What is the name of the Japanese Barbie doll?

Are you talking about blythe? Also called Xiaobu.

There are also: minimalthe, momoko, una, etc.

My classmate is a fan of Xiaobu. It looks great, but it costs too much money.

Blythe doll, also known as "little cloth, big-eyed baby", as the name suggests, this kind of doll has big eyes. We call her "Little Bu" because she is cute and beautiful, and has won the favor of baby lovers all over the world. In Xiaobu's collecting world, there are no restrictions on age or gender, only the number of collections. What is "Little Bu's World" like?

Blythe's profile

Name: Big-eyed baby

English name: blythe

Nickname: Xiaobu

Height: 30 cm

Characteristics: Big head, big eyes, small body.

Place of birth: United States

Settled in: Japan

History of Blythe

Blythe was born in the United States in 1972 At that time, the anti-war wave in the United States gave rise to the hippies who pursued peace and advocated natural dressing. With the promotion of TV programs, an art wave called "Big Eye" emerged, and these all indirectly Promoted the birth of the Blythe series of dolls.

Blythe's initial sales were very poor. Although she was marketed as a doll for children, her special face prevented her from being favored by people - her eyes and head were too big, even a little It's scary, and it has no figure. Something so avant-garde is unacceptable for a while. After just one year, Blythe was forced to cease production.

Just when she was gradually forgotten, Gina Garan, a well-known fashion photographer in the American fashion industry, saved her. Gina is known as the "Mother of Blythe" and is a loyal little cloth fan. As a lover of doll collection, she has a personal collection of more than 2,000 dolls. One day her friend said to her: "I think you look a lot like Blythe!" So driven by curiosity, she bought her first fabric from the Internet. From then on, she couldn't control it. Gina's love for Xiao Bu grew by leaps and bounds and became unstoppable. So far, she has collected more than 200 Xiao Bu. She often takes Xiaobu with her, traveling around the world and taking many photos of her looks. In 2000, Gina held a personal photography exhibition of Blythe and published a photo album of Blythe called "This is Blythe", allowing people to get to know Blythe again. Once this picture album came out, Xiaobu, who originally only had four styles and was not popular, underwent earth-shaking changes. Xiaobu not only completely became the vane of various fashion trends, but also established her unique personality with her outstanding "sense of change". With her independent image, she created a new "super fashionable beauty type".

Gina introduced her album to Junko, the producer of CWC Japan, and through her introduction Blythe’s wind spread all the way to Japan. Later, when Gina was shooting a promotional brochure for the Japanese department store Parco, the Japanese toy company Takara launched the first replica version of Blythe called "Parco Limited", and Xiaobu's status finally reached an unprecedented height. As of today, a total of 37 Blythe dolls have been launched, and they are favored by many of the world's top boutique brands, who all make "Blythe version custom-made clothes" of the brand's classic models for her. As Blythe became instantly popular in Japan, various popular street brands in Japan have also joined this trend in recent years, once again opening a wider "door of change" for Blythe dolls. In this way, Xiao Bu not only came back to life, but also became an expensive doll that appreciated rapidly and was crazy around the world.

Xiaobu’s series

1. BL series: BL is an earlier series, which has been discontinued. It has produced 9 styles.

Characteristics: Flat face, thick black eyelashes, oval eye sockets, slightly drooped eyelids, slightly tilted mouth, thin body.

First model: BL0: Parco LTD. ED. Parco (limited edition small cloth) limited edition small cloth. Limited to 1,000 pieces.

2. EBL series: a popular series, rarely produced, with only 17 models.

Characteristics: Very light eyelashes, round eye sockets and face, flat corners of mouth, fat body.

The first model: EBL1: Miss Anniversary (Miss Anniversary) Xiaobu.

3. SBL series: Currently the main series produced, with 20 models.

Characteristics: Thick eyelashes, flat eye sockets, squinting, upturned corners of the mouth, oval face shape, and the whites of the eyes are not visible.

Original model: SBL-1 Skat Date, the perfect ski cloth.

4. KB series: Produced by two American companies in 1972 and 1973 respectively. There are roughly three generations, each generation has four hair colors, so there may be 12 styles.

Features: super cute, pouty mouth, fat body.

Because it is too early, there is no detailed information on the first model.

5. Re-engraved KB series: There is currently only one re-edition KB style.

Characteristics: round face, fat body.

Original model: Redhead Love’N Lace American 1972 Kenner antique cloth.

6. Special edition series: some styles that need to be drawn to buy. For example: striped cloth, travel cloth, etc.

In addition to purchasing various brands of clothes, hats, jewelry, furniture, food toys, pets, etc. for their beloved babies, many players also design and sew various clothes, shoes, hats, and jewelry with their own hands. ...even designing and making furniture by myself.