Barbie was officially born on March 9, 1959, when she launched at the American Toy Fair in New York City. Mattel’s co-creator, Ruth Handler, became inspired to create a 3D doll that could inspire ...

He is (K)enough… or is he? With filmmaker Greta Gerwig's Barbie breaking box-office records—and devoting much of its story to Ken's existential crisis—we wondered if there's any more to Barbie's ...

Installation view of Barbie®: A Cultural Icon (all photos by Jenna Bascom and courtesy the Museum of Arts and Design, New York unless otherwise stated) This exhibition, however, is primarily about ...

I wasn’t really a Barbie kid. While I occasionally played with my sister’s hand-me-down Barbies, I preferred American Girl ...