Holiday Barbie 1996 - Jane Austen and Puppies
Ah, 1996 is here. It’s the time of Pokemon, the time of Michael Jordan (again), the time of Bill Clinton (again), the time of Dolly the cloned sheep, and……oh my god, that sheep is on 1996 Holiday Barbie’s head! We are 9 years in to the Holiday Barbie run so I can no longer blame them much for borrowing from past ideas. She has some similarities to 1994, just two years earlier (the gilded golden look, the fur, THE FUR!), but I like this offering better. No she doesn’t have an original or modern look, more like a Jane Austin character. (Not a fun one like Elizabeth Bennet, probably her older sister who ran off to visit some dude and then was like “Oh! I’m sick *cough, cough* I guess I have to stay here until I convince you to marry me!") But the burgundy velvet, the silhouette, the gold braiding….it’s all quite classy. The hat however? That may be For British Eyes Only: As for the rest of 1996 exclusives? They were once again big fans of the fur. Less big fans of the hat. Avon’s Wi...