If you hear the name, you know exactly what it is. Barbie is one of Mattel’s most iconic toys and the world’s most popular ...

Since Greta Gerwig's brilliant "Barbie" movie came in July 2023, countless people have continued revisiting their own fond ...

Barbie was the "first mass-produced toy doll in the U.S. with adult features," according to History.com. Throughout her 60-plus year career, Barbie has gone on many adventures and taken on over ...

(Non-white Barbie ethnicities were not introduced until the 1980s.) Tiffany Shlain, who made a 2005 short documentary “The Tribe” about the history of Jews and Barbie, is herself a blond ...

Journalist and lifelong Barbie fan Emily Tamkin talks us through Ken’s development, or lack thereof, over the decades. Read Emily’s “A Cultural History of Barbie,” and Chris’s brief Ken ...

A new exhibition honoring the history and cultural impact of Barbie is opening at the Cincinnati Museum Center next spring. The exhibition features a collection of over 300 artifacts from the 66 ...

It underscores the importance of documenting and celebrating the history of fashion icons like Barbie, who have shaped and influenced the industry for decades. The book's success also highlights ...

Performance Worth Watching: Robbie puts in incredible work, holding all this lunacy together. Ferrara nails the inspiring centerpiece monologue. Gosling’s performance is exquisitely modulated.

Before Valentine’s Day in 2004, Mattel announced that Barbie and Ken were breaking up and introduced her new beau, Blaine, an Australian boogie boarder, according to History.com. The ...