Girls just wanna have fun, right? Absolutely! After a long week of school or work, Friday and Saturday night are reserved for going out with friends, listening to music, and dancing up a storm. In order to do that right, you need to have the right look. Half the fun of dressing up and going out is the dressing up.
This is where Barbie Fashionistas Wild Doll comes in. This doll is ready for a night of fun. She has the dress, the shoes, and the hair. Now all she needs is a group of friends and some good dance music. With this doll, your child will be able to pretend all of the Friday nights to come in her future and hopefully learn how to responsibly have fun.
Barbie Fashionistas Wild Doll is able to dance up a storm because she has twelve movable joints at her neck, shoulders, elbows, wrists, waist, hips, and knees. She can change her outfit and accessories with her other five Fashionistas friends as well as with other Barbies’. However, her ensemble is so trendy that she would rather keep her clothes for herself.
The core of the Wild Doll fashion comes from her halter top bubble dress. It is made of pink and black leopard print and falls just above the knees. The halter and the waist are articulated with black detail while the rest of the dress is left to flounce free.
To go with the perfect dress are the perfect shoes, pink heeled Grecian sandals with two silver bows. She has a pink leather clutch that is small enough to dance with. Her other accessories include a silver necklace that holds a large pink heart and matching silver hoop earrings. Her smoky eye makeup lets her baby blues pop.
Her straight hair is feathered and highlighted like a picture from the latest fashion magazine. Barbie Fashionistas Wild Doll spares no detail in making herself up for a night on the town. Along with her friends, she makes up a full complement of trendy women for your daughter to play with.
Some people say that fashion teaches girls to try to conform to an unattainable norm. The term “slave to fashion” is then bandied about in a derisive manner. However, fashion is not about conformity, it is about self-expression.
It is about giving women, young and old, the tools to show the world whatever face they want to. This is a fine lesson to teach young girls, and it is a lesson that the Barbie Fashionistas doll line teaches. There are six different dolls, each with her own look. One doll looks like the girl next door, while the next looks like a Hollywood starlet.
This gives girls the chance to choose their favorite look when they choose their doll. If your girl is out going and loves to do things her own way, she might choose the Barbie Fashionistas Sassy Doll.
The Sassy Doll can bend at twelve different points, so you can be sure that she will be able to say what she wants to say. She also is a departure from the traditional blonde haired, blue eyed look that has been the hallmark of Barbies since the 1950s. Instead she has olive toned skin, hazel eyes, and chestnut colored hair. She is definitely a Barbie who wants to make her own rules.
The Sassy Doll is wearing expresses her outgoing personality perfectly. Her hair is straight and has two pink streaks in it in addition to more typical highlights. She is wearing silver hoop earrings with a star at the bottom of each one.
Her shirt tells you just who she thinks she is: “Miss Sassy.” It is black and white striped, with a clear pink décolletage. The words Miss Sassy are sealed with a kiss. Her skirt is a fantastic creation of tulle and pink that seems to defy gravity in its outlandishness. It is accented by a heavy metal belt with a pink clasp. In one hand she is jauntily holding a pair of pink sunglasses. On her feet are pink heeled combat boots, both no nonsense and feminine at the same time. The Barbie Fashionistas Sassy Doll is all about self-expression.
Get ready for a night at the Emmys or one of the swankiest restaurants in town. The Barbie Fashionistas Glam Doll is ready to accompany you to the most glamorous events in Hollywood or New York City.
For girls who love to play with dolls but are starting to be interested in their clothes as well, there is nothing better than the Fashionistas line from Mattel. These six dolls each come with a different look, all of which incorporate the latest fashions, of course. In addition to their fabulous outfits, all the Barbies have real working joints that allow them to be posed in many different ways. This means that your Barbie can walk down the Parisian cat walk or look elegant sipping a drink in the lobby of the Bellagio.
The Barbie Fashionistas Glam Doll is dressed for the red carpet. From top to toe she is looking her fashionable best. Her long blonde hair is layered, curled, swept away from her face in a center part. Her pink halter dress has gauzy detail over the chest and along the hemline that blends with the metallic pink of the rest of the outfit. She also casually wears a white faux fur off the shoulder wrap. By incorporating a wrap into her ensemble, Barbie has ensured that is it wearable in summer and fall. The faux fur proves that looking great doesn’t have to come at the cost of the environment. Barbie is wearing black and pink heeled sandals. Her clutch purse is metallic silver and echoes the lines of Louis Vuitton. Let’s not forget about Barbie’s glam jewelry. Her diamond drop earrings match her three tiered diamond necklace with match the opal and diamond detail on the bodice of her dress.
Barbie Fashionistas Glam Doll is dressed to the nines and ready to take on the world. If your daughter dreams about joining the world of fashion or wearing the creations of the hottest designers on the runways and red carpets across the world, then she will love acting out her fantasies with this impeccably dressed Barbie doll.
