Bratz: pioneers of a new wave of dummied-down dolls. Photograph: Ian West/PA
The makers of Barbie may well be celebrating today after a private collection of the dolls fetched £110,000 at auction at Christie's. But Barbie, who looks like she would be banned from the catwalks in Madrid, is under threat from a new wave of dolls that wouldn't look out of place in an "adult" shop.
First came the Bratz, a pouting bunch of jailbait hoochie mamas seemingly inspired by the fashion sense - or rather the lack of it - of Jennifer Lopez and Christina Aguilera. Most disturbing is the range of Bratz Babies, wearing thongs and carrying bottles of baby milk, which this summer sparked parental outrage for encouraging paedophilia.
And now we have the redneck Trailer Trash dolls - the Ken and Barbie for the generation that aspires to the velour tracksuit chic of Britney Spears and her stoat-faced beau Kevin Federline.
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