
Barbie: The Fashion History of an Icon, Part III
Dressed: The History of Fashion
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Barbie's Body Image Debate
Mattel has introduced three new body types that included curvy, tall and petite for the first time ever in its history. Both Barbie and Ken doll now range in different skin tones, hair textures and body size. There are Barbies with hearing aids, prosthetics and wheelchairs. And the first Barbie with Down syndrome just debuted this year.
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