2024
In Anita Dongre
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The Barbie Signature Diwali Doll by Anita Dongre, Wearing Festival of Lights Look, is the first Diwali doll in the Barbie line made with an Indian fashion designer. Mattel Creations released it in October 2024, about four weeks before Diwali, which fell on October 31 and November 1 that year. NewsNation and the Asia News Network give October 3, 2024, as the sale date, and WUNC gives October 4, 2024. The doll cost $40 and was first sold exclusively to Barbie Signature members on Mattel’s website, where it sold out in less than 24 hours. Mattel said that Target, Walmart and Amazon would also…
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The Barbie Signature Diwali Doll by Anita Dongre, Wearing Festival of Lights Look, is the first Diwali doll in the Barbie line made with an Indian fashion designer. Mattel Creations released it in October 2024, about four weeks before Diwali, which fell on October 31 and November 1 that year. NewsNation and the Asia News Network give October 3, 2024, as the sale date, and WUNC gives October 4, 2024. The doll cost $40 and was first sold exclusively to Barbie Signature members on Mattel’s website, where it sold out…
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The Barbie Signature Diwali Doll by Anita Dongre, Wearing Festival of Lights Look, is the first Diwali doll in the Barbie line made with an Indian fashion designer. Mattel Creations released it in October 2024, about four weeks before Diwali, which fell on October 31 and November 1 that year. NewsNation and the Asia News Network give October 3, 2024, as the sale date, and WUNC gives October 4, 2024. The doll cost $40 and was first sold exclusively to Barbie Signature members on Mattel’s website, where it sold out in less than 24 hours. Mattel said that Target, Walmart and Amazon would also carry it. In Singapore the doll was priced at $62, and Mattel Singapore said it would bring in only 50.
Mattel describes the doll as dressed in a Moonlight Bloom set, with a choli top and a skirt decorated with dahlias, jasmines and an Indian lotus. The outfit is a lehenga, a traditional Indian garment of a long skirt, blouse and shawl or scarf. She wears gold bangles and earrings, and the doll comes with a doll stand and a certificate of authenticity. Anita Dongre designed it, and Asia News Network reports that her company aims…
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The Barbie Signature Diwali Doll by Anita Dongre, Wearing Festival of Lights Look, is the first Diwali doll in the Barbie line made with an Indian fashion designer. Mattel Creations released it in October 2024, about four weeks before Diwali, which fell on October 31 and November 1 that year. NewsNation and the Asia News Network give October 3, 2024, as the sale date, and WUNC gives October 4, 2024. The doll cost $40 and was first sold exclusively to Barbie Signature members on Mattel’s website, where it sold out in less than 24 hours. Mattel said that Target, Walmart and Amazon would also carry it. In Singapore the doll was priced at $62, and Mattel Singapore said it would bring in only 50.