desingers participating in the acution include Isaac Mizrahi, Rachel Roy, Justin Giunta, Lorraine Schwartz, Alexis Bittar, Monica Botkier, Deborah Lloyd of Kate Spade, Albertus Swanepoel and Devi Kroell, WWD reports. Some of the looks, according the site:
- Tory Burch: "I love something sparkling for evening. It can be a simple silhouette, but with unique details like sequins or beadwork. Of course, add a bold necklace."
- Philip Crangi: He gave Barbie her own Giles chain necklace, some oversize rhinestone bangles and tiny nailhead stud earrings.
- Betsey Johnson: "... I took inspiration from the impractical hoopskirts that I love to use every fashion show. She's a mix of a punky devil and a pretty mistress."
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Jennifer 4-28-2010 @ 1:16AM
All my 30 something girlfriends were relieved to know that MATEL finally gave us our due....a Barbie in our posed likenesses.
Yipee!
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tophandbagshop 4-28-2010 @ 6:02AM
I don't own a barbie dolls when i was a child. I prefer animal dolls when i was a child.
But my littler sister love the barbie doll so much.She used to sleeping with her lovely barbie dolls.If someone touch her lovely barbie,it is not allowed. I still could not understand now. Maybe she regards the lovely barbie as her sister more than me.
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