Mar 28 2025 48 mins 65
Barbie gets the full haute couture treatment in part two of our Barbie fashion history series from 2023 which takes us into the 1980s, a period that lays the foundation for her ascension into full fashion icon status.
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- Billyboy* and Mdvanii
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