Barbie So In Style

So In Style is a range of African American Barbie dolls, also known as the S.I.S line.

It was a line of Barbie dolls that was created by Stacey McBride-Irby. They were first released in 2009 and discontinued in 2015. They were re-released in late 2016 until the end of November 2017 and were discontinued completely in mid-December 2017.

The line is based on the life of a group of friends from Chicago, the best-known dolls are: Chandra, Trichelle, Marisa, Grace, Darren, Kara and their 'little sisters'.

The So In Style line was announced on September 29, 2009. The first dolls were Grace, Trichelle and Kara, and they were accompanied by younger "sister" dolls: Courtney, Janessa and Kianna, respectively. The "big sister" dolls mentored the younger girls. The premise of Barbie: So In Style was that Barbie's friend Grace was going to a new school in Chicago.

The S.I.S range was developed by Barbie designer Stacey McBride-Irby, who was inspired to create the fashion dolls after watching her daughter play. McBride-Irby was quoted as saying: "I believe that a happy, inspired childhood creates happy, inspired and powerful women, (...) I want my new So In Style dolls to not only be an authentic representation of my community and culture, but also serve to encourage girls to be inspired and dream big.

With input from other moms in her community, McBride-Irby designed and directed the fashion, packaging, stories and facial sculpts for the So In Style dolls. The facial molds had fuller lips, wider noses, and more pronounced cheekbones than regular Barbie dolls. Additionally, the Trichelle and Kianna dolls had curlier hair.

The dolls' hair used Aqua Curl technology. The technology, which was new at the time, allowed girls to comb, curl and straighten dolls' hair with water and styling tools. All the dolls initially had long hair, but McBride-Irby was advised to create dolls with curlier hair, so she did.

All the dolls that make up this line are: Chandra, Trichelle, Zahara, Gracia, Darren, Kara, Kiana, Courtney, Janessa, Julian, Marisa.

Year 2009

Characters: Grace, Courtney, Kara, Kianna, Trichelle, Janessa, Darren

Products:

8/6/2009 - School Spirit Dolls (Grace, Courtney)

8/6/2009 - Music Dolls (Kara, Kianna)

8/6/2009 - Art Dolls (Trichelle, Janessa)

8/6/2009 - Stylin' Hair Dolls (Grace, Kara, Trichelle)

2009 - S.I.S. Little Doll Assortment - RRP $7.99

December 2009 - Rocawear Wave 1 (Grace, Kara, Chandra, Trichelle, Darren)

Year 2010

Characters: Grace, Kara, Chandra, Trichelle, Darren, Courtney, Kianna, Janessa

Grace appears in the 2010 Barbie movie "Barbie: A Fashion Fairytale."

Products:

2010 - Rocawear Wave 2 (Grace, Kara, Chandra, Trichelle, Darren(?))

2010 - It Takes Two Dolls Love 2 Chill (Grace, Darren)

2010 - It Takes Two Dolls Love 2 Shop (Trichelle, Chandra)

2010 - Stylin' Beads Dolls (Grace, Courtney, Kara, Kianna, Trichelle, Janessa)

2010 - Pastry Wave 1 (Grace, Kara, Trichelle, Chandra)

Year 2011

Characters: Grace, Kara, Trichelle, Chandra, Courtney, Kianna, Janessa

Products:

2011 - Pastry Wave 2 (Grace, Kara, Trichelle, Chandra)

2011 - Locks of Looks Dolls (Grace, Courtney, Kara, Kianna, Trichelle, Janessa)

Year 2012

Characters: Grace, Trichelle, Marisa, Darren, Kara

Products:

2012 - Rocawear Wave 3 (Grace, Trichelle, Marisa, Darren)

2012 - Sweet 16 Dolls (Grace, Kara, Trichelle)

Year 2013

Characters: Grace, Courtney, Kara, Kianna, Trichelle, Janessa, Marisa, Chandra

Products:

2013 - Tennis Fun Dolls (Grace, Courtney)

2013 - Skating Fun Dolls (Kara, Kianna)

2013 - Pet Fun Dolls (Trichelle, Janessa)

2013 - Hair Fun Dolls (Grace, Courtney)

2013 - Baby Phat Dolls (Grace, Kara, Marisa, Chandra)

Year 2014

Characters: Grace, Kara, Trichelle

Products:

2/13/2014 - Prom Dolls (Grace, Kara, Trichelle)

2014 - Day 2 Nite Dolls (Grace, Trichelle)

2014 - Glam Convertible and Doll (Trichelle)

Year 2015

In 2015, Grace appears in two episodes of the sixth season of the series Barbie: Life in the Dreamhouse: New Girl in Town and Malibu's Empirical Emporium.

Characters: Grace, Kara

Products:

2015 - Glam Convertible and Doll (Grace, Kara)

Year 2017 (Indonesia and the United Kingdom (United Kingdom) exclusive)

Characters: Chandra, Zahara, Christie, Trichelle, Kara, Julian, Janessa, Courtney, Kianna, Tori, Summer

Products:

Dance Dolls (Chandra, Zahara)

Animal Print Dolls (Grace, Trichelle, Kara)

Concert Dolls (Grace, Trichelle, Kara)

Little Sister and Brother Dolls

Little Sister and Brother Dolls Summer (Zahara, Janessa, Julian)

Little Sister and Brother Dolls School (Zahara, Janessa, Julian, Courtney, Kianna)

Style in Sweet 17 Dolls (Zahara, Courtney, Summer, Tori, Trichelle, Christie, Kara, Kianna)

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