Barbie Millicent Roberts: An Original

This is a lovely, well-crafted coffee table book, full of elegant photos of Barbie in many of her earliest fashions, and a few of her swingin' Mod fashions as well. Not much for text - just a few pages of introduction, but heavy on gorgeous photography, with various beautiful early Barbie dolls used as models. All photos are captioned with year of the doll presented, as well as year and name of the outfit in which she appears. The only critique I have is that this is probably not to be used to determine which outfits came with which accessories/pieces, as I found a couple mistakes in outfit inclusions as I went through the book. This does not detract at all from its overall beauty. If you are already a Barbie collector and do not have this book, it is an exquisite addition to your collection - if a new collector, it will demonstrate some of the most fantastic early dolls and outfits for your consideration. Just-sensational!

I loved this book. Barbie looks "tres chouette" in all of her outfits. There are some pictures where Barbie looks exactly like Samantha Stevens from the TV show, BEWITCHED. And there are times where she looks a lot like Mary Tyler Moore. All of the outfits were so carefully crafted and assembled. I love how they use to ahve little metal zippers for the dresses. Now, that's quality!!! It's a fantastic source for fashion inspiration.