Soon after Barbie was first introduced in 1959, Beulah Mae Mitchell, a Black line worker at Mattel, suggested the idea of a Black Barbie to Barbie’s creator Ruth Handler.

Barbie is the plastic Larry King — she’s had more weddings than anybody could hope to keep track of. Mattel is exceedingly talented at mashing up the words “bride” and “Barbie.” There ...

See All the New Barbies–From Curvy to Tall and Petite At first, this wasn’t a major problem for Mattel. Dickson was brought in in 2000 to expand the Barbie brand from dolls to apparel, TV ...

Once upon a time, back in my juice-box-and-cartoon days, I had a Barbie collection so ginormous it might’ve needed its own zip code—Dreamhouses, convertibles, career dolls, glittery gowns, you name it ...

Teen Talk Barbie was not permanently discontinued from the Barbie universe. However, Mattel removed the toy’s voice box’s phrases in 1992 and offered all customers a refund at the time.

She's a problematic icon. A recent Harmony Healthcare study revealed that an overwhelming 82% of the 1,000 female participants think Barbie dolls — which take center stage in a highly ...

The "Barbie" movie is full of detailed Easter eggs you might have missed. Here's a list of all the discontinued Barbies and Kens that make an appearance in the film, from Midge to Sugar Daddy Ken ...

After all, it really is a Barbie world. Check out all the Barbie collaborations dropping this summer. 1. Kitsch hair accessories. Kitsch x Barbie.

July 2 was the actress' 33rd birthday — so she celebrated with a bubblegum pink cake, of course. Robbie also got all dolled up for the Seoul press conference for "Barbie" on July 3.

There are tons of non-food-related “Barbie” collaborations out there to choose from: Aldo footwear, a whole Zara collection and even a $2,169 Dreamhouse-inspired sofa, littering the consumer ...

Barbie takes her all pink beret-and-party dress look over the top with a pink bow in her side braid. Meanwhile, Ken goes full camp with a pink zip-up jacket covered in the Barbie "B" logo.

With ‘Barbie,’ it seems director Greta Gerwig wanted to comment on our youth-obsessed culture and remind us that there is beauty in people of all ages. July 29, 2023 ...