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March 16, 2018 02:35 pm PDT

96-year-old style icon Iris Apfel gets her own Barbie

So, Mattel recently caught some slack after announcing a Frida Kahlo Barbie. Kahlo's estate is saying that the toy manufacturer didn't get permission from them to use her image and likeness. Mattel disputes the claim.

They did, however, get the blessing of "geriatric starlet" Iris Apfel to make a single Barbie doll in her likeness. Yes, just one.

The Cut reports:

Unfortunately, Iris Apfel Barbie is one of a kind. (Same as Iris Apfel herself.) But if youd like to dress your regular degular Barbie just like her, that will soon be an option. This fall, Barbie will release a Styled By Barbie, complete with glasses and necklaces from Apfels own Rara Avis collection. In a photo taken at the Carlyle Hotel (one of Apfels haunts), Barbie even sports a new, short bob haircut to fit the profile.

Note that the emerald green Gucci suit the nonagenerian's Barbie is donning is styled after the one she wore on the cover of her new book, Iris Apfel: Accidental Icon.

(WOW)


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