Bid Now on Designer Customized Barbies!

by Deb West (RSS feed)
Jan 31st 2010 at 7:05PM

Mattel has come out with a new concept for Barbie, teaching little girls early on in life that what every woman really needs is the perfect little black dress. Most women would agree with the company and most likely the all new Barbie Basics™ Collection will be a resounding success. Mattel has paired up with the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) to celebrate the launch of the dolls which are wearing little black dresses and come with accessory kits.

Who better to inspire budding pre-teen designers than some of the big names themselves. Twelve of the CFDA fashion and accessories designers have created one-of-a-kind Barbies that showcase their unique talents and tastes. These Barbie dolls are currently up for auction on eBay and all net proceeds will go to support CFDA's educational initiatives and scholarship program. The designers include Issac Mizrahi, Betsey Johnson, Rachel Roy, Justin Giunta, Lorraine Schwartz, Alex Bittar, Monica Botkier, Deborah Lloyd of Kate Spade, Tory Burch, Albertus Swanepoei, Philip Crangi and Devi Kroell. The dolls went up for auction on January 28th and will be available to bid on through February 7th.

As of January 31rst some of the bids were up to as much $3,500 for Lorraine Schwartz's Barbie with Diamonds followed by the Kate Spade Barbie at $800. For those who don't have the funds to bid on the designer e-bay Barbies, Mattel will be giving away one of the new Barbie Basic dolls and accessory pack on Twitter from February 1st - 16th.

Gallery: CFDA Barbie Auction

Tags: Auction, barbie, barbie basics, barbie doll, BarbieBasics, BarbieDoll, CFDA, eBay, Issac Mizrahi, IssacMizrahi, Mattel, Tory Burch, ToryBurch

Filed under: Auctions, Charity

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John F.C. Taylor Feb 3rd 2010 3:39PM

Only a Barbie collector would consider the price of these custom designer dolls worth paying for. With two exceptions there isn't a design there that'd be worth paying for even if it's a real dress for a real woman instead of a doll.

Lizzy J Feb 9th 2010 3:59PM

It seems Barbie has not suffered the pitfalls of the economy like the rest of us, Than again who would expect anything less from Ms. Barbie?

Mattel has released the new press on the forthcoming Barbie Dolls, "masked" by the copy of "teaching little girls early on in life that what every woman really needs is the perfect little black dress".

In essence , the collection of dolls are represented by a well known Fashion Designs, and according to pre bids on these dolls they are up to about $3.000 dollars.

This is not what concerns Me so much rather than the fact of Mattel's press release , thus going on to say "Most women would agree with the company and most likely the all new Barbie Basics™ Collection will be a resounding success. " Sure, a Success for the Designers that are getting the exposure such as the following that are listed in the press release:
"Mattel has paired up with the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) to celebrate the launch of the dolls which are wearing little black dresses and come with accessory kits."

What the message? A horrible one, especially in these times. How dare Mattel pose Barbie as the answer. And more notably. How dare them send this message to little girls ( or boys) that everyone should be "Designer Red -Carpet Ready" Don't we have to put up with that ridiculous fluff anyway. And now Barbie has to jump into the ring of the "Whom are You Wearing" contenders. Like many of Us, I would assume, no one really cares. Unless of course, The Mattel suits decided to "give back" in these hard times, and show that Barbie is suffering like the rest of us.

Perhaps her greatest achievement would be to show that "she" actually does have some "human compassion" .
I ask of Mattel to launch "The Recession Barbie" complete with foreclosure papers on Her "Dream House". And all the proceeds would go to Ms. Barbie's favorite Charity, (which of course it would seem, she has none.)
Now, that would be a Barbie I would bid on!

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