My OperaNever too old for Barbie dolls
Monday, April 6, 2009 2:06:28 PM
This may seem a very trivial and somewhat stupid thing to blog about, but let me voice my opinion about why I think Barbie or the Barbie doll is an icon.
Barbie recently celebrated her (or its?) 50th birthday. However, it has not always been smooth sailing for the doll. The Guardian points out that the Bratz Dolls have taken many sales which would have previously gone to Barbie. Mattel, the company which makes Barbie are also in the processes of suing the Bratz designer for copyright issues.
Numerous people have tried to ban Barbie on charges that she is over sexualising little girls, but then again just look at the Bratz Dolls, who bare their midriffs and ruin the English language (I mean s is plural not z).
Despite this, Mattel has always made sure that Barbie celebrated her birthdays in style. For her 40th Birthday, De Beers created a Barbie with 160 diamonds. As we all are aware, diamonds are a girl’s best friend. However, with a price tag of $85 000, this Barbie was not intended for its younger audience, but for its older audience and collectors as this was not kids stuff. Barbie has indeed become a collector’s item to be treasured.
For Barbie’s recent 50th Birthday Mattel threw a party at the beachside Barbie Mansion in Malibu. Famous guest such as Heidi Klum, Ginnifer Goodwin, Lauren Conrad, Lauren Bosworth and Kourtney and Khloe Kardashian attended the function. Volkswagen also created a new pink convertible car especially for Barbie’s 50th birthday.
Over the years Barbie has changed her looks, her fashion and her career to suit the ordinary girls around the world and stay trendy and fun. There was the basic black costumed doll in the 1950s. Jackie Kennedy’s style inspired the Barbie’s glamorous look in the 1960s.
She changed careers 108 times and been an astronaut to a ballerina and flight attendant.
Barbie is a trendsetter and has world famous designers such as Karl Lagerfield, Gaultier, Pierre Cardin, Christian Dior designing her clothes for her. She has spring, winter, summer and autumn clothes collections. As a business phenomenon, she has inspired make up, clothes and accessory collections as well as exhibits. Even though it can be argued, but she become a role model for little girls as they believe they can be who they want to be and get their dream job while looking great.
Now tell me she is not an icon of some sort.
Barbie recently celebrated her (or its?) 50th birthday. However, it has not always been smooth sailing for the doll. The Guardian points out that the Bratz Dolls have taken many sales which would have previously gone to Barbie. Mattel, the company which makes Barbie are also in the processes of suing the Bratz designer for copyright issues.
Numerous people have tried to ban Barbie on charges that she is over sexualising little girls, but then again just look at the Bratz Dolls, who bare their midriffs and ruin the English language (I mean s is plural not z).
Despite this, Mattel has always made sure that Barbie celebrated her birthdays in style. For her 40th Birthday, De Beers created a Barbie with 160 diamonds. As we all are aware, diamonds are a girl’s best friend. However, with a price tag of $85 000, this Barbie was not intended for its younger audience, but for its older audience and collectors as this was not kids stuff. Barbie has indeed become a collector’s item to be treasured.
For Barbie’s recent 50th Birthday Mattel threw a party at the beachside Barbie Mansion in Malibu. Famous guest such as Heidi Klum, Ginnifer Goodwin, Lauren Conrad, Lauren Bosworth and Kourtney and Khloe Kardashian attended the function. Volkswagen also created a new pink convertible car especially for Barbie’s 50th birthday.
Over the years Barbie has changed her looks, her fashion and her career to suit the ordinary girls around the world and stay trendy and fun. There was the basic black costumed doll in the 1950s. Jackie Kennedy’s style inspired the Barbie’s glamorous look in the 1960s.
She changed careers 108 times and been an astronaut to a ballerina and flight attendant.
Barbie is a trendsetter and has world famous designers such as Karl Lagerfield, Gaultier, Pierre Cardin, Christian Dior designing her clothes for her. She has spring, winter, summer and autumn clothes collections. As a business phenomenon, she has inspired make up, clothes and accessory collections as well as exhibits. Even though it can be argued, but she become a role model for little girls as they believe they can be who they want to be and get their dream job while looking great.
Now tell me she is not an icon of some sort.
HenrySpicyFlier # Wednesday, April 8, 2009 4:44:00 PM
JoyJeanie # Monday, April 13, 2009 1:40:55 PM
However, I think there was actually a pregnant Barbie, but parents had that taken off the market because they feared it was too "adult and over sexualising little girls"?
HenrySpicyFlier # Monday, April 13, 2009 11:52:01 PM
Funny about the pregnant Barbie. Baby dolls and strollers were OK, but not the concept about where they come from. Maybe the parents had the hangups, not the kids...