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He's (Not) Just Ken: The True History of Barbie’s Beau

There's More to That

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The History of Barbie and Ken

In 1968, we have Barbie entering her civil rights moment. A few years later, we have Quick Girl Barbie. Regardless of all these other Barbies of professions and ethnicities that have been sold, Totally Hair Barbie is still the best selling. Let's look at an ad for Sport and Shave Ken from 1979. It's a pickle beauty secret Barbie.

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