88 Barbie Interpretations

Celebrating the Iconic Doll, from Barbie Netbooks to Adult Doll Clothing

— May 16, 2010 — Life-Stages
While there probably isn't a girl in the world who didn't grow up playing with Barbies (to some degree), over the past several years, there have been so many Barbie interpretations that the doll has gone from being a simple children's toy to a fashion icon--and more.

From Barbie foosball and Barbiefied fashion lines to life-sized Barbie mansions, the number of Barbie interpretations available shows just how the iconic doll has grown up both in design and in the eyes of society. Click through this cluster to see for yourself!
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Say Cheese Barbie
Say Cheese Barbie
Paparazzi Play Set
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82
Computer Engineer Dolls
Computer Engineer Dolls
Mattel Reveals Barbie's 126th Job, and It's a Tech-Savvy One
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81
Toys for Trekkies
Toys for Trekkies
Special-Edition Barbie Dolls Released as Tie-In to Upcoming 'Star Trek' Prequel
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80
Has Barbie Reached Her Expiry Date?
Has Barbie Reached Her Expiry Date?
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79
Pompous Dolls
Pompous Dolls
The Palm Beach Sugar Daddy Ken Doll Looks Snooty
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78
Floral Designer Dolls
Floral Designer Dolls
The Limited Edition Comme Des Garcons Barbie by Rei Kawakubo
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77
Barbie Ring
Barbie Ring
Handmade Pop Culture
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76
Barbie Accused of Being Part of the Transgender Movement
Barbie Accused of Being Part of the Transgender Movement
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75
Psychedelic Barbies
Psychedelic Barbies
Jonathan Adler Takes it Back to the 60s with Pink Label Collector Barbie
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74
Smash Up Barbie
Smash Up Barbie
Retro Toy Crash Derby for Adults
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73
Barbie Going Through a Midlife Crisis
Barbie Going Through a Midlife Crisis
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72
'Women of the Cloth' Dolls
'Women of the Cloth' Dolls
Episcopal Priest Barbie Tells Secretary Barbie Who's Who
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71
007 Dolls
007 Dolls
The Bond Girls Barbie Will Save the World, Steal Your Heart
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70
Doll Tribute Designs
Doll Tribute Designs
Tarina Tarantino's Barbie Cameo's Are a Sophisticated Celebration
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69
$30 Million Barbie Houses
$30 Million Barbie Houses
Barbie Flagship Store in Shanghai
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68
Iconic Doll Chairs
Iconic Doll Chairs
Philippe Starck Barbie Chair for Kartell Comes in Adult and Kid Sizes
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67
Cute Couture Dolls
Cute Couture Dolls
The Christian Louboutin Barbie is Made of Glitz and Glamour
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66
Designer Clothed Barbies
Designer Clothed Barbies
Christian Louboutin Designs Anemone Barbie Full of Hollywood Glamour
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65
Mutant Dolls
Mutant Dolls
The 'Barbie Strogg' Insectoid Centaur-Fighting Robot Fends off Evil Brothers
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64
Fashion Designer Dolls
Fashion Designer Dolls
Viktor & Rolf, Badgley Mischka Barbie & More
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63
Barbie Makeup for Adults
Barbie Makeup for Adults
Stila Launches 'Barbie Loves Stila' Cosmetics Paint Cans
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62
Children Themed Hotel Rooms
Children Themed Hotel Rooms
Barbie And Hot Wheels Take Over Hilton Toronto
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61
More Barbie Handmade Pop Culture
More Barbie Handmade Pop Culture
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60
$500 Doll Fashion Books
$500 Doll Fashion Books
Barbie's 50th Anniversary Celebrated in Pictures
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59
High Horse Barbies
High Horse Barbies
Doll Celebrates the 135th Kentucky Derby and Barbie's 50th
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58
Black Barbies
Black Barbies
Using Toys to Send the Diversity Message in Vogue Italia's Black Issue
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57
Multicultural Material Dolls
Multicultural Material Dolls
The New Mattel 'So in Style' Doll Appeals to African-Americans
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56
Barbie Foosball
Barbie Foosball
Girly Dolls Get Masculine Makeover With Chloe Ruchon's ‘BarbiefootR
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55
Barbie Headdresses
Barbie Headdresses
Pier Atkinson's Eccentric Headwear Lands the Cover of Vision Magazine
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54
$15,000 Barbie Bling
$15,000 Barbie Bling
Barbie Rocks Collection
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53
Doll Cankle Makeovers
Doll Cankle Makeovers
The Christian Louboutin Barbie Remake Has Slimmer Ankles
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52
Juxtaposed Dolltography
Juxtaposed Dolltography
The Hair's How Soviet Barbie Makeover is Modernized
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51
Muslim Barbie Alternative
Muslim Barbie Alternative
Salma Dolls
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50
Australian Catwalk Dolls
Australian Catwalk Dolls
The Newest ‘Barbie Basics Collection' is Inspired by Australi
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49
Psychedelic Barbie Dolls
Psychedelic Barbie Dolls
The Mod Squad Collection
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48
Tween Doll Mega Wars
Tween Doll Mega Wars
Barbie Makers Win Fight To Make Bratz Dolls Extinct
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47
Barbie Doll Covers
Barbie Doll Covers
Christina Aguilera Goes White Blonde for Cosmopolitan Magazine
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46
Fashion Designer Dolls
Fashion Designer Dolls
Kimora Lee Simmons Barbie
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45
Flirty Fuchsia Fashion
Flirty Fuchsia Fashion
The David Dixon Barbie Collection for Spring 2010 (UPDATE)
