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I’ve seen the Lutherans, mostly packs of high school students, choking up the narrow sidewalks of the French Quarter. The Times-Picayune reports that about 37,000 of them are in town for a convention. The locals stare at these visitors who take pictures of streetcars, wait...
The 29th annual Barbie convention sold out in two days, and lit up the District in the doll's signature hot pink, drawing Barbie-lovers ages 13 to 80 from all over the globe, including Russia, Mexico, Japan, Australia, Britain and France. A trio of sisters trekked from Mexico in...
Many convention attendees turned 50 with Barbie this year, and fondly recalled their childhood memories. "I grew up with Barbie," says Nancy Parsons, 50, president of the Western Pennsylvania Doll Club. "That was my toy. We lived out in the country. My brothers had their G.I. Joes, and I had...
Barbie collecting can be an expensive habit. The latest coveted version, released by Mattel for Barbie's 50th, is valued at $50,000. In the style of "#1," Barbie is decked out in 34 carats worth of white and black diamonds, which sparkle down to her heels, complete with a...
Still, Barbie's backers believe the message she conveys is quite the opposite. "Barbie epitomizes a little bit of what everyone wishes and aspires and loves to be," Holder says. And that was the echoed sentiment from all convention-goers: "It's really about pretending what it's going to...