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Fan Bingbing Doll

Doll
2013-2014 (made)
Artist/Maker
Mattel, Inc. (manufacturer)
Kyaw, Linda (designer)
Place of origin
China (made)

Barbie doll of Fan Bingbing, a Chinese actress, singer and producer. She wears a re-creation of the yellow "Dragon dress" designed by Laurence Xu featuring two leaping dragons with crashing waves at the hem. The doll is in its original box with printed designs of dragon and sea waves.


Object details

Categories
Dolls & Toys
Fashion
Textiles
Object type
Doll
Parts
This object consists of 4 parts.

  • Doll
  • Box
  • Doll Stand
  • Certificate
Titles
  • Fan Bingbing Doll (manufacturer's title)
  • Pink Label (series title)
Materials and techniques
Moulded plastic, synthetic fabric, printed card and acrylic
Plastic
Synthetic Fabric
Paper
Acrylic
Brief description
Fan Bingbing Barbie doll in original box, ©2013, Mattel, designed by Linda Kyaw, made in China, 2013-2014
Physical description
Barbie doll of Fan Bingbing, a Chinese actress, singer and producer. She wears a re-creation of the yellow "Dragon dress" designed by Laurence Xu featuring two leaping dragons with crashing waves at the hem. The doll is in its original box with printed designs of dragon and sea waves.
Dimensions
  • Doll height: 31.5cm
  • Box height: 34.5cm
  • Box width: 23cm
  • Box depth: 7.8cm
Credit line
Given by Fan Bingbing
Object history
This Fan Bingbing Barbie doll is part of Mattel's Celebrity Speciality doll series released in February 2014. Fan is a celebrated actress and fashion icon in China, gained international stardom and recognition when she wore the dragon dress designed by Laurence Xu on a red carpet debut at the Cannes Film Festival in 2010. A modified version of the dragon dress was given to the V&A by the designer in 2012.
Collection
East Asia Collection
Accession number
FE.60:1 to 3-2015

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Record createdDecember 31, 2014
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1304924/fan-bingbing-doll-doll-kyaw-linda/
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