Rubies for Rottweilers

Tweens Share Glitter With Plush Pals

By Alison Marek
October 2006

If your plush puppies aren’t strung with pearls, you’re missing one of the hottest tween-girl toy trends. Pets in purses, bedecked with jewels, are one of little girls’ fave fashion and play accessories, retailers across the nation have told TDmonthly repeatedly. There’s an “exploding pet market” for girls, stated Michele Gietz, co-owner of the 15-year-old Where’d You Get That? in Williamstown, Mass. Find out what other sparkly accessories put the twinkle in tween’s eyes in the next issue of TDmonthly Magazine.