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'Anemone Barbie' by Christian Louboutin

Barbie and Christian Louboutin continue their collaboration by releasing Anemone Barbie, fresh from walking the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival and as glamorous as ever, the third in the series of collectible limited edition dolls has red hair and green eyes and is stunning in a green and purple dress with little purple Anemone shoes. She also comes with three other pairs of shoes: Madeleine mules, Lady Claude pumps and Spartenvol sandals, all in their own miniature dust bags and storage boxes.

Anemone Barbie joins Cat Burglar Barbie and Dolly Forever Barbie and is available exclusively at Net-A-Porter for $150.

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Theriaults, Inside The World of Collecting Antique Dolls

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Auctions

If you are a doll collector, Theriault's is your place. The auction house was founded in 1970 by Florence and George Theriault and specializes in the appraisal and auction of antique dolls and other collectible toys. The firm, which is based in Annapolis, Maryland, is holding a doll auction on October 31 in Scottsdale. The auction will feature nearly 400 lots of rare antique dolls and other collectibles including doll furniture and French doll costumes for petite mignonettes from an original archive. The following day will feature the collection of the late Martha Hester of Houston, Texas, who collected Madame Alexander Dolls. Both auctions offer remote bidding both online and over the phone.

Theriault's buys dolls, doll-related items, toys, accessories and teddy bears and offers auction consignment or outright purchase. They have an in-house art and photography department to create art-quality catalogs. They conduct more than 35 doll auctions around the U.S. each year.

The little dolls can be big business. Earlier this year, Theriault's established a new world auction record for an antique doll when a French art doll, circa 1914, by sculptor Albert Marque sold for $263,000 (including buyers premium). Demi Moore and Barbara Streisand are among celebrity collectors. A doll of Streisand herself will hit stores this November.

I asked collector Deborah Jenkines, who inspired me to write this post, about the lure of dolls. She says that she became interested in dolls as women's history. "Dolls reflect a society's idea of the perfect woman or child. Dolls and the original clothing they wear are a reflection of the culture that produced them, the same as a pot shard or a building." Like many collectibles, dolls can be a connection to a certain time or place and collections seemed to be formed of equal parts nostalgia and aesthetic appeal.

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Goyard Barbie Trunk

by Rigel Celeste (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Children

It's Barbie's 50th birthday this year (if this is the first you're hearing of it then you've been living in a hole) so of course everything Barbie is popping up everywhere. Maison Goyard didn't want to be left out so the celebration continues with this special limited edition trunk, decorated in Barbie's favorite color (pink!) and complete with a Barbie and accessories inside. Available at Collette for €2880.

I think I'd actually like it better if it came without the random Barbie inside, leaving room to use the trunk for storing your personal favorite Barbie doll instead.

Via ForbesLife

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The World's Most Expensive Barbie Debuts in Mexico

by Rigel Celeste (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Children

The world's most expensive Barbie doll debuted her flashy self in Mexico City this week, sparkling from head to little plastic toes in diamonds and white gold, and honoring the release of her newest film "Barbie and the Diamond Castle."

Intended only as a publicity stunt (don't expect to see her sitting next to 'Surfs-Up Beach Barbie' on Walmart shelves this Christmas) she was adorned with 318 diamonds total, displayed on a tiny tiara, earrings, necklace, bracelet, ring, and slippers. She's valued at 1 million pesos, or about $94,000.

I think the best part of her outfit has be the diamond Barbie ring -- several things are out of realistic proportion when it comes to Barbie but imagine the relative size of that rock! I bet Ken is feeling a little inadequate about now...

Via Luxury Launches

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