First Barbie Doll Definition
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Original Barbie DollIn Barbie Doll History here have been numerous Types of Barbies made since she was first introduced in 1959. With a rare exception here and there, Barbie's body hasn't changed much. Some may have more moveable parts, but the size and shape remains the same. Her face however, is a different story.
Black BarbieThe first Black Barbie was introduced in 1980, she is called "Black Barbie" and was made with the Steffie face mold.
Barbie Doll History as a collectible doll evolved after the popularity of Holiday Barbie, which was introduced in 1988. With her popularity Mattel began to produce Collectible Barbes for adult collectors, including Vintage Barbie Reproductions, for these adult collectors had played with Vintage Barbie Dolls as children and there was a growing interest in Vintage Barbies. 1998 Holiday Barbie
Silkstone BarbieIn 2000, Mattel introduced the Fashion Model Collection, also known a Silkstones. They use the vintage Barbie face and have been very successful with Barbie collectors. For more detail on each doll from Silkstone Barbie Dolls.
Beginning in 2001, Mattel began to differentiate Barbies into different classifications using Label Colors. The current classifications are:
Pink Label (which had always been called "pink box" for obvious reasons) is used to designate play line or inexpensive dolls that available where ever Barbie Dolls are sold.
Silver Label is used for collectible dolls with no more than 50,000 produced worldwide.
Gold Label designates numbered editions of 25,000 worldwide or less, available at select retailers.
Platinum Label is an exclusive designation used when the dolls are sequentially numbered editions with less than 1,000 available worldwide. They are only available from certain Barbie dealers.
Black Label is a newer designation that indicates it is a doll designer for the adult collector.
Barbie has undergone many changes and a lot of diversity over the last ten years. Now a variety of different skin tones, hair colors and face sculpts are used. Mattel released a series of twelve Black Label Basic Barbie Dolls, the next step in Barbie Doll History, each featuring different types of Barbie face sculpt.
Here are the twelve 2009 Basic Barbie Dolls and their face sculpts. The dolls pictured below are all Barbies, the name underneath them is the name their face style is called.
Barbie's Queer Accessories
Forever Barbie: The Unauthorized Biography of a Real Doll
Erica Rand. Barbie's Queer Accessories. Durham, NC: Duke UP, 1995. M. J. Lord. Forever Barbie: The Unauthorized Biography of a Real Doll. New York: Avon Books, 1994.
M. J. Lord. Forever Barbie: The Unauthorized Biography of a Real Doll. New York: Avon Books, 1994.
It has long been a commonplace that children's play is preparation for adult life. This somewhat restrictive view of play is mirrored in traditional perspectives of Barbie play and its significance for child and adolescent culture. Many parents, teachers, and others interested in popular culture have narrowed their interpretation of Barbie into a bipolar opposition, asking themselves whether or not this toy helps children practice positive or negative gender roles. Both Erica Rand's Barbie's Queer Accessories and M. G. Lord's Forever Barbie: The Unauthorized Biography of a Real Doll challenge this perspective by arguing that no cultural artifact, including Barbie, is as simple as it may look.
The fluid and sometimes even transformative nature of Barbie narratives, such as suggested by my story, is a recurring theme for both Barbie's Queer Accessories and Forever Barbie. Barbie seems to have often transformed in multiple ways many of those who played with her or at least provided them with a means of self-identification, although not always positive; she continues to be transformed in various incarnations throughout Mattel's history; and, finally, Lord's and Rand's books about Barbie have the ability to transform...
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