Barbie unveils new inclusive dolls with vitiligo and another with prosthetic limb
The Barbie Fashionistas line was first introduced in 2015 to represent girls with a variety of skin tones, eye colours, hair colours and textures, body types and styles so that its young customers could "find a doll that speaks to them."
The new Barbies join more than 170 dolls within the diverse range, which is aimed at "showcasing a multi-dimensional view of beauty".
The range includes a doll with no hair (pictured below) to reflect new catwalk trends as well as hair loss, the company said.
A Barbie doll with vitiligo (pictured below) also joins the range which was created with the help of a dermatologist to ensure the skin condition was accurately represented, it said. When Barbie posted a prototype to its Instagram channel last year, it quickly became its most liked post ever.
There's also a Barbie with a gold prosthetic leg, the second in the Fashionista range to have a prosthetic limb. The first was created in partnership with 12-year-old disability activist Jordan Reeves last year.
A new Ken doll with luscious golden locks (pictured below) also features in the collection.
The dolls are proving popular, according to the brand, with over half of all dolls sold worldwide last year belonging to the diverse range.
Of the top 10 best sellers, seven were diverse, including a doll which uses a wheelchair. In the UK, both of the Barbie dolls with wheelchairs were the two bestselling individual Fashionistas dolls while globally, the bestselling individual Fashionistas doll of 2019 was a curvy doll with afro hair.
Fashionistas dolls retail for £11.99 each. The vitiligo doll will be available in spring, while the doll with no hair and doll with prosthetic limb will be available later this year.
Click through the gallery at the top for the full line-up of new Fashionistas Barbie dolls.
