Daily Mail: One of the world's most famous children's toys, Barbie, has been given a makeover - wearing a burkha.
Wearing the traditional Islamic dress, the iconic doll is going undercover for a charity auction in connection with Sotheby's for Save The Children.
More than 500 Barbies went on show yesterday at the Salone dei Cinquecento, in Florence, Italy.
Makers Mattel are backing the exhibition which is the work of Italian designer Eliana Lorena.
The auction is part of Barbie celebrations for her 50th anniversary this year. The UK's biggest Barbie fan Angela Ellis, 35, has a collection of more than 250 dolls.
'I know Barbie was something seen as bad before as an image for girls, but in actual fact the message with Barbie for women is you can be whatever you want to be.
'I have a Barbie in a wheelchair that was only out for six weeks.'
The mum-of-two's own Barbie collection is set to be displayed at London's Victoria and Albert Museum in 2012.
Barbie was first launched in March 1959 by American businesswoman Ruth Handler. The doll was joined by her long-term boyfriend Ken in 1961.
Rosie Shannon, from Save the Children, said all the proceeds from the auction will go to the charity.
She said: 'We are delighted Sotheby's and the designer chose to auction the burka Barbie dolls for our charity.'
The money will go towards the Rewrite the Future campaign which helps millions of children around the world effected by conflict.
I am glad to see this. What are your thoughts about it?
I think its interesting. I do agree that many of the barbies coming out seem to be pro female. I mean besides the perfect body thing. lol There are veternarian barbies, diver barbies (and she isn't even in a bikini!!) Doctor Barbies. The boobs are getting smaller on them too. lol and the hips a little wider.
Heather
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Wow, so because Mattel is branching out culturally its a bad thing. You know whats 
People who are intolerant for the sake of being anti PC.
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Rise up this morning, smile at the rising sun; Three little birds, pitch by my doorstep; Singing sweet songs, a melody pure and true; Singing, this is my message to you-ou-ou; Singing Don't worry, about a thing; Cause every little thing is gonna be alright.
Quoting LauraKW:
Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but the black outfit that Barbie is wearing in the picture is not an actual burkha, is it? Isn't a burkha like the orange thing on the right, full body covering?
yep. The black one is a hijab I think.
It is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so, and will follow it by suppressing opposition, subverting all education to seize early the minds of the young, and by killing, locking up, or driving underground all heretics. - Robert A. Heinlein
Quoting Stefanie1085:
Quoting LauraKW:
Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but the black outfit that Barbie is wearing in the picture is not an actual burkha, is it? Isn't a burkha like the orange thing on the right, full body covering?
yep. The black one is a hijab I think.
Is that pronounced "he-job"? I always wondered what the correct term was, thank you! I think they are beautiful, but the burkha - not so much.
I could just see explaining to my daughter that this is how people in some other countries dress and she would say, "if I ever went there I would not dress like that."
She actually said that one day about Iran because she knows about it. I am from Iran.
She hears things like this from her nanna. I am not saying that women should have to adhere to rules about dress in any culture and when I visited Iran, i did not like to wear it and when I was in gr. 1 there and had to wear it, it was a burden I soon got used to but still I wanted like most girls, for it to be gone.
I taught my daughter that this is ok and that they are not bad for wearing it and that it is a different culture with diff. rules and if they require it, we do it when we visit. To go there and say, "I am an American and I will dress only the way I want is just being insensitive to culture, history, and politics.
Anyway, it is a good way to get attention for the Barbie BUT I like the fact that they are getting small chested and bigger hipped and that they represent different women from different cultures. What could be better?
I don't like that anyone is forced to wear anything. I think it should be up to the individual how they want to dress. There was a time, for example, when in Iran, the women were arrested for wearing the veil in the 50s when the American installed monarchy, after the CIA coup, wanted to westernize the country, and then in 1980 when Iraq attacked Iran (with America's backing) people became scared and listened to their new Islamic gov't and actually were forced to wear it.
In Turkey today, it is illegal to wear the hijab in some places like in universities and there is a movement by women to allow it.
