Twelve months ago Barbie was a battleground in our family. I had the power. I was struggling. Read here. Not so now Barbie, and her family, are welcome guests in our home. "Don't Fight it Feel it." blogs my transition and change of heart with the phrase:
In fact a growing number of plastic ladies now have a better home than us with electronic access card entry and a microwave two things we lack. They also have a camper van with flat screen plasma TV and a host of glamorous outfits.
They activities of Barbie along with her sisters Skipper, Stacie and Chelsea are mentioned nearly everyday on our family blog and they often accompany us on our gallivants.
Seven year old Sapphire has decided that she would like to do a project on the history of dolls and the history of Barbies from their humble paper doll origins,
We made a start today. Reading the comprehensive wikipedia entry and watching a video about the history of Barbie on youtube. It is a learning curve for me too. The library and physical books have yet to be referenced but already a huge amount of information has been analysed and processed.
We plan to revisit the Museum of Childhood (read about Barbie's London Day Here) and Hove Museum as part of our exploring.
I intend to use this page to store information. If it expands too much a separate Barbie blog might be needed.
A history of Barbies starts with a history of our own collection. We have some from 1997 and 1999 and a Ken from 1968 as part of the collection was a sort of job lot second hand box. Some are electrical, some the head detaches, there are mermaids and ballerinas and through detective investigative research S has just uncovered that one member of the collection has the longest ever hair manufactured on a Barbie doll.
A history of Barbies starts with a history of our own collection. We have some from 1997 and 1999 and a Ken from 1968 as part of the collection was a sort of job lot second hand box. Some are electrical, some the head detaches, there are mermaids and ballerinas and through detective investigative research S has just uncovered that one member of the collection has the longest ever hair manufactured on a Barbie doll.
"That's funny said S as her hair gets the knottiest of all."
Found this in the Guardian today Fine Art with Barbies
Found this in the Guardian today Fine Art with Barbies
