Senior Vice President of Barbie and Global Head of Dolls, Mattel. “The Black in Fashion Council is proud to team up with Barbie in support of their mission to inspire limitless possibilities for ...

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.

The fashion designer is the latest guest on the Barbie Podcast, and she also rang in Black History Month by dressing dolls in ...

Before Black Barbie debuted in 1980 ... Former Chief Designer of Fashion Dolls at Mattel. “Throughout my 28-year career there, I was steadfast in my dedication to advancing representation ...

That’s the true legacy of Black Barbie — not just as a fashion doll, but as a pioneer that helped change how an industry, and perhaps a society, views beauty, inclusion, and representation.

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

The first celebrity Barbie was modeled after British fashion model Twiggy ... In 1980, Mattel introduced the first Black and Latino Barbie and Ken dolls after previously relegating multicultural ...

After being introduced wearing a chic black and white swimsuit, it’s no wonder Barbie became a fashion icon and muse to many designers. Here, multiple dolls wear miniature outfits designed by ...

She's Barbie: The doll that's launched the imaginations of millions of girls − and maybe as many think pieces about her role in American culture, fashion and feminism. But maybe Barbie is more ...

Her predecessors were fashion dolls from the 19th and ... wall along with information about Barbie designers like Jack Ryan, Charlotte Johnson and Kitty Black Perkins. Also, you’ll see ...