https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/barbie-revisited Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sat, 11 Apr 2026 07:45:45 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/barbie-revisited#post-970921 Thu, 04 Jul 2013 22:43:25 +0000 Anonymous 970921@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I kinda love the <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.trinaturk.com/Malibu-Barbie-Collection">Trina Turk Barbie</a>.</p> <p>And it took all my self-control not to buy the <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.barbiecollector.com/shop/doll/diane-von-furstenberg-barbie-doll-j9185">DVF Barbie</a>!</p> <p>I played with stuffed animals a lot more than dolls when I was a kid. &nbsp;I never had a Barbie, but I did have a Suntan Skipper, Barbie's little friend. &nbsp;She had tan lines. &nbsp;Guess that wouldn't fly today! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/barbie-revisited#post-970666 Thu, 04 Jul 2013 15:56:27 +0000 bj1111 970666@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>i'm with diana...i thought barbie was a proto-feminist who had a cool car...i'll bet it was even a manual tranny.</p> <p>also agree with dana, barbie sells. &nbsp;want mattel to make different dolls, don't buy barbies. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/barbie-revisited#post-970658 Thu, 04 Jul 2013 15:43:04 +0000 Anonymous 970658@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My daughter had a scrub brush for a doll for a while. I think Elisabeth is on to something there. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/barbie-revisited#post-970648 Thu, 04 Jul 2013 15:33:20 +0000 Aziraphale 970648@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>FWIW, I'm not sure that young children are even aware of Barbie's unnatural proportions. &nbsp;Anything vaguely human-shaped will be accepted as a human playtoy. &nbsp;They happily play with little lego people whose square legs and claw hands are&nbsp;really stretching the boundaries of "human-shaped".</p> <p>Also, Diana has a point. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/barbie-revisited#post-970618 Thu, 04 Jul 2013 14:47:46 +0000 Diana 970618@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Rachy, Barbie creeps me out much less than baby dolls. I kind of like that she's not realistic at all. I had barbies growing up, and I never thought, that's how a woman's body should look. Besides, she had cool jobs, a glam life, and she never married that loser Ken. So, you know, kind of feminist even. Much more so than teaching your five year old to change diapers. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/barbie-revisited#post-970603 Thu, 04 Jul 2013 14:33:34 +0000 Angie 970603@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What Dana said, and Rachy crcaks me up. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/barbie-revisited#post-970598 Thu, 04 Jul 2013 14:25:04 +0000 rachylou 970598@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You know... this may be horrible... but real Barbie creeps me out in the same way Victorian baby dolls creep me out. It's like, you don't play with people; feels so wrong. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/barbie-revisited#post-970569 Thu, 04 Jul 2013 14:01:12 +0000 ironkurtin 970569@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Speaking as someone who has worked with toy manufacturers, probably entirely practical concerns are "stopping Mattel."</p> <p>Barbie, as she is, is hugely successful.&nbsp; Plus she has an enormous legacy of clothing and accessories designed to fit her current frame which would not fit a different model.&nbsp; Rolling out a new line with different bodies, modified clothing, associated marketing and promotions, product placement in stores - that's a huge expenditure which market research shows would not pay back.&nbsp; People LIKE the weird unnatural Barbie.&nbsp; They have never bought into any of the modified "more real" dolls on the market.</p> <p>Mattel is a business.</p> <p>I can't help wondering if we can really expect toy manufacturers to bear the burden of the self-esteem of every single one of their customers.&nbsp; Surely Barbie is not the sole representation of womanhood in every child's home.&nbsp; And if she is, is that Mattel's fault, really...? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/barbie-revisited#post-970485 Thu, 04 Jul 2013 12:21:38 +0000 harmonica 970485@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like real Barbie. She seems fit and healthy </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/barbie-revisited#post-970480 Thu, 04 Jul 2013 12:17:48 +0000 TraceyLiz65 970480@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I too wonder if given a choice what the youngest girls getting their first Barbiw would choose on their own... Like if we gave two year olds a choice... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/barbie-revisited#post-970474 Thu, 04 Jul 2013 12:10:51 +0000 Suz 970474@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Real Barbie looks very fit - and I like her look much better! &nbsp;I wonder what little girls might think.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/barbie-revisited#post-970445 Thu, 04 Jul 2013 10:16:48 +0000 krishnidoux 970445@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Had you seen this?<br /><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/01/normal-barbie-nickolay-lamm_n_3529460.html?utm_hp_ref=women&amp;ir=Women">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/.....8;ir=Women</a><br />"If there's even a small chance of Barbie in its present form negatively influencing girls, and if Barbie looks good as an average-sized woman in America, what's stopping Mattel from making one?" </p>