I finished my book, and to fill the void that opens when you have turned the last page, I decided to skip work last Monday and go on a day trip with a friend. We went to Taxco a little town of white houses and red roofs, stuck some 1,800 meters above sea-level on the steep slopes of a mountain halfway between Mexico City and Acapulco.
Meandering through the streets and alleyways, peaking into the silverware stores (Taxco used to have a big silver mining industry) and lingering around markets, you will probably find something unexpected. And we did, or better my friend did: in the entrance of an artisan store that sells all sorts of toys, papier-m’che figures and folksy dresses, she spotted hand-knitted Barbie fashion in all colors and shapes: from little tank-top summer dresses with matching purses, to thick sweaters including woolen socks and hats to
make sure that Barbie makes it through the freezing Mexican winter. Check out the (unfortunately pretty bad) snapshot!
And what else could be expected there are actually some awesome Barbie creations on BurdaStyle (see below), whether for your favorite fashion doll or for yourself.
Check out these awesome doll dresses:
Aug 12, 2010, 08.34 PMby gabidelavega
Love this post! i’m live in mexico (i’m mexican), and were I lived Barbie cloathing was vw¿ery expensive, so we used to by the market hand mande ones, and I really liked the better, because there were so creative and colorfull. I will try and find some of the ones that I kept, to show you,
:)