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Today we'll get into the history of Barbie .
The course of time , will have several curiosities of Barbie , New Models , Fashion Barbie and even tips on how to be a Barbie .
I hope you enjoy the history !
History of Barbie
Barbie is a doll and was created by Ruth Handler and her husband Elliot Handler in 1959 , they had a daughter named Barbara . Barbara watched that playing with dolls babies just as a child . The girl was in love with dolls. When grown since pre -teen , his father noted that Barbara still playing with her dolls . Then , his mother , Ruth Handler , had the idea of creating a doll teen .
The first batch of Barbie dolls was so much like the original doll , Mattel had to pay compensation .
Since the 80s , began appearing a few limited models of Barbie , relict for collectors . Barbies are from various eras , reproduced in great detail . Models that are , somehow , make a tribute , remembering someone or some time like Barbie patriot, military clothing of the American Revolution of the eighteenth century . Are part of this universe also fancy Barbies , clad fairy, angel or bird , as well as the careers , ballerina (who had several versions , in 1961 , 73 , 76 , 91 and 98 ) , singer , pianist , doctor, teacher , police , pilot and astronaut, etc. .
In 1980 began the ethnic collection with models dressed in costumes of various countries , such as Mexico , Chile , Jamaica , Brazil , England, Holland , France , Italy, Japan and Nigeria.
From the '90s , we created a collection of couture designers by Mattel , inspired by the couturiers such as Givenchy . Indeed , many famous designers dressed the doll in various occasions such as Christian Dior , Coco Chanel , Donna Karan , Giorgio Armani , John Galliano , among many others , as well as brands like Gucci or Levis .
Versions romantic and classic cinema , theater and television also dressed Barbie and Ken as Romeo and Juliet , The Wizard of Oz , Toy Story and Star Trek , as some divas , Marilyn Monroe , Audrey Hepburn , Elizabeth Taylor and Vivien Leigh , who Barbies were dressed to the image of his most famous characters . Were also created barbies inspired TV series like I Love Lucy and Jeannie is a genie . Or movies like Grease , High School Musical , Gone with the Wind , among others . Also in the movie High School Musical character Sharpay ( Ashley Tisdale ) is a bad version of Barbie including clothing , school locker , car and everything pink color and the typical blonde hair .
The actresses and singers Anahi , Dulce Maria and Maite Perroni also won their versions of Barbie when participating in the Mexican soap opera Rebelde dolls wore the same school uniform plot .
Here are some pictures of Barbie Store, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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