Just because dolls are created / marketed for kids, they don't need to be garbage. Even my 5 year old niece can point out which doll is "nice" and which doll has "bad makeup" (pixelated).

My 8 y.o. niece recently received her first Barbie. This doll has Saran hair and she keeps saying how soft it feels and won't put the doll down. If this had been one of the dolls with poly hair, I doubt my niece would be as excited about her, which means she wouldn't ask for another Barbie. That "cost -saving" measure isn't so smart when you look at it that way.

Mattel doesn't care. All those shapeless sack dresses and miss-printed facial screenings are just shameful. The Fashionistas line is just disposable trash now.😢. But the Fashion Fever Teresa from the early 2000s is absolute love! ❤. WOW! She's amazing! (And to think, that was a playline doll.😳)

The peaches and cream "tribute" was the most disappointing and the one I'd want the most. So sad. You talked me around on the other 2 because of the head sculpts, but I'm not excited about any of them. The ending was such an amazing find and show what Barbie has been and could be again. Happy Holidays!

Kids can absolutely tell the difference between a nice high quality doll and a cheap feeling doll. The modern playline Barbies are practically throw-away toys, like a McDonalds prize. I think they could raise the price and make better dolls. People would still buy Barbies for their kids. And they can just keep the "budget" Barbies they already have for that price point.

One of the main things about Barbie that ticks me off is how incohesive they are with their clothes and accessories. Like how in the world do the blue shoes and peach dress on 216 make any sense? 😭

🤣🤣🤣 I wonder where the inspiration is for Peaches and cream! It is really bad. Maybe Mattel staff are on hallucinogens!

I love your comments on the headsculpts. Mattel has no excuse for such trash; by making a homage to dolls that only adult collectors love they are trying to appeal to adults. The execution is laughable: dumpy shapeless clothes and high pixalation. Thank you for ending on a positive note: that Teresa is gorgeous and I really want her! Hurray for McKays!

I wonder what Ruth handler would say if she saw this line 😭

Barbie fashionistas just feel like they just wear some sort of t-shirt dress. I just think about when I was young and I had a bunch of fashion Avenue packs that I wish I still had. The quality was amazing I remember they were also snaps and layers. I just wish they had clothes like fashion Avenue.

As you know, I don’t have any good discount stores near me. But by chance I came across a early 2000s Barbie fashion, fever, doll at my local thrift store. Her box was completely destroyed, but the doll inside was in really good shape and I picked her up for a very good price. What she had in the box was two different outfits, a brush and two different pairs of shoes plus a handbag. I wish Mattel would go back to that.

I’m done with the Fashionistas. I’m tired of the lack of articulation, the cheap and uninspired clothing, and the pixelated faces. I’ve chosen the favorites I already have in my collection, and those will be the dolls I keep.

I say up the price by $10.00 and give us a Fashionista Rewind on a made to move body and with better quality clothes with better designs

Omg my nose and facial structure looks like the third doll and I’m part Native American. That’s definitely a vibe she gives off!

They did the pixelated makeup on last years Lunar New Year doll... Def kept me from getting her 😢

Fashionistas are one of my favourite Barbie lines but when I say that I’m talking about the original fashionistas ( 2009- 2013) and then the 2015 - 2018 range before the quality starts to take a nose dive! They used to be such amazing quality,so it’s very disappointing to see what they have now become 😢

If they use pixal faceups to prevent the face being scrapped off then why would they keep using poly? Poly can not only become ruined if you play with it for 2 seconds but it also falls off after a decade-it makes no sense to claim the pixaltion is to prevent the face being scrapped but yet continuing to use low quality chesp hair that will fall out anyways

the modern barbies can be break easily. I still have the fashion fever barbies and still in good condition, my niece loves it and she find them pretty and fashionable compared to fashionistas

These are AWFUL. Why even put the original on the package? They should have just released them as-is and let fans speculate that they were a tribute to prior dolls. I don't think anyone would have, in a million years, but it would have been more fun to figure it out rather than be told and completely disappointed. I have Fashion Fever Hair Highlights Barbie. I never even noticed that she came with a second outfit. LOL

I litterally gasped when you said that the first one’s doll hair is poly. Mattel has Saran in the same shade of that black hair, why couldn’t they used that??? Pathetic. Also what a disappointing wave… I hope next year will be better. But the fashion fever Barbie looks so cool! And she’s really beautiful! And $9? What a good bargain! Awesome doll!

