Barbie Fashionistas Doll, Curvy Body Type Wearing Lavender Kiss Romper

hard to find fashionista

This doll is completely gorgeous - in a realistic, unconventional sense. I love her curvy body and pale skin (loving the lack of Barbie's dreaded spraytan). Her eyes and makeup are so bright and flattering, and she has such a lovely, cheerful round face that just seems to glow. I think this is the first Barbie I've seen with my exact hair color, too, which goes great with her complexion. Her outfit is flattering as well, very well-fitted to her healthy body shape - which, by the way, is gorgeous and pleasantly surprised me with just how absolutely robust it is, as this is my first curvy Barbie). She legitimately looks like someone I could meet in real life, like a friendly waitress or something. I bought her for myself along with a few others because I love how much the Fashionistas line has branched out and deviated from what we think of when we hear "Barbie". If these were around when I was a kid, you can bet I'd be all over them. I'm really glad Mattel has finally caught on to how necessary it is for children of all body types, ethnicities, etc. to be represented. Not only does it send a better message and give kids more realistic expectations of how people look, but when I was a kid, I just really preferred dolls that looked different from each other, and it was frustrating to me that all my Barbies looked the same. I remember my friends thought the same when we'd play dolls, too. It was just kinda boring that all the dolls we had were blonde-haired, blue-eyed skinny white girls. It limited our storytelling games. I remember we would get sooo absurdly excited whenever we came across a Barbie that looked even slightly different just because of how much we craved some variety for a change lol. These Fashionistas don't just send a great message of body-positivity and acceptance of all the different types of people, they also just have so much more potential and personality for childrens' imaginations. I do hope Mattel keeps it up - it's about dang time for this change. :)