Growing up in New Delhi, I saw Barbie as more than just a doll. She was the central character in countless stories filled with politics, drama and intrigue that I, like many other girls ...

Wide-eyed, openmouthed, understanding things “perfeckly,” going after stolen “objecks,” she seems less a living, breathing doll than an antiseptic Barbie doll who got lost on her way to ...

She intrigued Handler, who took the doll back home and three years later introduced her Americanized doppelgänger: Barbie. Barbie, of course, is now one of the world’s most famous children’s ...

eight other females athletes worldwide who are also honored with their own Barbie dolls include Olympic champion boxer Estelle Mossely (France), paratriathlon athlete Susana Rodriguez (Spain ...

SARAJEVO, Aug 16 (Reuters) - A Bosnian girl is making traditional Balkan costumes with headdresses and decorative aprons for Barbie dolls, hoping to create interest in her folklore Barbie as the ...

Williams’ Barbie leads the pack of new dolls honoring women role models in ... (Brazil), paratriathlon athlete Susana Rodriguez (Spain) and swimmer Federica Pellegrini (Italy).

Almost 30 years ago, when I researched and wrote a history of the people and ideas that led to the creation of Barbie, I had no doubt she would be as talked about in 2023 as she was in 1959, when ...

“Barbie has transcended from a doll into a franchise. The ability for us to extend and market the brand is far bigger than any one product itself.” So if it seems that the world is turning ...

Chances are you do: According to Mattel, more than 100 dolls are sold every minute, and quite a few minutes have elapsed since Barbie made her debut, at a toy industry trade show, in 1959.

These longtime fans of the doll had high expectations, and concerns, for her big-screen live-action debut. By Esther Zuckerman Before going to see “Barbie,” the doll collector Laura Maar had ...