Let’s Call Her Barbie” by Renée Rosen  c.2025 / Berkley / $19 / 432 pages Looking great is serious business. Skincare, hair ...

After Mattel’s culture sweeping debut of Barbie in 1959, it took nearly 17 years for the brand to come out with a version of the collectible doll that represented more than one type of skin color.

With the movie version of Barbie riding high on our list of the this year's ... Barbie's first Black friend, a doll with the same proportions (so clothes were interchangeable) called Christie.