Who said that looking pretty in pink was confined only to Molly Ringwald? Today’s girls also enjoy looking their cutest and going out shopping, to school, or just taking a walk in the park. There is nothing better than looking and feeling your best, especially when you have the right clothes to compliment your look.
With the Barbie Fashionistas Girly Doll, your child will be able to play with a doll that that looking amazing doesn’t mean adopting an MTV sense of fashion.
The Barbie Fashionistas line of dolls is perfect for slightly older girls that are starting to pay attention to their clothes as well as their toys. There are six dolls from which to choose and each expresses her personality with her dress.
At the same time, your child is able to help the doll express herself with these Barbies are articulated at twelve different joints, giving them a wide range of motion and poses. These Barbies have the ability to act out the stories that you child comes up with.
The Girly doll Barbie probably spends her time chatting with her friends, going to the mall, enjoying the sun in the park, and other wholesome activities. Her outfit is cute and very feminine but without some of the less savory details of female fashion that young girls want to ape these days. Barbie’s hair and long and natural; visual interest is added by a criss-cross part. Her makeup is simple and fresh, as is her jewelry.
She is wearing a simple diamond necklace accompanied by a set of silver bangles. She holds a small pink purse that also has a silver bow on the front. Her dress is simple and summery. The fabric is a shimmery silver and pink print, with a pink band at the empire waist. The neck is high and the hemline is modest. It is also lengthened by ruffles. Her shoes are pink high heels with silver accents. While the heels may belie a long walk in the summer, the rest of the outfit is perfect for a relaxing day. The Barbie Fashionistas Girly Doll is a doll for the girl next door.
Fashion is a universal phenomenon these days. From London to Warsaw to New Delhi to Los Angeles trendy women are all wearing variations of the latest styles to come from fashion’s hottest runways and designers. However, fashion is also influenced by trends from all over the world.
At the moment, many women’s fashions are influenced by the cute, ingénue style that is typical of the young Tokyo crowd. Barbie is no different. In the Barbie Fashionistas line, there are six different dolls sporting six different looks. The Barbie Fashionistas Cutie Doll brings the adorable anime based style from Japan to the United States.
The Barbie Fashionistas line is a chance for your older child to learn how first impressions matter. While ultimately it is what is on the inside that counts, when you first see any of these six dolls, you will immediately be able to tell the differences in their personalities by how they express themselves through their clothing. Your child will not only have to choose which doll suits her best, but she will also have the choice of posing and moving that doll in hundreds of different ways. This is because the Barbie Fashionistas dolls are hinged in twelve different places.
The Cutie doll is the epitome of cute, starting with her slightly off-center pony tail. Drawing her hair back reveals her huge pink hoop earrings and tasteful makeup job. She is not wearing a necklace, but her shirt has plenty of detail on it. It is metallic pink with shimmery cap sleeves. The bodice is lined in black ribbon and detail is provided with blue ribbon.
More black ribbon edges the bottom o the shirt. She then wears a chunky metal belt over a short crinoline skirt. The over skirt is done in striped pastels and features a cute anime character dotted all over it. The crinoline is pink with black edging and sticks out a few inches below the skirt. Her purse is the head of the same anime character that is on her skirt. The whole outfit is finished off by knee-high blue wedge boots with leather wrap ties. The Barbie Fashionistas Cutie Doll takes the cake for adorable Japanese fashion.
Barbie has come a long way since her first swimsuit incarnation sixty years ago. Today she is found in all colors and in all manner of dress. Most of the time Barbie is on the cutting edge of fashion, and the current Fashionistas line of Barbies doesn’t buck that trend.
However, these Fashionista dolls are an important step in the growth of Barbie for two reasons: each doll is dressed in a trendy manner, but also in a completely different style from her sisters. This teaches girls that you can dress your best with conforming to a specific look. The second reason is that the Barbies range from the traditional white blonde to a dark-skinned beauty. This teaches the lesson that beauty comes in all colors and you are what you make of yourself. The Barbie Fashionistas Artsy Doll dresses outside the mainstream and will hopefully teach girls that an alternative lifestyle is a viable one.
The Artsy Barbie Doll gives off the bohemian flavor of a Greenwich Village walk up or a cup of fair trade coffee. Her dress is versatile enough for an art gallery opening or a night of listening to indie bands. It starts with her hair: long, brown, and with a little bit of natural curl at the bottom. She keeps it out of her face with some amber sunglasses that are perched on her head.
Her makeup is simple but effective; just a touch at the eyes and a touch on the lips. She is wearing a long silver chain that she has looped twice to fit into the cut of her dress. This dress carries the essence of a throwback paisley pattern without looking completely retro. It has an empire waist but fits loosely throughout the body.
Some definition is added to the outfit with a tooled leather belt that coordinates with her brown and pink leather purse. Her boots are also of a leather wrap around style and are made unique with their shocking pink heels. Artsy Barbie is both bohemian and modern. Her looks tell girls that dressing well is also an art form not to be ignored.
