This Barbie is a dream come true for all girls and mums who can play along (I would anyway) pretending to get Barbie cruising around town in her hot pink, convertible sports car and sporting her fashionable outfit and pink vehicle (all a bit fluffy, of course, but I am still so in love with Barbie after all these years). Mattel have made the effort over the years to adapt Barbie to the changing times by making her rounder, pregnant, and doing all the best jobs including an astronaut. As a little girl growing up, Barbie has always been my favourite doll, the one that allowed me to play my imagination games and dream big. Young minds can take off and explore all of the roads before them because you can be anything with Barbie. This is not just a slogan because pretend games are still very important especially now that children rely too much on video games and use very little imagination to create their own stories. My storytelling career started when I played in my room with my Barbie dolls and built her a house inside my cupboard, made some furniture out of cardboard, created storylines with my friends and played for hours. Dreams were made right there. 

Photographer Jeremy Lloyd, Stylist Sheryl Fetrick Photographer/Stylist

Barbie’s pink convertible car and doll with sunglasses is a classic Barbie item. In fact, I have an older version which looks very similar. 

The two-seater convertible has a stylish signature print interior and Barbie license plate, it has rolling wheels, an open roof, silvery side view mirrors and seatbelts. The car has wheels that roll to start a story with a simple push. In this pack there’s only one doll. Other dolls are sold separately. I love Barbie’s outfit too:  she wears a lovely floral print dress, pink shoes and cool sunglasses.