To celebrate the 45th anniversary of the first Black Barbie, Mattel has released a special edition of the prized doll, honoring its designer, Kitty Black Perkins. Perkins designed the original ...

The 2025 edition pays homage to Perkins’ revolutionary design while bringing Black Barbie firmly into the present. The anniversary doll features rich dark brown skin and volumptuous curly hair ...

Inside the biggest change in barbie ... curvy doll looked fat, most of the kids in the groups I observe choose their favorite doll or the doll that looks most like them based on hair, not ...

short hair, and a wrap skirt that could actually show skin.” Who made the first Black Barbie and why? South Carolina native Kitty Perkins made the first Black Barbie doll in 1980. People ...

In 'Black Barbie ... patterns with Barbie is styling and combining the hair. When the hair is short, we weren't able to do that. But we included a hair pick [with the doll]." ...

Barbie is letting "You Create" your own doll for the first-time ever. To celebrate the 15th anniversary of Barbie Basics, a line of collector's edition Barbie dolls, the dollmaker is releasing a ...

Toy company Mattel revealed its first Barbie doll representing a person with Down’s syndrome on Tuesday. Mattel collaborated with the US-based National Down Syndrome Society (NDSS) to create the ...