The dolls also featured the same exact design as Barbie, just in a darker skin tone — not providing an accurate depiction of a Black woman and her features. It wasn’t until 1980 that the first ...

In 1980, Mattel introduced the first Black and Latino Barbie and Ken dolls after previously relegating multicultural dolls to the friend role. It also released the first of a series of ...

An iconic doll turns 66 on Sunday, and fans worldwide and in the Las Vegas valley are taking a nostalgic trip through her history.

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

her first form copied a German sex doll that “looks very goyishe,” said Gerber. (Non-white Barbie ethnicities were not introduced until the 1980s.) Tiffany Shlain, who made a 2005 short docume ...

Robbie served two looks in one — just like Day to Night Barbie from the 1980s Brenton Blanchet is ... look was inspired by one worn by Barbie dolls back in 1984 as part of the Day to Night ...

This exhibit will feature hundreds of iconic Barbie collector’s dolls ranging from 1979 to the mid-1980s along with playsets that capture the societal shifts, fashion trends, and cultural ...