Barbie Costumes
Barbie has been around since the late 1950′s and was an immediate success loved by people of all ages. The company that created Barbie, Mattel, now offers a wide variety of clothing choices, accessory choices and things like jewelry and shoes for the Barbie dolls. There are also new dolls like the male doll, Ken, and the teen doll, Skipper. You can find Barbie playhouses, play kitchens with a Barbie theme and even decorations and furniture with a Barbie theme.
Barbie has gone from being just a doll to being an online phenomenon as well. There are many online Barbie games that let you play dress up with Barbie. People of all ages enjoy these games. You can get Barbie dolled up in fancy clothes for a wedding or prom or in work clothes for her nursing shift or for a casual date with Ken.
You can even use cultural clothing from other places around the world to create interesting and unique looks for Barbie. You can change the hair on Barbie in some of the games. This is a way to learn about the styles and cultures around the world while having fun.
Online Barbie games are not limited to make up and dress up games. You can play more complex games where you and Barbie try to solve a mystery with other Barbie characters in a variety of different situations from underwater adventures with sea creatures of all kinds to tropical beach adventures. The possibilities are limitless when it comes to Barbie games.
The games where you dress up Barbie and change her hair and make up still remain the favorites among younger girls who find it fun to experiment with fashion and play pretend on the computer by making up stories to go with the outfits the pick for Barbie. They can pretend to be grown up like their parents while playing these games. For adults it is more about challenging your mind to come up with the best outfits and it is also a fun way to relax and a good stress relief activity.
A showcase of all of the Barbie items are shown as the Barbie at Fred Segal Santa Monica Studio. You can purchase Barbie jewelry created by Tarina Tarantino, and accessories created by Patricia Field, the New York designer from Ugly Betty, Sex and the City, and The Devil Wears Prada’s Internet store. You are also able to purchase baby tees made by Mighty Fine, a company which has also made clothes for Disney Couture Baby. The Friedman’s design necklaces for dog tags.
A good resource for Barbie collectors is barbiecollector.com. There are various Barbie dolls that you can purchase online including the Barbie doll as Goldie Hawn, I Love Lucy and the Pop Life doll collection.
Walmart was involved with Barbie’s 50th birthday celebration as well. Barbie has everything, just take a look at what the stores have to offer. Also available for purchase are riding accessories such as Barbie KFX ATV, Barbie Jammin’ Jeep, Barbie Mustang convertible, Barbie Princess Lil Quad, or Barbie Princess tough trike.
Many stores sell a variety of things for Barbie including ToysRUs. Barbie has a host of items that are just hers like cars, boats, houses and more.
Barbie is available in a lot of stores; for instance, you can pick up dolls and accessories at Target, and sometimes get a good deal. Barbie riding toys, Barbie jewelry, and Barbie electronic games are also offered.
Barbie has come very far in the industry of fashion and toys. For the fifty years since 1959, regardless of the words of critics, Barbie still can capture the imaginations of the little girls in all women.
