Title
Barbie doll – Twirlin’ Make-Up
Year/Period
1997
Region
Singapore
Material
Dimension
Object size: 32.5 x 19.1 x 6.5 cm
Accession No.
2024-01063
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of Mdm Chng Poh Gek
Playing with dolls is a common childhood experience, especially for girls. From the latter half of the 20th century, dolls began to get more sophisticated and varied, offering children a wide variety of appearances, costumes, accessories and modes of interaction for their play. This Twirlin’ Make-Up Barbie doll comes with a jewel-encrusted dress with mini make-up items, as well as press-on nail accessories. It encourages users to imagine themselves as being akin to the Barbie doll with the box telling users to put the make-up on the Barbie and then “make-up yourself”. This doll provides an example of the kinds of innovations increasingly seen in toys of the 1990s-2000s to enhance interactivity in creative ways.
