Knock-offs never have been on my mind and as a Barbie collector it seems to be a bad taste to buy them. But this is a story of a doll who was a knock-off but has become something else, something pretty interesting.
Who is Emily?
I was browsing a local web shop for all the dolls there, starting from the cheapest to see what they had in offer. Because, you know, how shops often don’t name their listings properly and searching for “Barbie Fashionista” you won’t find her because the shop has listed it with a generic title like “30 cm doll for girls in a blue dress”… So finding dolls on sale has become a bit of a hunting game and sometimes one can stumble on something totally unexpected. That’s what happened with me and Emily.
This doll instantly caught my eye with her unusual face and the beautiful, romantic packaging. So I started to look into it.
Free Range Barbie 