The world’s most celebrated plastic diva has long been characterized for promoting an unhealthy body image in young girls, thanks to her drop-dead gorgeous — if not unrealistic — frame. After suffering decades of ridicule for having the perfect body, human dimensions 39, (bust) 18′ (waist) and 33′(hips), 50-year-old Barbie Roberts may have met her toughest critic.

French stiletto designer Christian Louboutin — he of red soles fame — commented tells Women’s Wear Daily Magazine that Barbie’s ankles are too fat to wear his shoes. Say what? The shoe maven, revered for his five-inch heels, complains that he was forced to reshape the doll’s legs for his upcoming Barbie collection. Louboutin is designing three special collection Barbies due out early next year and designed to reshaped Barbie’s lengthy gams to slim down their appearance.

Mattel — the toy manfacturer that makes Barbie and her pals — are calling the cankles snafu one big misunderstanding. “My dear friend, Christian loves my ankles. It was my arch that he wanted to give a little lift to, so I can rock those high heels,” Barbie herself said in a statement Wednesday.

Meanwhile Louboutin tells CBS that he “adored” designing for Barbie, and insists his original comment to WWD was taken out of context.

Uh-huh….