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. That’s 2,750 Barbies in all. In our study published today, we found a ...

What do you get when a group of podiatrists (and shoe lovers) team up with a Barbie doll collector ... there had been no specific research on her feet or choice of footwear.

President Trump is suddenly very taken with visions of Barbie doll factories in ... Yet another involves the creation of dolls’ miniature clothes at sewing machines. “You’re sitting on ...

Barbie has always reflected pop culture, and culture reflected on her too,’ says Linda Kyaw, senior design manager for Barbie at Mattel. ‘But I think that’s one of the reasons she has stayed relevant ...

But it is not a short-term project. While Barbie dolls had an uptick in popularity during the pandemic years – and will no doubt have another surge alongside the movie – longer-term trends are ...

"I love the idea that kids are taking their dolls out of their homes. It gives them a whole new opportunity to explore story ideas," she says. Participants will choose a new Barbie-like doll to ...

Love Barbie? From her modest beginnings to her presidential ambitions, these are some of the most interesting and fun Barbie ...

Sara H. Jodka of Dickinson Wright PLLC discusses how the rise of AI Barbie offers a case study of what happens when pop culture, technology, and the law collide.

Those who played with Barbie or have collected the doll as an adult would also be feeling rewarded, with Horne selling a No.2 Barbie, circa 1959, in its original package and swimsuit for $5500 ...

I think they can have three dolls or four dolls because what we were doing with China was just unbelievable. We had a trade deficit of hundreds of billions of dollars with China. No. No ...