That Teresa doll truly was the highlight to end this year.

“her five-head”. You’re hilarious😂 thanks for making me laugh out loud!

What a wasted opportunity… They have to be scared to succeed at this point. No fucking sense

My area has the same stock issues, and what is there doesn't sell. Nobody had the holiday dolls. I still haven't seen most of the 2023 dolls. I think Mattel is going to have to try harder, because parents are over Barbie. Congratulations on finding any Fashion Fever out in the wild, she's gorgeous.

My Target & Walmart are slow to get any doll lines, but i live in upper midwest.

Business in 50's "you will work hard in factory to improve your life style" Business in 90's "you're to expensive, but the factories go to China so that you can buy cheap stuff" Business in 2023 "the amount of money you pay a cheap Barbie doll can feed a family of the third world for a year. But the richs get richer."

That Theresa is beautifully made, but main interest are Ken dolls, Bratz boys, My Scene boys, action figures, etc, but also have some Barbie dolls and other dolls that cought my eyes, specially Holyday Barbies designed by Bob Mackie.

My god… it’s clear monster high and American girl get Mattel’s budget lol

The 216 doll's smile does look off. So disappointing!

Finally, I find out what Saran hair is! Thank you for drawing the distinction between hair types.

I came back to collecting in 2004, but Peaches N Creme was what I sought out !

I must admit i do think that all the money that Mattel made from the barbie movie Maybe they could of been generous and gave the fashionistas no pixelated faces and maybe gave us made to move or even the other articulated joints? Im not surprised that Barbie is going down in sales every year 😔

Happy Holidays! That Fashion Fever Theresa is an incredible find! By the way, her "sticky" boots is a common condition that happen to all things plastic. I believe the technical name is "plasticizer migration" to the surface as plastic degrades. Just like rubber bands degrade over time, plastics will degrade too. You can use rubbing alcohol to wipe it down and then use a bit of talcum or corn starch to absorb the stickiness. Or you can use a bit of baking soda mix with water to clean it. But it is a temporary fix as it will come back. While I loved the Fashion Fever doll line, I hated that they almost always came with Kanekalon hair! One way you could tame the hair is to add a little hair conditioner to a cup of boiling water, mix well and pour over the dolls head and comb through the hair and let air dry.

I got 217 and her facial pixie print is horrible! I’m keeping it in box because I love the face sculpt. Skipping this line entirely. Will buy the clothes off eBay.

I watched a good video explaining what MGA & Mattel could be doing. MGA took moved most from RH & OMG to focus on Bratz. Kids that liked RH & Omg are grown up. So the soft reboot. And new older kids get articulated Bratz. Mattel maybe took their budget from Barbie ( now the movie hype is over) & put it all into Monster High. It made sense how the video played it, but I dont like it. I love RH & Barbie more than Bratz & MH. 🤷‍♀️

Barbie fashionista now similar to dollar 3 dolls 😂

The early fashionistas line with articulated body was great, the best line I liked was 2013 both wave

I really don't like these big grins so many current Barbie dolls have. The pixelated eyes are awful. I just can't stand it.

Im guessing the EU Glitter Ban is responsible for the lack of glitter. If it easily comes off from toys its banned.

This Teresa doll is really nice and unique. I remember her in one of the shops here in Bulgaria but there were so many beautiful dolls then that I didn't buy her. And because I was into Mackie. I bought one Mackie with similar clothes. They were very expensive here. Nowadays almost no doll atracts me enough to pay money on it.

Use the rubber bands w the butterfly beads as a belt! Just cut the band and tie it back together!

Whaaaaaat ? I want Fashion Fever ! What a good deal !

Thank You for your Honesty. I thought the same about this new line. The change is drastic, yes. Something happened.

