Wall Street Journalさんのインスタグラム写真 - (Wall Street JournalInstagram)「For Barbie collectors, some of whom have been die-hard fans since the 1960s, they’re watching a superbloom of Barbie. Most couldn’t be happier for their girl. ⁠ ⁠ At the National Barbie Doll Collectors Convention in Orlando in early July, some 850 attendees marveled at how their favorite doll has stepped out of the box and onto the big screen with the marketing machine that is the “Barbie” movie coming out this week. ⁠ ⁠ Tickets to the five-day Barbie convention, which can run $475, sold out this year less than seven hours after going on sale to the general public, said Linda Levine, co-chair of the convention, which has been held almost every year since 1980. They’re expecting tickets to sell out again in 2024. ⁠ ⁠ At the convention, collectors and vendors for everything Barbie gather and browse, attend workshops on making their own jewelry for dolls, bid for dolls for charity at a silent auction, and show off at a fashion show. ⁠ ⁠ “This is a celebratory moment for our community,” said Jared Mijares, shown in the first photo. He is a fashion doll collector with over 400 dolls and a Barbiecon attendee since 2014, who came prepared with a whole pink convention wardrobe “for Malibu Barbie vibes.” ⁠ ⁠ Mattel’s senior vice president of Barbie and fashion dolls, Kim Culmone, has been a designer for Barbie since 1999. “We put it in the box and we get it on the shelf,” said Culmone, shown in the fifth photo. At the convention, “I get to watch life start to come into her through kids and collectors.”⁠ ⁠ Read more at the link in our bio.⁠ ⁠ 📷: @emmarosemilligan for @wsjphotos」7月23日 0時00分