So in Style Barbie Baby Phat Collection

Name: So in Style (S.I.S.) Barbie Baby Phat Collection

Made by and When: Mattel, 2012

Material: Vinyl with articulated elbows, wrists, and knees

Height: 11-1/2 inches

Hair/Eyes/Mouths/Complexions: All dolls have long wavy hair and closed mouths. Grace has auburn-streaked brunette hair and green eyes. Her complexion is light-medium. Kara has dark auburn hair with highlights and hazel eyes. Her complexion is medium. Chandra’s hair is black; she has brown eyes and a beautiful ebony complexion. Marisa is a honey blonde with highlights, has brown eyes, represents a Latina, and has the lightest complexion of the SiS dolls. Her brown eyes are side glancing.

Clothes: Grace wears a split wide-collar pink knit sweater, black leggings, black high-heel boots, a gold Baby Phat plastic belt, gold plastic earrings, and holds a Baby Phat shopping bag.  Kara wears an orange mesh top over a blue tank, denim short-shorts with an embroidered belt, orange high heels, gold hoop earrings, and a Baby Phat necklace. She has a Baby Phat shopping bag and orange sunglasses. Marisa wears a coral satin tunic with purple sequin trim, purple lace leggings, purple high-heel shoes, silver plastic earrings, a silver plastic Baby Phat pendant, yellow sunglasses, and she holds a Baby Phat shopping bag.

Other: As well as co-designing other Barbie lines at Mattel, Stephen Sumner designed the Baby Phat So in Style dolls, a line he helmed at the time the Baby Phat line was designed. The dolls were presented in a colorful box with a group headshot of the four dolls on the back as illustrated in one of the slideshow images.

Slideshow (Unless otherwise indicated, the photographs are courtesy of Stephen Sumner. Use the right arrow to advance to the next image.)

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