Honestly this wave would've been better suited for Barbie Rewind. I received my Fashionista 216 the other day and was disgusted with the dress. Honestly it looks like the dress was found in a thrift store or handed down to this poor doll. They actually could've saved some fabric if the dress would've been more fitted. I received #217 which is overall cute, but her eyes are not painted on right. My absolute favorite is #215 because I love that face mold, her long black hair is soft and the outfit is decent. The only downside is the face pixelation. I do love that this doll is racially ambiguous so that each owner can decide what they want her to be.

That Teresa would be about 30.00 now

This Teresa has always been my favorite headsculpt of all! Happy New Year and a safe journey, sweetie! 🎆🎇🎆 When I got all my stuff from AZ in September I found an entire box of Barbie clothes from the mid-90’s through the mid 2000. What a difference!

So happy you got this Teresa. The Fashion Fever line was amazing.

not everything has to be aimed at collectors, that said kids do deserve quality products, with proper thought out designs and nicer fabrics. these fashionistas are disappointing, so much potential wasted

I might get the TNT one when she goes cheap. She's cute petite and would look good in this spare Rainbow High outfit I have. I got 206 and 208 from the last wave, and they are so nice both are some of the better Barbies released this year.

Fantastic review! I agree. This line is the worse!

❤ nice review E...have fun. See you when you're back!

It gets even more confusing when it comes to the hair, I've seen Mattel use either poly hair or saran hair on the SAME Fashionista. I am almost certain they did this with Fashionistas 188 and 182, my 188 has nice soft saran hair but I saw a ton of people on Amazon complain about her crappy frizzy hair (and it looks poly in their pics). My 182 has horrible frizzy poly hair but when I watched Barbination's review on her it looked soft and beautiful and he said it was saran! So even if you watch a review you still may not know for sure what kind of hair you will get stuck with!!

I got the last black haired fashionista too & she looks all those you said, but I consider her Native American.

excellent review! Thanks for sharing.

Darn it that third fashionista the brown doll is so pretty but you said she’s pixelated. That’s so sad

I thought this pink and white star top one was supposed to be Greek?

i already had the original white peaches and cream doll . this year i bought the black doll Mint condition in box .

#215 is the only one l got. She is gorgeous!!!!

26:42 If you look closer i believe the purse opens and snap closes . i have it in several colors .

yaaaas ff is so superior and I want that one so bad!!

Your thumbnail influenced me into flattening my hair highlights Teresa, because mine's rubberband desintegrated and she was left with an ugly shapeless bump on her head 😂 I was literally leaving her wrapped on a bag with elástics soaking her covered head on boiling water as you were unboxing yours Needles to say, the bump was gone by the time you finished and I was happy to have her in a more presentable condition afterwards ❤

Mattel should make doll lines named pixel girls 😂

the first head sculpt I always said India ethnicity but second could be anything like you said .

I'm surprised Mattel is still making the Fashionistas line, then again I'm not entirely surprised as Mattel's only priority is to make a profit.

Considering that fashion avenue and fashion fever were also playline dollls, use thought that the fashionistas are playline dolls for kids, it’s not a valid excuse

Honestly they should have just made inspired fashion packs to put more effort into the outfits

I have to agree with you about this wave because they could have been so much better since they're paying homage to some older dolls. But the clothing choices they picked are pretty horrible. That being said though I do get the fashionistas because I like the core doll like you but I usually will switch the clothing out with something better.

I think they do the big potato sack dresses so they can fit on every body mold.

I bought The Barbie Malibu House for Christmas for me

I’m not happy about Peaches celebration Barbie!

Don't know if this makes sense but his videos are like asmr to me...

I only copped 2..218.. And 219..thankfully pixelation didn't plague them.. At least not badly for the girl.. It's sad it's a crap shoot like that.. My collection will be 90s and early 2000s dolls

9 dollars fashion fever barbie???😭😭😭😭 so lucky

i stopped buying Fashionista lately..even the Holiday 2022 and this year 2023- becomes Cheap too- looks playline too considering its for collectors😢Sad..

