Celebrating Barbie: An Exploration of the Iconic Fashions that Defined America's Beloved Doll

Denise L. Vivaldo: Excellent.

United States on Oct 29, 2023

SJGC: My daughter loves vintage Barbies, and this book was such a wonderful gift for her! She loves it. Note: this is a large book (note the dimensions in the description). It is full of amazing photographs, and we've enjoyed looking through it many times and reminiscing (through each decade in the book).

United States on Sep 29, 2023

Luissa D: Purchased this for a friend - she's in seventh heaven and absolutely loves this book.
Great for every Barbie Superfan. Also interesting for anyone who likes a fun look at clothing fashions through the last half century.

Germany on Sep 18, 2023

Alina Koludrovich: Very cool idea of sharing your experience with Mattel to your readers I enjoyed reading this book.it’s a great read.Enjoy

United States on Sep 04, 2023

Lady_azul: This book was very interesting to a long time barbie collector. Great history behind the fashion of barbie and this book includes several illustrations.

United States on Aug 30, 2023

Francesca Ricci: Libro molto bello sulla moda barbie negli anni, non è un libro di riconoscimento ma un collezionista di barbie dovrebbe assolutamente averlo nella sua libreria.....foto bellissime

Italy on May 23, 2023

Sergio: Recomendable 100% para coleccionistas

Spain on Jan 26, 2022

Be Ge: Encore un livre de plus sur Barbie mais qui relate. l'histoire personnelle de l'auteur : une jeune femme américaine qui se fait embaucher par Mattel comme styliste ( designer ) et qui fera carrière jusqu'à sa retraite , intéressant sans plus. ,mais de belles photos couleur : un regret : qu'il n'y en ai pas assez ... c'est difficile de parler de soi ( 1963 _ 1998 je crois me souvenir ) donc on comprendra qu'une vie nécessite une encyclopédie !

France on Aug 27, 2020

Gail M. Gary: This book IS a pleasure, and I know most people who are attracted to it will LOVE it.

I certainly enjoyed the book and the specific outfits the author described (and depicted) designing. Many of them were outfits I had owned and loved for my Barbie and friends dolls. I was delighted with them as a child, and am pleased Carol Spencer was around to make them happen. They were/are beautiful designs for Barbie. Her 80s stuff was mostly bad, but everything fashion-wise in the 80s looked bad (to me), and there were severe constraints on finishing details and fabrics used from the early 70s on when the business had a downturn (the major wave of Baby Boomers aging out of fully accessorized fashion dolls with teeny-tiny hairbrushes, girdles, and gartered stockings? Oil embargoes? Paper shortages? Changes in laws regarding tiny pieces in toys? All sortsa stuff went on that caused problems in the early to mid-70s, and I understand that Ruth Handler cooked the books at Mattel in the early 70s to make things look better---I know that from other books), so Carol Spencer and her team worked under the types of conditions many of us have had to work with since the 70s---less money, cheaper...

United States on Jul 03, 2020

L.elioL.elio: Ein wundervolles, illustriertes und farbenfrohes Buch der einmaligen Designerin Carol Spencer, die seit Mattels Kinderschuhen verstand, Barbie den glamourösen, ikonischen Look zu verleihen, den diese Puppe zumindest in den 60er bis 90er auslebte!
Man erfährt view Eindrücke der Autorin, vom Bewerbungsgespräch bei Mattel nis hin zu ihrem globalen Durchbruch mit der meistverkauften Barbie aller Zeiten und nich weiter hinaus!

Mir tut es im Herzen weh, da das durchaus üppige Buch 5 Sterne verdient, muss ich einen Stern der Produktion verschuldend abziehen.
Auf einigen Seiten wurde der Beschnittrand der nicht sorgfältig getrennt, welcher (um zu vertuschen) dann unschön eingeknickt wurde (Siehe Fotos). Da ich beruflich selbst mit höheren Auflagen von Printmedien zu tun habe und dabei so ein Patzer noch nie aufgetreten ist, finde ich es doch eher ein No-Go beim Qualitätsmanagement, da mehrere Seiten nun mit Eselsohren und teilweise Flecken versehen sind.

Vielleicht habe ich ein Montagsmodell erwischt, interessierte Barbie-Fans kann ich „Dessing Barbie“ nur wärmstens empfehlen.

Germany on Feb 15, 2020