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The Totally Hair Barbie from 1992 featured the longest tresses ever and still stands as the best-selling Barbie doll to date—but even if you weren't born that year, maybe you were lucky enough ...
Barbie's age has fluctuated. She was originally a 19-year-old, [4] but she is often shown as an older character in adult careers. The inaugural episode of Life in the Dreamhouse even jokes that she is over 43 years old. Barbie has three younger sisters: Skipper, Stacie and Chelsea. [5]
Barbie Baby-Sits Outfit (1963): Released just a few years after the original Barbie, this outfit and toy set is worth $1,036. It includes a variety of items like a baby, a baby bottle, a pink ...
The iconic doll debuted on March 9, 1959, at the American Toy Fair in New York City -- and since then she's changed so much in 57 years.
Since Barbie's introduction as a teenage fashion model in 1959, the doll has been portrayed with many careers. [1] Dolls are sold with sets of clothes and accessories that fit the career being portrayed.
In 2006, researchers Helga Dittmar, Emma Halliwell, and Suzanne Ive conducted an experiment testing how dolls, including Barbie, affect self-image in young girls. Dittmar, Halliwell, and Ive gave picture books to girls age 5–8, one with photos of Barbie and the other with photos of Emme, a doll with more realistic physical features.
Barbie is shown in various outfits, scenarios and occupations, from a tourist on vacation to a model on the runway, accompanied by boyfriend, Ken. What a doll! Barbie exhibit shows icon's ...
In 1987, Mattel produced two television specials with DIC Animation City and Saban Productions; Barbie and the Rockers: Out of This World and its sequel Barbie and the Sensations: Rockin' Back to Earth, both featuring Barbie as the leader of a rock band (often seen as being Mattel's answer to rival fashion doll Jem from Hasbro); Mattel had previously avoided media projects for Barbie “for ...