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OK, it doesn't look exactly like this. But it is a strapless black (mostly) dress that kind of flares at the end (although just below the knee, not at the ankle). It's really the shoes that make me feel like a Barbie doll, though -- little black things that only have that little bow shaped arch across the top to keep them on. I think it's also that the dress has no zippers or other fasteners; it just slides on. Very My First Barbie.

Visit the Barbie website [link disabled] if you want, but it sucks -- way overloaded with Flash and absent the fun "design your own Barbie" feature they used to have. Plus the "Barbie Collector" site can't bring up any of the vintage photos, which is why I had to get this picture from somewhere else.