Do you remember picking out your first Barbie?
Handler also added, “The fact that Barbie is so loved speaks for itself.”
Does it, though?
Here are some things you may not have noticed until long after you stopped playing with Barbies.
So, we named the doll Barbie."
Barbie, short for Barbara, was an incredibly popular name at the time the doll came into existence.
What’s her secret to looking so young?
Tons and tons of plastic surgery.
Why all the changes?
Fitzgerald further explained, “They [target audience of girls ages 3-11] wanted Barbie to be cooler.
They wanted Barbie to be more reflective of themselves.”
He added, “We’re keeping it fresh.”
That is certainly true!
It all started with two pieces of wood.
After hammering them together, she had a stick figure frame that was roughly six feet tall.
Slayen explained the second part of the process, “The chicken wire came next.
Slayen went on to add even more frightening statistics about Barbie’s proportions in her article.
In addition, due to her disproportionate features, she would also need to walk on all fours!
Her hair won’t grow back after you cut it
you might admit it.
You cut your Barbie’s hair just to see what would happen, didn’t you?
It’s okay, we’ve all been there.
Sadly, as it turns out, her hair just doesn’t grow back.
In aninterview forLos Angeles Times, Stephen Tarmichael told of his special relationship to Barbie.
In 1988, Tarmichael, a licensed cosmetologist, became Barbie’s official hairdresser.
Of course, working with Barbie’s hair is vastly different from humans'.
For starters, Barbie’s hair is synthetic.
It is made from either a fiber called Kanekalon or a pop in of plastic called hollow saran.
Tarmichael couldn’t be expected to styleeverydoll’s hair that would be far too many clients for one person.
Instead, he creates a prototype, which is then shipped overseas with “step-by-step styling photos.”
We weigh all the heads.”
Do you feel like apologizing to your Barbies yet?
No such luck, it seems.
In aprofile of Ruth Handler,Entrepreneurtold of the many professions of Barbie.
That’s not to say she’s taken that many positions all within the same field, no.
She is something of a jack of all trades.
How does she find the time?
Chances are you looked right past thesteepnumbers on the price tag and decided the house was an absolute necessity.
By 1979, however, Barbie had even more.
Sounds impressive, doesn’t it?
However, the Dream House was not quite what it seemed.
The article continued, asking the chief economist at Movoto to calculate the cost.
Perhaps Barbie was just ahead of her time all these years.
Maybe her dream mansion was more of a Dream Tiny Home all along.
Ken was introduced just two years after Barbie hit the shelves.
Why the name Ken?
“The dolls are named for my own children.
Barbie and Ken,” Handler explained in an interview withLilith Magazine.
So, Barbie and Ken are siblings then?
No, incest isnotbeing promoted here in the Mattel family.
You may have assumed they were married all that time, but that wasn’t the case.
In 2004 came their shocking decision to split.
Arons explained that they “feel it’s time to spend some quality time apart.”
What caused the two to part ways after so many seemingly wonderful years together?
Barbie’s ever-changing careers also could have played a role in the divide.
Don’t worry, though, because Barbie and Ken ultimatelypatched things upin 2014.
Yet, that doesn’t seem to matter much to Barbie.
She has filled her home and her life with quite a few pets.
According toEntrepreneur, she has 17 dogs and five cats.
Bad news, Barbie.
That isn’t even legal!
In Malibu, California, where Barbie ‘lives,‘four dogs is the limit.
Barbie’sfive cats, however, may be allowed to stay.
It’s surprising Barbie hasn’t ended up on an episode ofHoardersby now.
She’s simply out of control!
She likes what she likes, apparently.
Barbie’s home upgrades have been pretty spectacular.
The 2014 Dream House featuredtwoelevators!
Well, she needed one just to transport her clothes.
Even more mind-blowing was Barbie’s upgrade in 2017 namedBarbie Hello Dreamhouse.
It is a smart home that can respond to over 100 voice commands.
According tomotorward.com, her first car was a 1962 two-seater sports car.
Since then she’s had a Mercedes Benz, Chevrolet Corvette, among others.
Will anything she buys ever be enough?
No doubt she’s “naturally"attractive.
Lamm, along with another artist, photographed four Barbie dolls and digitally removed their makeup.
He added, “Why don’t they sell them without makeup as well?”
Lamm raised a good question and one that Mattel will hopefully answer one day.
She failed to represent diversity
Until very recently, Barbie hasn’t exactly been diverse.
Mattel president and COO Richard Dickson argued toTime, “Our brand represents female empowerment.
It’s about choices.
Barbie had careers at a time when women were restricted to being just housewives.”
The popular dolls are often viewed assafe playthingsby parents and favorited by young childrenacross the globe.
However, are Barbies truly as harmless as they initially appear?
Or, at least, possibly not.
They were then asked to complete assessments of body image.
