Barbie Fashionistas Doll #209 with Black Hair Wearing Removable Pink Plaid Dress, Pearlescent Headband & Strappy Heels

I have purchased a few of the new body style Barbies that Mattel has started bringing out in 2016. While I am enjoying posing them now, I want to have a small store of them ready for when my grand daughter is ready to play Barbie with me. I'm happy that her Barbie collection will sport petite, tall, regular and curvy Barbies which will be more like the people she knows that just the traditional Barbie. Curvy Barbie has a larger body than the other Barbies. She is the same height as Standard Barbie but is proportioned well for her size and shape. Her arms are a little thicker, her thighs a little more so. Her hips and body are larger in scale, too. Her feet, calves, ankles are too. Her hands are about the same size as regular Barbie. Her feet are the newer style flat foot which makes it a little more difficult to find shoes to fit her. She has hip length hair that is two tones of deep brown. Her hair is in a simple comb back style with a left side part. Her hair is soft and even a little flyaway with no stiffening product in it. She has ivory skin (fair with a touch of yellow), brown eyes, and neutral mauve lips with no nail polish. She has very natural style make-up and has a deep brown eyebrow with painted on lashes. Both of her arms are fairly straight with her palms pointing inward. Her fingers are mostly separated except the middle and ring finger of each hand are fused. Her legs do not bent except at the hips and they seem to be hollow rather than the solid vinyl of older dolls. Barbie is wearing a stretchy fabric dress which closes at the back with hook and loop. The bodice of the dress is royal blue and has a boat neckline with cap sleeves. The skirt portion of the dress is black with pink, royal blue, yellow and orange polka dots. The scale of the dots is okay but a little on the big side to give the outfit a retro mod vibe. The dress is form fitting and looks great on this Curvy girl. She has a pink plastic necklace and white plastic tennis shoes. There are now versions of the new body style Barbies that have additional outfits but I am hoping that Mattel will come out with outfits separately that are geared specifically for the new body types. I've bought the Look outfit sets and have found that pieces fit various body styles versus being specifically made for one single style.

Why did you pick this product vs others?: This doll should be a made to move doll, but this doll is pretty, I named her Vinessa goes by Vin too. I like the dress, Nice doll!

I bought this doll because I wanted to add to our already diverse and inclusive friends center. He looks like he could be mixed race like my kids. I also liked that he has his hair colored a “girl” color. If his hair were brown he would look like my son hahahaha. He is slightly shorter than a typical Ken and just a bit taller than Skipper (both pictured here with this Ken) I like the fact he’s got a different head mold than our other male dolls, I also like that he has dyed hair and it’s not a “boy” color. Admittedly I do miss when the dolls had bendable knees! I wish Mattel would joint all the dolls knees so they could properly sit down. Like our other straight legged dolls he sort of just falls off of our doll chairs. My kids get irked when they try to sit our dolls down and they just fall off their chairs. Other than that this doll is a nice doll.

Purchased as a Christmas gift for my 5 year old granddaughter. She was super excited!

My 6 year old loves this toy!

This Barbie head is so cute! My granddaughter loves brushing her hair! 4 stars because the hair accessories are difficult to use, even with me helping and the rubber bands for the hair are flimsy. Overall though, I would purchase again.

This is such a gorgeous, original doll! She's my new favorite. Her outfit is cute and she has lovely tan skin which complements her pink highlights! I highly recommend:-)

Granddaughter immediately noticed she was a little fuller figured . She said “ Look ! We don’t have to feed her a cheeseburger ! She’s not too skinny ! “ . I love that because we teach them body positivity .

Really pretty and thank goodness they are finally making a true to life body shape. I can’t find any clothes for her,if someone could help,that would be great

Excelente, se ve muy bien. Perfecto para regalo.

Presa per via del costo ridotto e del bel viso mediterraneo, le ho tolto il pezzetto di stoffa che indossava e le ho messo un vestito tradizionale mediterraneo.

Barbie molto carina e ben fatta. Anche se economica (8.99 euro) non le manca niente. Ha un bel vestitino e i capelli sono morbidi. Muove gambe, braccia e collo; il resto del corpo è di plastica rigida. È stata molto apprezzata dalla bambina che l'ha ricevuta. Consiglio!

Es una Barbie fashionista básica, de cuerpo clásico por si alguien se lo pregunta. •Su cara esta ligeramente pixelada, pero en todos los "reviews" que he visto de ella han señalado el mismo fallo, por lo que parece que es en todas las muñecas y no solo en la que he recibido. Pero vamos, tampoco es algo muy exagerado, puede ser aceptable. •Luego esta los botines. No son los mismos que aparecen en las fotos de stock. En mi opinión, estos que he recibido le combinan mejor con el estilismo en general, pero puede haber gente que se moleste mucho porque no te venden lo que estan mostrando al 100%. Otra cosa relacionada con los pies es que creo que ahora los hacen posicionados "hacia afuera". •El vestido no tiene velcro. No es ni bueno ni malo, es solo que me ha llamado la atención. •Por último, que es lo que mas me ha gustado en general, ¡es el pack reutilizable! ¡Me encanta, porque así no solo lo puedes utilizar para guardar la muñeca, sino para utilizarlo para otras cosas! Valoración: 10 de 10⭐