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This fall Mattel will release Barbie Architect as part of its "Barbie I Can Be" line. The doll comes with a pink blueprint holder, hardhat, and black glasses. (How else would you know she's smart?) It's great to see Barbie's entering another brainy field, but we fear her insistance on using pink plastic as a building material might not go over well with clients. More »
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This week Mattel debuted "The Plastic Collection," a line of high-end Barbie art, apparel, and decor for the luxury shopper who's interested in a Commes des Garcons doll and a $25,000 Barbie foosball table (i.e. Paris Hilton). [WSJ] More »
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I thought we'd seen it all, Barbie-art-wise. And having seen this, I wish we had. And yeah, NSFW, to the extent that you probably wouldn't want your boss to walk by while you were looking at, say, number three. [BuzzFeed] More »
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As everyone has always suspected on some level, America's favorite fashion doll Barbie has a seriously sordid past. More »
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Encouraged by sales of its makeup collaboration with MAC Cosmetics (left) Mattel is partnering with Bonne Bell to launch a Barbie-branded, "girl savvy" cosmetics line "aimed at girls 6 to 9" (Emphasis ours). After the jump, two Jezebel editors hash over whether Barbie-branded makeup for primary-schoolers is evil, innocent, or just a case of a company giving the kids what they want. More »
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