According to WWD, the collection consists of three dolls packaged in Louboutin shoe boxes, each come with four pairs of Barbie-size Louboutin heels. The three dolls will be released separately, the first to release in December, is the jewel thief-themed Barbie; in February, a safari-themed Barbie, and for May, Louboutin designed a Barbie that goes to the Cannes Film Festival. The dolls retail for $150 each and will be sold at BarbieCollector.com and at Net-a-porter.com, and in September, both sites also will offer a Christian Louboutin Barbie shoe collection of 12 pairs for $40 a set.
In addition, Christian Louboutin will also star in a photo diary with Barbie, titled ““My Year in Paris With Christian Louboutin” which comes with the jewel thief Barbie and is also sold separately for $40 slated to release in December. He apparently made a comment about her ankles being too big which caused quite a stir but quickly retracted...
Ahhhhhh to be young again........!!
(images and text via Nitrolicious)
