Netflix’s 'Black Barbie' tells the story of how the first Black Barbie came to be — and the lasting impact she left behind Barbie dolls first hit the shelves in 1959 — but it would take more ...

And so she did: “Black Barbie: A Documentary,” her newly-released project, takes a deeper look at the story behind Black Barbie and its impact on representation in the toy business ...

After the Barbie Instagram account posted a photo of a black Barbie doll with hair that’s seemingly a half-done sew-in, people have been very vocal about whether the style is problematic or an ...

In 1976, Mattel released Quick Curl Deluxe Cara and Cara Ballerina. Kitty Black Perkins, who had become Barbie's principal designer in 1978, was tasked with designing the first-ever Black Barbie.

A black version of Barbie will go on sale in the UK for the first time in almost 30 years, in a move that beauty experts have put down to the Michelle Obama effect. A new range of black and mixed-race ...

“I brought my daughter to a Christmas-tree lighting with Santa and Barbie the other day,” says a mom in one of the focus groups. “If a black woman or a redheaded woman or a heavyset woman ...

Tallchief, who died in 2013, was America's first prima ballerina, and her daughter, Elise Paschen, tells PEOPLE how "exciting ...

This holiday season, Barbie is taking over the internet — literally! Mattel is partnering with Verizon for a pretty-in-pink ...

Adding to the Wonder Room’s repertoire of all things contemporary and interesting, the mixed race dolls, designed by Barbie designer Stacey McBride-Irby, feature as part of an exhibition to celebrate ...

Kaavia James is “a Barbie girl, in a Barbie world” — wait, scratch that. Barbie (and all of us!) actually live in Kaavia’s ...

Malibu Barbie, Brooklyn Barbie and Ken appear in a new commercial that promotes ways to stay connected all season long ...

Barbie, Toniebox, Disney, Hot Wheels and many more. With so many offers available, Black Friday can induce the sense of deals overload and make finding genuinely stellar discounts difficult.