The original title for this post was going to be “Someone at Mattel must love the styles of the Qing Dynasty” except that was way too long… sorry if the new title misled anybody 
Anywhooo… I have come to this thought because out of the few dolls Mattel has made of an East Asian Barbie wearing historic Chinese fashions, they have been from the Qing Dynasty – except the new-ish Empress of the Golden Blossom who is in a Tang Dynasty looking style as well as being super expensive – it is funny that out of thousands of years of recorded Chinese history and culture, only the Qing Dynasty has been noticed and that era was only around for about 300 years (ok, less… but almost) AND the rulers were actually sorta invaders in the first place… sort of not because they are part of China but sort of yes because they weren’t of the majority Han Chinese people, well nowadays they are mostly assimilated into the majority Han population…
Anyway, onto the dolly pics – Princess of China SKU# 53368 (official release year 2002) – this doll was actually made in China too in 2001.
Princess of China
