With critics and collectors demanding more diverse dolls, Perkins was tasked in 1979 with creating the first Black Barbie — who was not only named Barbie, but was also designed to resemble real ...

Narrator: And that's why some experts applaud Mattel for creating Curvy Barbie. But it's also led to a whole new business for people who want to make even more realistic dolls because let's face ...

was tasked with designing the first-ever Black Barbie. "She's Black! She's beautiful! She's dynamite!" the doll's box said. In 1980, Mattel also released the first Hispanic doll named Barbie.

The US toy giant had faced previous criticism that the traditional Barbie did not represent real women. In recent years it has created dolls with a hearing aid, a prosthetic limb and a wheelchair.

The National Down Syndrome Society has called the doll ... Barbie, over the years, Mattel has released Barbies of various different identities. From the 1969 release of Christie, the first Black ...

Each posable doll is outfitted in a movie-inspired look to match their on-screen character. With removable fashions, you can even add these Wicked dolls to your Barbie collection to mix-and-match ...

Earlier this year, Mattel announced the first-ever blind Barbie doll and a Black Barbie with Down syndrome ... its Role Models collection, based on real-life singers and actresses from around ...

Will Barbie's outfit be available for all those real-life Barbies out there? It depends on the demand, Dongre said. "If a lot of consumers ask for the doll, if we get requests, then maybe yes ...

Aside from her ultra-cute ensemble, the real star of the look had to be Rita’s impeccable bright-hued makeup look and bouncy ...

People around the world are currently obsessed with Barbie, with the film of the same name proving to be a box office hit. But one Derbyshire woman was on the bandwagon way before the resurgence ...

Ruth kept pushing until the first Barbie, decked in a black-and-white swimsuit and heels, debuted at New York’s Toy Fair in 1959. Sure enough, plenty of mothers said the doll was too sexual ...