The Evolution of Barbie
It all began in 1959... Ruth Handler saw a gap in the market and took that opportunity to produce a doll with 'teen - adult' roles, for children to play with.
Over these 50 years there have been a lot of controversy on the way Barbie looks.
Barbie's actual dimensions are:
Height: 5'9"
Bust: 39"
Waist: 18"
Hips: 33"
Shoe Size: 3
Weight: 110 pounds/7.8 stone
Now, if Barbie happened to be a real person, she would be physically incapable to actually walk, due to her proportion. As well as Barbie's head being oversized due to her neck being 6 inches thinner!
As younger girls seem to play with dolls such as Barbie, they grow up to believe that this is the stereotypical way you have to look, you have to be thin and have long blonde hair.
This changed in 1980 when 'Black Barbie' was launched however the doll still had features from the 'white' version which then turned into more controversy.
As the years went on Barbie was becoming more aware of what the public wanted. By creating trial and errors on so many dolls...
We are now in 2016 and Barbie has had a whole new makeover!
"Barbie Fashionistas" will include 4 different body types, 7 skin tones, 22 eye colours and 24 hairstyles as well as staying on trend with fashion and accessories.
In my opinion I think this is a great idea, Barbie is finally looking into the public and seeing how diverse the world can be. Most countries now have many different cultures living within them and it is nice to have a younger child play with a Barbie doll and actually look up to them, without getting the impression that they have to look a certain way.
#TheDollEvolves
Information from:
http://aplus.com/a/barbie-new-body-shapes-skin-tones
http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/b/barbie_doll/index.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/29/business/barbie-now-in-more-shapes.html?_r=0
http://kids.barbie.com/en-gb/promo/barbie-fashionistas
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2308658/How-Barbies-body-size-look-real-life-Walking-fours-missing-half-liver-inches-intestine.html
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