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Barbie's dress was inspired by the 1959 doll's swimsuit Hedy Phillips is the Senior Style News Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2022. Her work has previously appeared in ...
With the news that Barbie manufacturer Mattel have launched an inclusive range of gender-neutral dolls, it’s time our culture reflected the wide-ranging diversity in our world. In 2019, the ...
Toymaker Mattel has Barbie-fied a creature from Philippine folklore that has for centuries inspired terror and loathing among Filipinos for its habit of feeding on ...
Toy company Mattel revealed its first Barbie doll representing a person with Down’s syndrome on Tuesday. Mattel collaborated with the US-based National Down Syndrome Society (NDSS) to create ...
Ruth Handler, who co-founded Mattel with her husband, Elliot Handler, and Harold Matson in 1945, noticed her daughter, Barbara, playing with paper dolls and dreaming about what kind of woman she ...
"The Barbie Judge Doll encourages girls to learn more about making decisions to change the world for the better," Mattel said in a statement on Twitter announcing the new doll Barbie’s ...