With all the little clear rubber bands that hold the doll to the packaging, I couldn't tell what needed to stay and what didn't. Barbie's heels are fine without them, however, his flip flops will NOT stay on without the rubber bands that come with them. And after use, they kind of come off, and you have to figure out how they wrapped it to get the shoe to stay on. So my Ken has a shoeless left foot. But overall, its not bad. The sunglasses fall off easy too, even on his head - so I'm shoeless and sunglassless. Oh well.