The doll's anniversary look pays tribute to its original design created by Kitty Black Perkins. To celebrate the 45th anniversary of the first Black Barbie, Mattel has released a special edition ...

Mattel’s latest doll honors a groundbreaking designer who changed toy history forever. The iconic Black Barbie celebrates nearly half a century of representation this month with a tribute that ...

Black Barbie is the untold story of the first Barbie doll created as a Black woman and the pivotal role that three trailblazing women had in working with the Mattel Company in 1980 to produce a ...

In 2025, Barbie is also celebrating the 45th anniversary of the first Black Barbie doll, designed by trailblazer Kitty Black Perkins. Before the iconic Black Barbie debuted in 1980, characters ...

Barbie is more than just a doll. The brand does $1 billion in sales ... day,” says a mom in one of the focus groups. “If a black woman or a redheaded woman or a heavyset woman had shown ...

The toy company is celebrating the 60th anniversary of its first spacesuit-clad fashion doll with a new reproduction of Barbie Miss Astronaut. Originally sold in 1965 as an outfit accessory alone ...

The “Barbie Superstar Era” exhibit will feature trailblazing and representative dolls, including Black Barbie ... showcase the evolution of a beloved doll, but also the changing roles of ...

The special edition doll is up for auction. Barbie has just revealed its 2025 “Career of the Year: Women in Music” collection, honoring multi-Grammy Award-winning artist Alicia Keys.

Visitors can walk through a huge, human-scaled Barbie dream house that’s a re-creation of the 1979 plastic version. The ...

and future – from the designer behind the first-ever Black Barbie doll to emerging designers making a name for themselves, to young girls considering a future career in fashion design.

“While we are approaching the Barbie doll in a scholarly way by examining ... Charlotte Johnson and Kitty Black Perkins. Also, you’ll see fashionable, adult- sized Barbie outfits that were ...