Doll-A-Day 2023 #287: Fashionistas #192

   I saw this guy at Five Below yesterday. He was tempting.

Officially he's Fashionistas #192.

Unofficially he's probably known as the guy with vitiligo.

Vitiligo is an autoimmune disorder that causes the loss of pigment in patches of skin anywhere on the body.

  There have been two other Fashionistas with vitiligo, but they were both female. You might have seen Emma's #135 HERE.

  Note that in the first picture, to the left you see that they also carry The World's Smallest toys, and at the moment ours has the 1977 Barbie case. Just a few comments about it. For one thing, I love the case. It's slightly big for 1/6 scale, but I can live with that. Second thing: the doll that comes with it is WAY too small for the case! What?! As if that weren't enough, #3, she's totally the wrong doll for the case, and even the wrong decade! She's a 90's Barbie, with long crimped hair. You can see her on the right of the case in the package. I can't remember the name right now, but I know that doll came out when Emma was little, and Emma was born in 1991. So I'd take the case, and the doll, but not together. As for #192, I like him. I think if you want him you should snap him up while Five Below has him for $5.

  And I still haven't seen The Barbie Movie! I saw it for sale on DVD yesterday. For sale already?! Things move fast these days! It used to take at least a year for something to make it t video. I'm old.

  That's today's doll. We're going to the house to work tomorrow, and we should be getting windows put in soon. (Yay!) See you tomorrow for some other doll, even if I haven't decided which one yet!

  

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.