Her creator, Ruth Handler, based Barbie’s body on a German doll called Lilli, a prostitute gag gift handed out at bachelor parties. Her proportions were designed accordingly. When Handler ...

When you're a little kid, you don't think much about the greater implications of a Barbie doll. Sure, she doesn't have a name that people use anymore, and maybe she's held every job in the world, but ...

Krista Berger, senior vice president of Barbie and global head of dolls, Mattel, said in a statement that its an "honor" to ...

Narrator: Barbie is one of the most popular dolls in America ... which they say set unrealistic and damaging body expectations for young girls. In response, her maker, Mattel, created a handful ...

Lammily is a doll with minimal make-up ... got us all talking about his artist impression of what Barbie would look like if she had the body of a real woman. Now in a bid to turn his idea into ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Lammily is the brainstorm of artist Nickolay Lamm, who was tired of seeing the unattainable body image that Barbie dolls conveyed. Taking the measurements of the ...

First to go were the heels: a flat-footed Barbie arrived in 2015. Since then Mattel, which owns the brand, has flooded the market with new dolls, adding more than 100 body types, skin tones ...

Grace Harvey is credited on IMDb as "Wheelchair Vet Barbie Doll," who appears briefly early on when Helen Mirren narrates the history of Barbie. The actor Ashley Young also appears as a Barbie ...