{"product_id":"1993-barbie-classique-collection-uptown-chic-doll-nrfb","title":"1993 – Barbie – Classique Collection – Uptown Chic – NRFB","description":"\u003ch3\u003eKitty Black Perkins Put Barbie in Leather and Lace in 1993 and the Box Looks Like a Magazine You'd Actually Want to Read\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eUptown Chic is the third entry in the Classique Collection — Mattel's early-nineties designer series in which named in-house designers created Collector Edition dolls packaged in boxes styled as fashion magazine covers. Kitty Black Perkins designed this 1993 entry: a white vinyl coat with lace and rhinestone trim, a hat, jewellery and shoes, all in the leather-and-lace palette that had been commercially dominant since the late eighties and still had cultural legs in 1993. The box front is a hand-drawn fashion illustration in the style of a high fashion editorial sketch. It is the only thing in the toy aisle that looks like this.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKitty Black Perkins joined Mattel in 1975 and became one of the most significant designers in the history of the Barbie line — primarily through her work establishing a distinct fashion identity for Black Barbie dolls through the eighties and nineties, including the Shani and Christie lines. Uptown Chic, designed for a white doll, was an unusual assignment for her, and the result is one of the more quietly interesting entries in the Classique series: the designer most celebrated for expanding what Barbie could look like, here dressing the default Barbie in something that is genuinely chic rather than merely pretty.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eManufacturer:\u003c\/strong\u003e Mattel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCountry of manufacture:\u003c\/strong\u003e Malaysia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eModel #:\u003c\/strong\u003e 11623\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMelody Likes box condition grade:\u003c\/strong\u003e Pristine — \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0709\/4504\/6718\/files\/MelodyLikes-Doll-Box-Condition-Guide_05303af8-20b2-4137-8091-87f3c51d9668.png?v=1773150063\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eView our box condition guide\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mattel","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47696701718718,"sku":"BARBIE-1993-CLASSIQU-UPTOWNCH-DOLL0001","price":139.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0709\/4504\/6718\/files\/1993-barbie-classique-collection-uptown-chic-doll-nrfb-front.jpg?v=1782133780","url":"https:\/\/melodylikes.com\/products\/1993-barbie-classique-collection-uptown-chic-doll-nrfb","provider":"Melody Likes","version":"1.0","type":"link"}