“wanted to create a doll with adult features so girls could play out their futures.” These myriad “futures” are the focus of the show, which was organized by the costume-and-textile ...

Gilbert Carrasquillo/GC Images Come on, Barbie, let's go to a Halloween party! While Barbie and Ken get-ups won the costume popularity ... and JAY-Z nailed their doll looks in 2016.

She was modeled after Bild Lilli, a risque doll and an adult gag gift based on a racy hypersexual German comic book character. Despite some pushback from male executives and retailers, Barbie ...

After all, her initial design was based on an 'adult gag gift ... zebra-print swimming costume, shoppers could buy either a blonde or brunette version of the doll. Barbie was invented by American ...

“You must remember, Barbie was the first fashion doll for children in the form of an adult,” Kim Culmone, SVP of Barbie design at Mattel tells PEOPLE in the new Barbie special issue.