On Jan. 27, 2020 Mattel announced that they are releasing a new diverse line of Barbie Fashionistas. The company decided that they wanted to broaden the range of diversity by adding Barbies with no hair, one of the new Barbie dolls will have the skin condition vitiligo. Vitiligo is a condition that causes patches of […]
Barbie has been an astronaut, president, a surgeon, a news anchor, several characters in “Mad Men,” the Duchess of Cambridge, and all the members of Destiny’s Child. Her debut was at the New York Toy Fair on March 9, 1959. Then, she was simply a doll dressed in a swimsuit and a ponytail holding sunglasses […]
Barbie has been dethroned as the top holiday season toy for girls by merchandise from the movie “Frozen,” according to the National Retail Federation. About 20 percent of shopping parents plan to get “Frozen” merchandise for their girls this holiday season compared to 17 percent who plan to get Barbie. This marks the first time […]