Customer Reviews

Barbie Dolls Of The World France

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This is one of my least favorites in the Dolls of the World series. Her dress is a very cheap satin and the detailing is not nearly as nice as other dolls. The lace is the cheap stuff you find on underwear, the hat is especially cheap looking and poor quality, and the dress is not full as the box makes it look. In fact, there's nothing under the cheap satin of the dress at all so it looks really flat right out of the box. In fact, it comes out of the box perfectly folded in half and never really fluffs out at all. The dress is made to be permanently uplifted - it would have been nice if it could have been made such that it looked like she was actually flipping it upwards rather than having it illogically defy gravity on its own.

The doll herself is quite lovely and the hair is nicely styled. The shoes and stockings are also nice. One benefit of taking it out of the box is that her feather can stand up to full height and add to the costume. But honestly, I don't like looking at this doll much because her outfit and especially the hat look so cheaply made and designed.

One complaint is that the satin of the dress is so cheap that the 'tabs' used to hold it into place in the box are permanently 'molded' into the back of the dress - looks bad from the back.

In all, definitely not one of the better Barbies in the Pink Label line.

I recently purchased this doll, and I am really happy with it. Her outfit is very cute. I love the blue gloves with the pink dress. I also like the blue cameo on her choker. I took her out of her box for display though because the box sort of "squishes" her outfit. I have to say that I think she looks much better out of the box. On her display stand, you can pose her and create a sense of motion and aliveness. Her dress and gloves seem to be easily removable (although this is only from examination, not trial). I like that her dress and choker have snaps, not Velcro. Her hat is not removable, and I would not recommend playing with her hair.

I am also considering purchasing Scotland barbie which I also think is adorable but in a completely different way.

This Barbie has lots of detail right down to the fishnet tights. We ordered it for a little girl's party that had a French theme.