The concept of a Black Barbie doll was first floated at Mattel almost ... when she did,” Turner told Today in 2023. “The '80s gets us out of the formal years of the civil rights movement.” ...

The doll's anniversary look pays tribute to its original design created by Kitty Black Perkins. To celebrate the 45th anniversary of the first Black Barbie, Mattel has released a special edition ...

While it's only a coincidence Women's History Month and Barbie's birthday coincide, it's true that Barbie has influenced ...

Willy Lew This year, Barbie also celebrates the 45th anniversary of the first Black Barbie doll which was designed by trailblazing designer Kitty Black Perkins. To commemorate the anniversary ...

Visitors can walk through a huge, human-scaled Barbie dream house that’s a re-creation of the 1979 plastic version. The ...

See the iconic Barbie dolls that inspired her best looks from ... To channel Barbie's black-and-white-stripped bathing suit, Robbie wore a black-and-white-stripped Herve Leger bandage dress ...

In 2025, Barbie is also celebrating the 45th anniversary of the first Black Barbie doll, designed by trailblazer Kitty Black Perkins. Before the iconic Black Barbie debuted in 1980, characters ...

Black Barbie is the untold story of the first Barbie doll created as a Black woman and the pivotal role that three trailblazing women had in working with the Mattel Company in 1980 to produce a ...

Barbie is commemorating Black History Month by elevating Black designers of the past, present and future. TV personality, podcast host and digital content creator Blake Newby will conduct a series of ...

and future – from the designer behind the first-ever Black Barbie doll to emerging designers making a name for themselves, to young girls considering a future career in fashion design.