Barbie's equinus posture was closely linked to task demands, with flat feet more common in dolls designed to "work on their feet," according to the authors. In real life, the footwear market is ...

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By the 2020s, only 40 percent of Barbie dolls were designed with permanently arched feet for wearing high heels ...

Stars from Jennifer Lopez, 53, to Hailey Bieber, 26, have been spotted out and about in their transparent slides — and shoe stores are bracing for the Barbie boom. Hailey Bieber, 26, celebrated ...

“Barbie models her footwear choice based on task demands, being flat-footed and wearing flat shoes when she needs to work on her feet, be physically active or more stable,” they added. “Given Barbie ...

Soon, we had designed a research project to study the feet of Barbie dolls on the market from her launch in 1959 to June 2024 ...

Crocs is the latest brand to launch a collaboration with the Barbie movie, which hits theatres on 21 July. The shoe company debuted its new collection on Tuesday 11 July, with each shoe fittingly ...

What do you get when a group of podiatrists team up with a Barbie doll collector? A research paper published in the journal ...

“We were talking about how nice it was to finally see Barbie in flat shoes and to see Barbie making all of these different shoe choices based on what she had to do in her day,” Cylie ...

Barbie once could only stand on her tip toes, in tiny high heels. Her job? To look pretty. A new study finds there's a correlation between flatter-footed Barbies and more job choices.

This Barbie is inspired by the Peking Opera, with a head-dress similar to that worn on stage. The cyan blue shoes, meantime, reference the signature style and color of the iconic opera company.

Podiatrist Cylie Williams has been rushed off her feet explaining how high heels aren't as bad as we think they are, and we ...