In 'Black Barbie,' designers Kitty Black Perkins and Stacey McBride-Irby talk the evolution of the dolls and further tell PEOPLE about the differences they've made Hedy Phillips is the Senior News ...

The release of Greta Gerwig’s Barbie has sparked a wave of renewed interest in the iconic, titular doll. First released in 1959 at a New York Toy Fair, Barbie was created by Ruth Handler as an ...

Mattel has created a collectible Barbie in honor of the doll's 65th birthday. It will be wearing a designer gown inspired by the black-and-white bathing suit the first Barbie dolls wore in their 1959 ...

Mattel, Inc. announced the addition of a blind Barbie doll and a Black Barbie doll with Down syndrome, created to allow even more children to find a doll that represents them and inspire all children ...

Two new Barbie dolls with disabilities are being released on Tuesday, July 23, as part of an expansion of the Barbie Fashionistas line, Mattel announced in a news release. The new dolls, known as ...

American toy giant Mattel has announced the addition of a blind Barbie and a Black Barbie with Down Syndrome to its Fashionistas doll line. Fashionistas represents the brand’s most innovative and ...

Within the Mattel toy universe, there's Barbie, there's "just Ken" ... and there are the dolls you completely forgot existed until seeing Greta Gerwig's "Barbie" movie. "Barbie" features a few such of ...

The buzz behind Greta Gerwig's "Barbie” movie is undeniable – but this is hardly the first time the country has been swept by Barbiemania. Around 300,000 Barbie dolls were sold in 1959, her first year ...