Barbie

Also known as Barbie product line, Barbie franchise, Barbie Millicent Roberts

Barbie is a fashion doll franchise created by American businesswoman Ruth Handler, manufactured by American toy and entertainment company Mattel and introduced on March 9, 1959. The toy was based on the German Bild Lilli doll which Handler had purchased while in Europe. The figurehead of an eponymous brand that includes a range of fashion dolls and accessories, Barbie has been an important part of the toy fashion doll market for over six decades. Mattel has sold over a billion Barbie dolls, making it the company's largest and most profitable line. The brand has expanded into a multimedia franc

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Barbie is a fashion doll created by Ruth Handler and manufactured by Mattel, first introduced in 1959 and based on an earlier German doll design. With over a billion dolls sold, Barbie has become Mattel's most profitable product and a dominant figure in the toy fashion doll market for more than 60 years.

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Key facts

Toy.image: Barbie Logo.svg
Toy.name: Barbie
Toy.caption: The current Barbie logo
Toy.type: Fashion doll
Toy.inventor: Ruth Handler
Toy.company: Mattel
Toy.country: United States
Toy.from: March 9, 1959
Toy.to: present
Toy.materials: Plastic
Toy.website: https://shop.mattel.com/pages/barbie
Character.full_name: Barbara Millicent Roberts
Character.nickname: Barbie
Character.occupation: See: Barbie's careers
Character.family: See: List of Barbie's friends and family
Character.creator: Ruth Handler

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Wikidata facts

Official website: shop.mattel.com/pages/barbie
Image: BARB65 (8080739384).jpg

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inception: 1959-03-09
social media followers: 12800000
title: Barbie
Commons category: Barbie dolls
name in kana: ばーびー

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Contents

History
Development
Launch
Appearances in media
Fictional biography
Legacy and influence
Mattel Adventure Park
50th anniversary
Barbie Dream Gap Project
Thank You Heroes
Habitat for Humanity
Bad influence concerns
Diversity
Role model Barbies
Collecting
Parodies and lawsuits
Competition from ''Bratz'' dolls
Effects on body image
"Barbie syndrome"
Cultural globalization and representation
Notable designers
See also
Notes
References
Further reading
External links
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Barbie and her male counterpart, Ken, have been described as the two most popular dolls in the world. Mattel generates a large portion of Barbie's revenue through related merchandiseaccessories, clothes, friends, and relatives of Barbie. Writing for Journal of Popular Culture in 1977, Don Richard Cox noted that Barbie has a significant impact on social values by conveying characteristics of female independence, and with her multitude of accessories, an idealized upscale lifestyle that can be shared with affluent friends.