On what would have been the R&B star's birthday, Mattel has released a special collector Barbie doll of Aaliyah, with ...

Inside the biggest change in barbie’s 57-year history–and what it says about American beauty ideals Part 1 Barbie’s dress won’t fit. I’m sitting in a bright pink room at Mattel’s ...

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 ...

Those early Black dolls by Mattel, however, were only "accessories" to Barbie herself, Kitty Black Perkins, a former doll designer at Mattel tells PEOPLE exclusively, much like how Ken is still ...

The doll "celebrated the loud fashions and big hair craze of the early '90s" and had the longest hair to date, Barbie Media noted. In 1997, Mattel decided to give Barbie a more realistic figure ...

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You have to do that in independent film.” Mattel has capitalized on “Barbie’s” success, announcing more than a dozen film and TV projects. It enlisted Travis Knight, a director known for ...

sewing their own looks and even painting doll faces with custom glam," a statement from Mattel Creations reads. "In fact, more than a third of Barbie adult fans buy Barbie dolls with the intent of ...