Really bad face screening on the Peaches n cream inspired doll. It made her face look clownish and I couldn’t work out why. I have Barbies I’ve had for many decades. I used to play out doors with them, put them in the bath, everything and not one of them lost their face paint. The newer fashionistas I’ve seen second hand have. It’s got to be a money issue. Why is the clothing always nylon? Same reason? Because the cotton clothes lasted so well.

Ahh I miss your old intro! Are you ever bringing it back?

Yeah that twist and turn doll is actually really cute, but that outfit is a bit woof

Teresa’s hair is also cut evenly on the ends. Haven’t seen that in a while.

The red head looks like Claudia schiffer sculpt. I love the black doll with the braids. I want to get her and make a custom Sister Night (Aka Regina King) doll from Watchmen.

I have a question about Fashionistas #215. I agree with you that she is a beautiful doll and I am curious about her head sculpt/mould. I have been trying to figure out if it's a new mould or possibly one that hasn't been used for playline dolls for awhile?. You seemed familiar with her head mould, can you please tell me which one it is? I thought it might be the Karl mould but I am not sure. Information on her head mould will be greatly appreciated. I did enjoy watching your video, it's great to see a guy who collects 1/6 Fashion dolls:).

People who say "They are dolls for children, they don't need to be perfect" have to remember the quality of dolls that mattel used to put out when we were kids was 1000% better than what children get today. so WE doll collectors know quality and what used to be, and those who don't know... sorry but maybe you should save you comments for something you are a little more educated for. "Stick to What you Know!" . P.S. Barbie's GBF, you are amazing, I love you videos, you were the first one that would talk about the face sculpts and I love that!

The last fashionista looks also like she could use a native american or Greek type of ethicnicity the way they could paint the face at least.

Merry Christmas my dear! 🫶🏾

The third doll looks Persian to me. Beautiful doll. I would like her original body type in made to move form.

The sack dress doesn't even have zelcro in the back... If this is for a child why is there no zelcro... How the hell are you meant to get it off and on your dolls... Thats like temu or Ali express quality... The fashion play elements of these dolls are just not good

The #215 doll sculpt seems to look more Middle Eastern, with an Arab look. Really beautiful doll.

love your review on these dolls. I have to cut back on buying dolls because I'm running out of room to display them. Since these are more of the same face mold I won't be getting these. The pixelation on the the faces is really bad too. The doll wearing the pink top with stars looks like a Native American. The contrast in quality between the new Fashionistas and the Fashion Fever doll is vastly different. Great comparison.

215 Barbie is definitely Latina is my favourite from this line

The Asian Looks doll with the petite body should be a good match for the Asian. I think the Black tall Looks doll might be too dark for 216.

I love everything Barbie... Except where Mattel is heading with them lately. 😢 Children may love the non movable but i will never buy ones that don't articulate for them or for myself.

The thing is children notice crappy toys too. I don’t care if the target audience is for kids or whatever. It’s the quality of the dolls which is my problem. Children deserve nice toys, not stuff that breaks so easily. Like look all the older dolls and how indestructible they have been. It’s because they were made so well. Good example of a modern brand is Naturalistics. Those dolls look so nice even if their outfits are a bit boring.

I am very picky about my dolls clothes.

I love to see someone share what they are passionate about. Let's not talk about 1996.

That doll with the Avril Lavigne look in the background where did you get the doll and outfit ❤

This group of dolls could be Polynesian?

Cool t-shirt

these fashion wise are the absolute pits of what they are made to resemble ,i can just wonder did someone do a line of coke in a bathroom at mattel and was off there face when these were approved,the dolls are lovely but way off there playline previous dolls,carol spencer and kitty black perkins we need you now

I mean... unless you are like infant and your teeth are itchy... Why would you put your doll into your mouth and lick the paints off and why would parents let that happen?? My dolls from my childhood might have been bald but never been faceless. If they care about kids that much they need to worry about kids eating hairs more than face paint😂😂

The Doll is beautiful the clothing however is just shocking! Mattel for goodness sake behave Grrrrr

I hate that fabric.