Different countries have different histories of the veil or Burka.
Overall, when you look at it, everyone wants to be free, everyone.
Even the woman who has to wear the western clothes and look a certain way and weigh a certain weight andt be expected to look like the supermarket fashion magazines on the check out ilne. We all want to be free and in many ways we are not.
One should be able to dress in a burka or a string bikini or nothing. It does not matter to me.
Thanks, I appreciate this.
Quoting Grannygoli:I could just see explaining to my daughter that this is how people in some other countries dress and she would say, "if I ever went there I would not dress like that."
She actually said that one day about Iran because she knows about it. I am from Iran.
She hears things like this from her nanna. I am not saying that women should have to adhere to rules about dress in any culture and when I visited Iran, i did not like to wear it and when I was in gr. 1 there and had to wear it, it was a burden I soon got used to but still I wanted like most girls, for it to be gone.
I taught my daughter that this is ok and that they are not bad for wearing it and that it is a different culture with diff. rules and if they require it, we do it when we visit. To go there and say, "I am an American and I will dress only the way I want is just being insensitive to culture, history, and politics.
Anyway, it is a good way to get attention for the Barbie BUT I like the fact that they are getting small chested and bigger hipped and that they represent different women from different cultures. What could be better?
I don't like that anyone is forced to wear anything. I think it should be up to the individual how they want to dress. There was a time, for example, when in Iran, the women were arrested for wearing the veil in the 50s when the American installed monarchy, after the CIA coup, wanted to westernize the country, and then in 1980 when Iraq attacked Iran (with America's backing) people became scared and listened to their new Islamic gov't and actually were forced to wear it.
In Turkey today, it is illegal to wear the hijab in some places like in universities and there is a movement by women to allow it.
Different countries have different histories of the veil or Burka.
Overall, when you look at it, everyone wants to be free, everyone.
Even the woman who has to wear the western clothes and look a certain way and weigh a certain weight andt be expected to look like the supermarket fashion magazines on the check out ilne. We all want to be free and in many ways we are not.
One should be able to dress in a burka or a string bikini or nothing. It does not matter to me.
Forgive me if this is considered an insulting way to view the Burkha but when I was younger and still I have often viewed this form of dress as the sexist due to the fact that only the eyes could be seen and it left so much to mystery. I have often wondered if this is why it was originally created, well that and to protect against sand.
Quoting Grannygoli:
I could just see explaining to my daughter that this is how people in some other countries dress and she would say, "if I ever went there I would not dress like that."
She actually said that one day about Iran because she knows about it. I am from Iran.
She hears things like this from her nanna. I am not saying that women should have to adhere to rules about dress in any culture and when I visited Iran, i did not like to wear it and when I was in gr. 1 there and had to wear it, it was a burden I soon got used to but still I wanted like most girls, for it to be gone.
I taught my daughter that this is ok and that they are not bad for wearing it and that it is a different culture with diff. rules and if they require it, we do it when we visit. To go there and say, "I am an American and I will dress only the way I want is just being insensitive to culture, history, and politics.
Anyway, it is a good way to get attention for the Barbie BUT I like the fact that they are getting small chested and bigger hipped and that they represent different women from different cultures. What could be better?
I don't like that anyone is forced to wear anything. I think it should be up to the individual how they want to dress. There was a time, for example, when in Iran, the women were arrested for wearing the veil in the 50s when the American installed monarchy, after the CIA coup, wanted to westernize the country, and then in 1980 when Iraq attacked Iran (with America's backing) people became scared and listened to their new Islamic gov't and actually were forced to wear it.
In Turkey today, it is illegal to wear the hijab in some places like in universities and there is a movement by women to allow it.
Different countries have different histories of the veil or Burka.
Overall, when you look at it, everyone wants to be free, everyone.
Even the woman who has to wear the western clothes and look a certain way and weigh a certain weight andt be expected to look like the supermarket fashion magazines on the check out ilne. We all want to be free and in many ways we are not.
One should be able to dress in a burka or a string bikini or nothing. It does not matter to me.
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