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In the Barbie movie, there is a gentleman in a green blazer with a bit of a scandalous name.
This is Palm Beach Sugar Daddy Ken.
I had never heard of this guy before I saw the movie, but since I recognised all the other named Barbies (and many background Barbies!) I thought for sure this must be a real doll that had somehow slipped me by.
That, it turns out, is only kind of true.
In 2009, to celebrate Barbie's 50th anniversary, there were a number of different special edition Barbies released. Pictured above is Palm Beach Sugar's Daddy Ken, a Silkstone Barbie doll for adult collectors, modeled after Slim Aaron's Palm Springs Party.
But as I'm sure you've all noticed, "Sugar's Daddy" Ken is a bit of a... poorly thought out name. It sounds awfully similar to another phrase.
I can't find any pictures of the doll in box or evidence that it actually hit shelves - despite this quote from a Mattel spokesperson about the unfortunately chosen name.
"At the end of the day, this collection is targeted toward adults," said spokeswoman Michelle Chidoni. "While the name of the doll does refer back to the dog, I think people are going to interpret it as they want to interpret it."
Resurrecting the Barbie pics I took years ago for Pink Bow City Magazine with the help of Vestige Photography. “Barbie The Movie” makes it possible for me to have some part of the Barbie World action. 🤗🤗🤗��🏾💅🏾💅🏾
Recently, someone asked me if Barbie had ever been a teacher.
Actually, to be more precise, they said, "Barbie's been a teacher, right? She's been everything."
This is correct on all counts.
The oldest Barbie I could find who was a teacher by trade was 1995's Teacher Barbie.
She came with two child dolls as well as a playset featuring school accessories like a chalkboard.
A few years later in 1999, Barbie became specifically a sign language teacher.
This particular Barbie had custom hands, where her right hand was forming the ASL sign "I love you".
Barbie has relatively regularly been depicted as a teacher since in various career lines, such as this one from 2000 where she was teaching the children about dinosaurs.
Or this one, currently in stock in major toy retailers, where she appears with a toddler-sized child.
Or for that matter, this one from the "You Can Be Anything" line, featuring a laptop computer to help her teach.
It would be remiss of me not to mention the Silkstone Barbie, however, where Barbie was depicted as a very vintage-inspired schoolteacher.
Technically this depicts Barbie as a fashion model, modeling the fashions of a teacher, but I am going to count it regardless.