{"product_id":"1996-barbie-gap-barbie-blonde-doll-nrfb","title":"1996 – Barbie – GAP Barbie – Blonde – NRFB","description":"\u003ch3\u003eIn 1996 GAP Was the Coolest Brand in America and Barbie Went Shopping There and Brought Home a Branded Bag, a Denim Jacket, a Cap, and a Pair of Jeans Inside the Bag So You Know She Bought Things\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eGAP Barbie is a 1996 Special Edition store exclusive dressed head to toe in GAP — khaki trousers, GAP logo t-shirt, chambray shirt, denim jacket, colourful scarf, and a GAP shopping bag with jeans inside it, because that's what you do when you go to GAP. The box backdrop is a GAP store interior with neatly folded shirts on shelves behind her. She also has a GAP backpack and a GAP cap. She bought a lot of things. GAP was worth it in 1996.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe GAP's \"Who wore khakis?\" campaign had run in 1993, placing Miles Davis and James Dean in the brand's aesthetic and making a chino feel like a cultural statement. By 1996 the chain was genuinely at the apex of its cultural power — the moment before fast fashion made a \"good basic\" feel less like an identity. The African American version (16450) was produced in smaller numbers and trades at a significant premium on the secondary market. The blonde at 16449 is the more commonly found of the two, which remains one of the more ironic sentences in the whole of Barbie collecting.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eManufacturer:\u003c\/strong\u003e Mattel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCountry of manufacture:\u003c\/strong\u003e Indonesia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eModel #:\u003c\/strong\u003e 16449\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMelody Likes box condition grade:\u003c\/strong\u003e Excellent — \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":47696708796606,"sku":"BARBIE-1996-GAPBARBI-BLONDE-DOLL0001","price":145.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0709\/4504\/6718\/files\/1996-barbie-gap-barbie-blonde-doll-nrfb-front.jpg?v=1782133864","url":"https:\/\/melodylikes.com\/products\/1996-barbie-gap-barbie-blonde-doll-nrfb","provider":"Melody Likes","version":"1.0","type":"link"}