Let’s get this straight. Barbie is 64 years old and I know she’s had at least one face lift. She’s all smiles now, zooming around in a pink convertible, but she wasn’t always a movie star. She’s left ...

Ruth Handler's creation of Barbie was inspired by her daughter's preference for adult-shaped dolls, leading to a revolutionary fashion doll. After her breast cancer diagnosis, Ruth Handler founded ...

Who is Ruth Handler? The Barbie movie doesn’t purport to know. By the time the biggest film of the summer cuts to its credits—riding the high of one last self-referential jab—the late Barbie creator’s ...

It's a Barbie girl summer for economists, too. But the story of Barbie's intersection with finance news is about more than the industry's most prominent purple-tied official Jay Powell answering a ...

‘Somehow, my life has revolved around breasts’: Barbie inventor Ruth Handler in 1999, and Margot Robbie in the new ‘Barbie’ movie (Getty/Warner Bros) Barbie wasn’t like other dolls in the toybox. When ...

This new exhibition will explore the history and design of one of the world’s most famous dolls and celebrate the enduring influence of the brand over almost seventy years. It will invite visitors to ...

First opened in London in July 2024, it celebrates the history and design of one of the world’s most famous dolls and celebrate the enduring influence of the brand over almost seventy years. It will ...

A major exhibition celebrating 70 years of Barbie is set to make its Scottish debut at Glasgow’s Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum next summer. Running from June 13 to October 18, 2026, Barbie: The ...

Released as part of this year's global Barbie Fashionistas lineup, Barbie partnered with the American Foundation for the Blind and National Down Syndrome Society to ensure doll designs accurately ...

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