TO celebrate Barbie's 50th birthday a spectacular flagship store devoted to the doll has been opened in Shanghai

Barbie may turning 50 this year,but middle- aged, she is not.Of Course she's kept busy during the year,with 108 carriers & and counting.She's been an olympic athlete,a marine corps sergeant,a dentist ,an aerobics instructor,an astronaut and a rockstar.Barbie had a show during New York Fashion week and her 50th birthday will be officially celebrated on March 9,2009.