>>> I'M A TERRIBLE MOM.
I DON'T WANT THAT TO BE THEIR
HABIT.
WE HAVE A CELEBRITY IN THE
HOUSE, BAR BY HAS BEEN DER
TRAINING KIDS SINCE 1959.
THIS WEEKEND HUNDREDS OF THOSE
COLLECTORS ARE HERE IN TOWN F
A HUGE CONVENTION.
WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT.
I KNEW COLLECTIBLES, INDIDN'T
KNOW SO MANY WOULD BE INTO IT.
>>> BARBIE IS A GLOBAL
PHENOMENON AND HERE IN THE U.S.
AS WELL.
>>> ROBERT I THE SENIOR
DESIGNER OF BARBIE DESIGN A
SUCH AN HONOR TO HAVE YOU.
THIS IS SUCH AN ICONIC WOMAN
THAT WE HAVE WATCHED OVER THE
YEARS TO ABLE TO CREATE HER
CLOTHES.
YOU'VE BEEN WIT BARBIE FOR 20
YEARS.
>>> WHAT THAT HA BEEN LIKE?
>>> I STARTED WHEN I WAS VERY
YOUNGSH -- NO, THE MOST EXCITING
THING IS TO SEE THE DOLL EVOLVE
AND THREE NEW BODY TYPES
INCLUDING CURVEY THE ONE MOST
PEOPLE ARE EXCITED ABOUT, AMEN,
EXACTLY, I THINK IT IS GREAT TO
SEE BARBIE REPRESENTATIV MORE
THAN JUST A DOLL THAT HAS A LOT
OF STUFF OR PEOPLE PEOPLE
THOUGHT OF AS NEGATIVE VALUES
AND BE ABOUT EMPOWERING LITTLE
GIRLS TO BE ANYTHING THEY WANT
TO BE.
THAT IS AN EXCITING MESSAGE TO
BE A PART OF AND BE PART OF A
BRAND THAT CONTINUES TO DEVELOP
IN THAT WAY.
>> BARBIE IS SMART, SHE'S
POPULAR.
SHE'S ATTRACTIVE BUT ALSO HAS A
CAREER NOW.
>>> SHE A HAS LOTS OF DIFFERENT
CAREERS.
I THINK THAT IS A REALLY GREAT
MESSAGE TO SHOW YOUNG GIR THAT
BARBIE PLAY OUT THEIR DREAM TO
TRY ON DEFENDANT CAREE WITH
BARBIE FIRST ASK THAT HELPS
INSPIRE THEM TO GROW UP THAT
MAYBE ONE DAY THEY COULD BE
PRESIDENT AS WELL.
BARBIE IS RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT.
>>> IS THAT WHAT SHE IS DOING
NOWADAYS.
>>> DOING THAT THIS YEAR,
FINALLY, RIGHT.
>>> YOU HAD A BIG CAREER, Y
WORKED WITH ISAAC MIZRAHI.
AND DONNA KARAN.
>>> AND TH BIGGER CLIENT,
BARBIE.
>> Melanie: PROBABLY GREAT TO
WORK WITH.
>>> ALWAYS ONTIME.
>>> I THINK FROM FASHION DESIGN
I SORT OF HAD ALWAYS KNEW I
WANTED TO TRY SOMETHING
DIFFERENT AND I HAD FRIENDS WHO
RECOMMENDED RANDOMLY AND I SENT
A PORTFOLIO AND NEXT THING YOU
KNOW THEY WERE HIRING ME.
>>> SO TELL ME ABOUT THE
CONVENTION THIS WEEKEND.
WHAT IS IT.
>>> THE CONVENTION IS COLLECTORS
FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD
PRIMARILY IN THE U.S GATHERLE
TOGETHER TO CELEBRATE ALL THINGS
BARBIE.
WE AT MATTEL ARE NOT RUNNING THE
CONVENTION WE'RE THERE TO
CELEBRATE AND WE SPONSOR
DIFFERENT EVENTS AND PARTICIPA
IT IS RUN BY LOCAL CLUBS AND
TAKES PLACE IF A DIFFERENT CITY
EVERY YEAR IN THE U.S
>>> HOW EXCITING.
>> JACKSONVILLE IS CELEBRATING
DELETE S CELEBRATING THIS YEA
>>>.
>>> IT WILL BE COOL IN THE
CONVENTION CENTER.
>>> TELL ME MORE, DO YOU GO
REQUESTS EVER?
DO YOU LOOK AT E-MAILS AND?
AND WHAT DO PEOPLE WANT BASH BOY
DO NEXT?
>>> I THINK BARBIE IS VERY
PERSONAL, EVERYONE HAS A BARBIE
STORY OR EXPERIENCE, AND THEY
ALWAYS WANT BARBIE TO EXPERIENCE
WHAT -- REFLECT WHAT THEIR LIFE
IS.
WE WANT TO ACCOMMODATE ALL OUR
COLLECTORS BUT WE CAN'T
NECESSARILY, IT IS FUN TO HEAR
FEEDBACK FROM PEOPLE WHO WANT TO
SHARE THEIR BARBIE STORY OR TELL
ME WHAT BARBIE SHOULD BE DOING.
>>> ANY CRAZY REQUEST
>> I THINK PEOPLE -- BARBIE
SHOULD BE MICKEY MOUSE IN SPACE.
THAT SOUNDS TERRIFIC, YEA
>> Melanie: THAT MIGHT HAPPEN.
>>> YOU NEVER KNOW.
MICKEY MOUSE AND SPACE BARBIE,
STILL TO COME.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, HAVE FUN.
AND HOPEFULLY YOU WON'T MELT.
>>> I WILL TRY NOT TO.
>>>.
>> Melanie: I LOVE THIS
BECAUSE I WANT MY DAUGHTER TO
SEE THE CHANGE AND FEEL VERY
EMPOWERED.
>>> THERE IS ALWAYS A DOLL FOR
EVERYONE THERE.
I THINK YOU DAUGHTLER FIND ONE
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