in 1959 at the New York Toy Fair, her male competitors laughed her out of the room: nobody, they insisted, would want to play with a doll with breasts. Still, Barbie’s sales took off ...

Barbara Millicent Roberts — who we all know as Barbie — turns 65 on March 9, and in honor of her big birthday, Mattel has released a new doll in celebration. If she looks a tad familiar ...

Ken: Hiya, Barbie ... the doll for her proportions, which they say set unrealistic and damaging body expectations for young girls. In response, her maker, Mattel, created a handful of new sizes ...

Do the robot: These Barbies are ready to join the 21st century as robotics engineers, a new career for the Mattel doll. Credit: mattel The fantasy world of Barbie dolls just got more high-tech.

If you think Barbie is just a pretty doll, a new exhibit at the Barry Art Museum at Old Dominion University will change your mind. “Out of the Box: A Barbie Retrospective” opened March 7 and ...

The pink cotton candy flavor is making customers embrace their inner Barbie Sam Burros is a writer, producer, and cook working with the Food and Lifestyle team at PEOPLE. Prior to working with ...

Ruth named the doll Barbie, after her daughter. The first model went on display in March 1959 at the annual Toy Fair in New York City. In Barbie’s first television ad, broadcast that same year ...

Old Dominion University's Barry Art Museum's "Out of the Box: a Barbie Doll Retrospective" exhibit examines the design history of the world’s most iconic doll. On March 7, the new exhibit opened ...