What A Doll!

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	• Barbie Millicent Roberts: An Original Valerie Steele Pantheon, 1998 - 93 pages average customer review:based on 2 reviews view larger image
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What A Doll!

This is a lovely, well-crafted coffee table book, full of elegant photos of Barbie in many of her earliest fashions, and a few of her swingin' Mod fashions as well. Not much for text - just a few pages of introduction, but heavy on gorgeous photography, with various beautiful early Barbie dolls used as models. All photos are captioned with year of the doll presented, as well as year and name of the outfit in which she appears. The only critique I have is that this is probably not to be used to determine which outfits came with which accessories/pieces, as I found a couple mistakes in outfit inclusions as I went through the book. This does not detract at all from its overall beauty. If you are already a Barbie collector and do not have this book, it is an exquisite addition to your collection - if a new collector, it will demonstrate some of the most fantastic early dolls and outfits for your consideration. Just-sensational!

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FAB-O!!!

I loved this book. Barbie looks "tres chouette" in all of her outfits. There are some pictures where Barbie looks exactly like Samantha Stevens from the TV show, BEWITCHED. And there are times where she looks a lot like Mary Tyler Moore. All of the outfits were so carefully crafted and assembled. I love how they use to ahve little metal zippers for the dresses. Now, that's quality!!! It's a fantastic source for fashion inspiration.

A Barbie Spectacular on the eve of her fortieth birthday.

The early and rare Barbie--in 75 ravishing photographs. Barbie as she was meant to be seen and celebrated, clothed in Mattel's now rare ensembles inspired by the original designs of the great couturiers--Chanel, Givenchy, Dior, Balenciaga--and brilliantly photographed by David Levinthal, the foremost toy photographer at work today.

The incomparable Barbie--Barbie Millicent Roberts--was born in 1959 in the heyday of haute couture. But Barbie has always been at the center of style. No woman alive has kept up with the latest fashion of the day as Barbie has, with the perfect ensemble for every occasion: a night at the ballet, her first date, a festive barbecue, an afternoon at the beach, a day at the office, a Saturday matinee, her wedding day. And each has been perfectly accessorized: shoes, pocketbooks, long gloves, a fur stole, sunglasses, a beach bag, a single strand of pearls.

No other book about Barbie shows her as she is seen here, in breathtaking image after image--her hair, her accessories, her clothes, styled to perfection. The essential Barbie, as she was meant to look to the millions who have seen in her the embodiment of their dream of beauty and glamour, has been brilliantly captured by David Levinthal, whose photographs have been exhibited and admired around the world.

With a preface by Valerie Steele.

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