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Bratz And Kylie Jenner Face Backlash Over ‘Brown’ Skin Of Mini Doll Collectibles

<p>While the &&num;8220&semi;Barbie&&num;8221&semi; movie continues to dominate the box office&comma; <strong>Bratz<&sol;strong> has made a significant announcement of their own&period; The fashion <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;ti-tiny-lose-lawsuit-mga-entertainment-lol-surprise-dolls&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">doll company<&sol;a> debuted its Mini Bratz x <strong>Kylie Jenner <&sol;strong>collectibles on Tuesday &lpar;Aug&period; 1&rpar;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Fourteen collectibles will sport iconic looks Kylie has worn over the years&period; According to their Instagram announcement&comma; each capsule will offer <em>&&num;8220&semi;one bratzified mini Kylie figure and one mini accessory&period;&&num;8221&semi; <&sol;em>Accessories include a red carpet rope&comma; a purple cruiser&comma; and a dog modeled after Kylie&&num;8217&semi;s Italian greyhound Norman&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h5 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">RELATED&colon; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;kylie-jenner-regrets-surgery&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Kylie Jenner Regrets Getting Her Breasts Done&comma; Says She &&num;8216&semi;Wouldn&&num;8217&semi;t Touch Anything&&num;8217&semi; If She Could Go Back<&sol;a><&sol;h5>&NewLine;<p>The company&&num;8217&semi;s promo clips display at least six figures&comma; including red carpet looks from the Met Gala&comma; Mugler Exhibition&comma; and CFDA Fashion Awards&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Kylie Jenner is the <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;usmagazine&period;com&sol;stylish&sol;news&sol;kylie-jenner-teams-up-with-bratz-to-release-new-collection-of-dolls&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">first celebrity<&sol;a> with her own Bratz doll capsule collection&comma; per <em>The Hollywood Reporter&period; <&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><em><strong>SWIPE BELOW TO SEE MORE LOOKS <&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"CvcRaaiugNK" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Kylie Jenner Reveals Dolls Have Been In The Works For The Past Year<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>As of Wednesday morning&comma; Kylie had not shown her capsule collection love on her Instagram page&period; However&comma; in <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;globenewswire&period;com&sol;news-release&sol;2023&sol;08&sol;01&sol;2715966&sol;0&sol;en&sol;Global-Icon-Kylie-Jenner-Is-Welcomed-into-the-Bratz-Pack-in-the-Biggest-Collaboration-This-Year-as-the-Brand-Launches-its-First-Ever-Celebrity-Bratz-Collection&period;html" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Tuesday&&num;8217&semi;s press release<&sol;a>&comma; she revealed the collab is a dream come through&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;I have been a fan of Bratz since childhood&comma; and I’ve always wanted my own Bratz doll&comma;” said Kylie Jenner&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I have loved every step of the process this past year in creating these dolls alongside the Bratz team&period; I’m so excited they are here&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Jenner said&period;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>The collection is only a taste of what&&num;8217&semi;s to come&comma; per the release&period; It joins the company&&num;8217&semi;s &&num;8220&semi;greater Mini Bratz line&comma;&&num;8221&semi; launched in 2022&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h5 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">RELATED&colon; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;yara-shahidi-naomi-osaka-and-more-honored-with-their-own-dolls-as-part-of-barbies-sheroe-collection&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Yara Shahidi&comma; Naomi Osaka&comma; And More Honored With Their Own Dolls As Part Of Barbie&&num;8217&semi;s &&num;8216&semi;Sheroe Collection&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;a><&sol;h5>&NewLine;<p>Bratz Creative Director Jasmin Larian praised Kylie Jenner and their decision to collaborate with the Kylie Cosmetics founder&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;This is a seminal moment in Bratz history to join forces with Kylie Jenner as the brand’s first-ever celebrity collaboration&period; Kylie truly embodies everything Bratz has stood for since its inception 22 years ago – from being disruptive and rebellious to energetic and expressive&comma;” Larian said in the press release&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Not only will this collaboration expand to Kylie’s millions of fans&comma; but it will also reach the audiences that grew up with Bratz and are excited to relive the Y2K Bratz lifestyle today&period; We couldn’t be prouder to welcome Kylie into the Bratz family&period;”<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Social Media Gawks At Dolls Brown Skin Tone In Kylie Jenner&&num;8217&semi;s New Bratz Collection<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>But not everyone is as delighted with the limited-time collection&period; In fact&comma; the collab and its creators are facing heavy backlash on social media&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Black X &lpar;formerly Twitter&rpar; users&comma; in particular&comma; are not here for the skin tone of the dolls&comma; which appears to be deeper than Kylie&&num;8217&semi;s real-life tone&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>However&comma; others are defending the mini collectibles&comma; saying the partnership has been a long time coming&period; Yet&comma; some acknowledge the dolls&&num;8217&semi; darker tone while writing it off as another alleged instance of <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;kim-kardashian-addresses-blackfishing-cultural-appropriation-claims-ive-learned-grown-over-the-years-figured-out-good-ways-to-communicate-with-all-my-kids-about-all-this&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">cultural appropriation<&sol;a> by the Kardashian family&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Other online users have said Bratz had more aligned options over Kylie Jenner&comma; including JT&comma; Yung Miami&comma; Coi Leray&comma; and Asian Da Brat&comma; to name a few mentioned&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><em><strong>KEEP SCROLLING TO SEE SOME OF THE REACTIONS <&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1686730542060826624" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1686730051486629889" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1686729582571900929" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1686729264920420352" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1686728731530788864" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1686727489123401728" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1686727665112236032" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1686726936347791360" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1686728271809941504" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Meanwhile&comma; 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