I was never all that into Barbie, except for the occasional times when my friends and I put Ken on top of her for some dry humping action, which was the fortunately the extent of my sexual knowledge at that time. I was too young to understand the possible sexist implications of having a doll with a 36-24-36 figure and her hair, skin, and eye color meant absolutely nothing to me in my own little suburban bubble world. Years later, Barbie is still in the headlines and  remains a controversial figure, pun definitely intended.

Mattel is working out the details now on the “Fashionista Barbie” who is going to potentially inspire a fashion revolution among the young of today.  “Fashionista Barbie” is to be debuted during Fashion Week and  will be used as a model by 50 designers. I, personally, will wait with baited breath to see what becomes of her. Oh, Barbie, what have you come to?

Unfortunately for Barbie, she doesn’t have the figure of a runway model. Barbie has cankles. I always suspected that her figure was a little less than perfect, but since I’m not one to notice ankles myself, I never even noticed this tiny little detail.  Luckily, fashion designer Mr. Louboutin who will have three Barbie models, has now decided that given the extraordinary amount of fat on Barbie’s ankles and her inability to exercise or eat anything but cheeseburgers, she is ready for a re-design with slimmer ankles before she is able to model his shoes, which retail for extraordinary amounts of cash. My guess is that Mr. Louboutin is not particularly a fan of plus-sized models, either.

Since most runway models don’t have the proportions of Barbie, or the age of Barbie- she’s 50 afterall, I’m wondering what other “modifications” she will need for the Fashion Week. It definitely gives new meaning to the phrase, “plastic surgery”, doesn’t it?

For a great slide show and photo spread of last winter’s Fashion Week, please check out this link.  Perhaps this will give you some imagination about the future Barbies we’ll soon see. Or maybe not.