Episode Details

Barbie gets the full haute couture treatment in part two of our Barbie fashion history series from 2023 which takes us into the 1980s, a period that lays the foundation for her ascension into full fashion icon status.

Recommended Reading:

• Ruth Handler's Dream Doll 
• Carol Spencer's Dressing Barbie 
• Robin Gerber's Barbie and Ruth 
• Black Barbie documentary
• Independent article about the Black Barbie documentary
• "Tracing the History of 'Asian' Barbie" by Kelly Kasulis
• Billyboy* and Mdvanii

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