Where do all the broken, balding Barbie dolls go? Bettina Dorfmann, a German housewife from Duesseldorf who has never outgrown her love for the long-legged, long-haired dolls, has saved hundreds from ugliness and possible rejection over the past 12 years. The business is run from her kitchen table, where she replaces broken limbs and blonde nylon locks lost in playground tugs-of-war and mends torn ballgowns and nurses' uniforms.
Her services are advertised in a sign on her car which reads: "Barbie Clinic: We buy or repair your dolls," and by word of mouth.
"People send me dolls from America, Belgium, France, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, and a whole lot from Canada," Dorfmann, a petite blonde 45-year-old, told AFP.
She also has possibly one of the world's biggest Barbie collections with some 4,500 different models.
Source: SawfNews
Tags: Barbie Dolls | Repair | Bettina Dorfmann | Housewife
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http://www.barbie-klinik.de/index_e.html
And according to the above site, Bettina Dorfmann's email is as follows:
bettina.dorfmann@t-online.de
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