Doll-A-Day 2023 #133: Fashionista Barbie 135

   Todays doll is one of Emma's. She's Barbie Fashionista #135.

She was produced in 2020.

  The thing about this doll, who is one of the Petite Barbie's, is her interesting complexion.

  She represents people who have a skin condition called vitiligo. The internet says, "Vitiligo occurs when pigment-producing cells die or stop functioning. Loss of skin color can affect any part of the body, including the mouth, hair, and eyes. It may be more noticeable in people with darker skin."

And

"Melanin is produced by skin cells called melanocytes, and it gives your skin its colour. In vitiligo, there are not enough working melanocytes to produce enough melanin in your skin."

  You may have seen Winnie Harlow, a famous model who has vitiligo.

  This girl has curly hair painted along her hairline.

And she has great curly hair.

Her colourful long dress is accompanied by a bag on a belt at her waist. 

And a pair of white tennis shoes.

I love these shoes. They're so cute.

  There was also a curvy Barbie, and a Ken with vitiligo. I have never seen those two myself, except online. The doll we're looking at today was the only doll with vitiligo that I saw in the stores. 

  That's it for today. See you tomorrow. 

Doll-A-Day 2023 #59: Fashionista #91

   Today's doll is one Emma bought at the doll show. One of us was going to buy her for sure, and Emma had more money. (And is living in her own house, so she doesn't have to worry about being frowned upon for bringing too much stuff into it, like I do.) She's Fashionista #91, from the Barbie Fashionistas line.

  She's wearing her original clothes, but she also came with a white bracelet, and white shoes.

  She is made to resemble an African American woman with Albinism, so she has quite a fair skin tone and blue eyes.

And freckles.

She also has a fabulous head of white hair.

    

 She has the Petite body type, so she's a little shorter than the standard Barbie.

She has unbendable legs, but she can move her arms out from her sides, as well as back and forth.

She can also tilt her head up and down, and sideways a little bit..

  This doll came out in 2017, so it was lucky finding her in her original outfit, or even at all, for $4.

  That's today's doll. See you again tomorrow.