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: ONCE. UPON a time a couple of bucks | 7
bought vou Barbie.

By Michael Becker

. News Editor

Today, depending on what she's
. wearing and whether or not she's
actually “been © touched © by
>human hands, the fantastic

‘plastic demands lots of:
dough: :

The 36-year-old phe-
nomenon shows no sign of
flagging. Kids continue to
buy into the scene and nos-

‘« talgic adults are increasingly:

exchanging cash for the new coin of the Mattel
“Toys realm — fashionable collector dolls.

Some collectors talk about how their assembled
Barbie tribe provides “safe” and “grounding” com- —

If the size of the mob on hand for the Nov. 25
‘opening of Barbie On Granville is any indication,

“there are many among us hungry for a piece of the.

toyland action,

‘Ian Bradley, president of Mattel Canada, was on [|
hand at the new Barbie boutique at The Bay down-
‘town, to proclaim the “destination shop” the third
of its kind in Canada.

: The other two are in Toronto and Winnipeg.

;. Said Bradley of. the. Bay-Barbie relationship, ,
“We had a long association of working with The. §
Bay. The Bay is Canada's fashion store and Barbie ‘
is a fashion icon and we thought there was a natur-

’ al linkage between the two of us. We loved the idea

: of a downtown department-store concept.” ae

Here’s Bradley’ s take on the enduring appeal of
Barbie: “We've kept Barbie fresh: we've kept her:
contemporary. We've always made Barbie whatev-
er little girls want Barbie to be.”

research ‘daily throughout the world with  Birls, Stefanie Deutsch met a. breathing version of Barbie tast week | a
at the open ng of Barble on Grarvilte. : re fe TA

“askin them what they want. Barbie to be.”

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Yet it is the big-girl collector side of the love affair
that's really taking off, “The Barbie collector dol con-
cept is avery fast-growing concept. We've put a tot of
time and energy: into it. We recognize that with Barbie
being 36 years old now, girls who played with Barbie in
the 1960s and 1970s are mothers themselves and still
have an interest in Barbie.

“We've been able to attract world-
class designers to pro-
vide. fashions for
Barbie.”

Haute couture, for

-sure. Christian Dior,

Emanuel Ungaro, Yves:

* Saint Laurent and Bob ;
Mackie are among the many to have created outfits for
the dolly -

. Stefanie Deutsch of West Vancouver i is about as avid a
Barbie collector you'll find on the planet. She's the

» author of Barbie — The First 30 years 1959 through | 989
“An Identification & Value Guide.

A few years ago Deutsch stopped counting how many

dolls she has in.her collection when she reached 2,000..

‘Deutsch estimates she owns as ‘many as 4,009 now. 7
. One doll alone fetches US$6,500. :
The book, an inevitable byproduct of her obsession, is
her second. The first was published in Germany. a few’
“years ago and is now in its second | printing.” The new
_ book has just been released in the U.S. and is available i in

some Canadian book stores.

It features color shots ‘of the Deutsch collection and

collector prices of individual items. “I tried to”, ’
‘put in the real ‘prices. Most of »: -

them in books are too
low, prices..we'd all
love ‘tu’ buy for,” she.
said. - ;
“ . She has collected for
15 years and . attends”
ae : many collector shows."
“The book she said will also appeal to. the collector

; ; ‘ <5 7 NEWS photo Brad d Lecldge ~ who has everything. “There’s a chapter.on variations and.
: Bradley said the. company continues’ te conduct’ WEST VANCOUVER Barble collector and Barbie book author: : _ prototypes, iterns that t have never been shown, before in’,

Graduated 1968 from the International
Fabricate Institute in Silverspring, Maryland.

Q: What Causes.
Invisible Stains?

#45 When you eat an apple and the core
turns brown after it has been exposed. to
the air, that's oxidation, The natural sugar
in the apple reacts to alr over time and
turns the fruit brown, The same thing hap-
pens with invisible stains,

Invisible stains are very deceiving. You
may think the substance you spilled on your
shirt will not stain because it did not leave a
ring or spot when it dried. Or, pertaps you
think you got the stain out when you blot- |
ted it with a damp cloth. The fact is, if any
portion of the staining substance remains in
the fabric, it will turn rte a brown or yellow
stain that, once set, is virtually impossible to
remove. 2
What You Can Do

Does this mean you shouldn't take the
‘garment to the cleaner? On the contrary,
where visible stains are concerned, your
cleaner can be your biggest ally -— proviled
they know ‘about them hbelore, cleaning.
Using special chemicals, ‘equipment, and
- expertise, cleaners.can often eliminate an
invisible stain in before it Sets in.

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