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44
Barbie Netbooks
Barbie Netbooks
Korea Launches the Pretty-in-Pink Samsung X170 Barbie Edition Laptop
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43
Designer-Inspired Dolls
Designer-Inspired Dolls
Kartel Designs for Barbies ‘PLASTIC' Collectors Edition
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42
Barbies As Shoe Displays
Barbies As Shoe Displays
Eccentric Bruno Frisoni Shoes are Excessively Glam
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Iconic Doll Revamp
Iconic Doll Revamp
Barbie Gets Radical Makeover
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40
$100,000 Barbie Dolls
$100,000 Barbie Dolls
The Diamond Castle Collection Doll
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39
Barbie Burkas
Barbie Burkas
Mattel 'Save the Children' Barbies Have Traditional Makeovers
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38
Honoring Iconic Dolls
Honoring Iconic Dolls
New York Fashion Week Features 50 Barbie Tribute Designer Dresses
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37
Decapitated Barbie Shoots
Decapitated Barbie Shoots
Anna Wand's 'The Joys of Fairy Killing' is More Than Macabre
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36
Political Barbie Fashion
Political Barbie Fashion
Christina Aguilera Rocks The Vote in Style
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35
Rich Housewife Dolls
Rich Housewife Dolls
The Barbie Lounge is the Place to be for Sophisticated Dolls
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34
Cotton Candy Ads
Cotton Candy Ads
Britney Spears Looks Sweet as Barbie in Candies for Kohl's Ads
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$85,000 Diamond Barbie
$85,000 Diamond Barbie
De Beers Designed Doll
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32,000 Barbies Represent Real Boob Jobs
32,000 Barbies Represent Real Boob Jobs
Social Commentary by Chris Jordan
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31
Cougar Barbies
Cougar Barbies
Video Makes Fun of Saggy-Boobed, Botox-Loving, 50-Year-Old Barbie
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30
Celebrity Action Figures
Celebrity Action Figures
Comic-Con Dolls
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29
Recycled Zombie Dolls
Recycled Zombie Dolls
Barbie of the Undead
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'Kill Bill' Barbie
'Kill Bill' Barbie
Danny Choo Creates 'Mirai Dollfie,' a Manga-Inspired Murderess
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Neon Barbie Fashion
Neon Barbie Fashion
'Acid Reign' Features Agyness Deyn in Vogue UK
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Fulla the Muslim Barbie
Fulla the Muslim Barbie
Best Selling Girl's Toy in the Arab World
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Couture Chained Barbies
Couture Chained Barbies
Designers Upgrade the CFDA Barbie Basic Doll With Personal Style
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Bringing Fashion Dolls to Life
Bringing Fashion Dolls to Life
Barbie's 50th Brithday Celebrated by Designers at NY Fashion
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Badass Superhero Barbies
Badass Superhero Barbies
Black Canary Barbie
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Guerrilla Doll Faces
Guerrilla Doll Faces
Jocelyne Grivaud Superimposes Barbie on Her Idolized Artists' Works
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Real-Life Barbie Luggage
Real-Life Barbie Luggage
Pink Suitcases and Rose Travel Totes from Vivre
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Celebrity Dolls
Celebrity Dolls
Amy Winehouse Barbie
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Retro Barbie Makeovers
Retro Barbie Makeovers
Chrome Hearts Barbie Collaboration Will Rock Your World
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Digitally Aged Dolls
Digitally Aged Dolls
Barbie Gets Old, Complete With Wrinkles and Crow's Feet
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Coffin Cakes
Coffin Cakes
Baking with Dead Barbie Dolls
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Bizarre Barbie Mods
Bizarre Barbie Mods
Ooak Barbies Takes the Much Loved Doll to New Places
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Barbie Cosmetics
Barbie Cosmetics
Unleash Your Inner Doll with Barbie + MAC Cosmetics
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Celebrity Barbies
Celebrity Barbies
Donna Anne Transforms Barbie With Famous Faces
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13
Demented Doll Installations
Demented Doll Installations
Barbie Gone Bad at the 7th Annual Altered Barbie Doll Exhibit
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12
Barbiefied Fashion Lines
Barbiefied Fashion Lines
The Wildfox Summer 2010 Collection is So Totally Rad
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Adult Doll Clothing
Adult Doll Clothing
David Dixon Gets Inspired to Create Barbie Clothes for Adults
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Spy Cam Dolls
Spy Cam Dolls
The Barbie Video Girl Records Those Special (or Secret) Moments
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Humanimal Barbie Dolls
Humanimal Barbie Dolls
The Prickly ‘Princess Unicorn'
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Barbie Masterpieces
Barbie Masterpieces
Kristyna Milde Recreates Famous Paintings with Posed Dolls
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Real-Life Barbie Cars
Real-Life Barbie Cars
Sparkling Pink Fiat 500 Gift For Barbie's 50th Birthday
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Barbie Doll Parts Made Into Jewelry
Barbie Doll Parts Made Into Jewelry
Margaux Lange Designs
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Life-Sized Barbie Mansions
Life-Sized Barbie Mansions
Jonathan Adler Designs Real Malibu Dream House
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Barbie Torturetography
Barbie Torturetography
Is This a New All-American Pastime?
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Real Models as Dolls
Real Models as Dolls
Karl Lagerfeld Shoots Baptiste Giabiconi as Ken With Barbie
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Overweight Toys
Overweight Toys
Fat Barbie, Superman and LEGO Figures Highlight Child Obesity
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Living Barbie Dolls
Living Barbie Dolls
Surreal and Sexy or Social Statement?
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