Barbie: The Fashion History of an Icon, Part I
Dressed: The History of Fashion
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The Story of Ruth Handler
Barbie's story has to start with the extraordinary woman responsible for her creation, as you mentioned, when Ruth Handler. In many ways, Barbie, which Mattel argues is the original girl empowerment brand, Barbie takes a lot of cues from her maker. She was a bona fide badass, a trey chic one at that. And so it is with Ruth, not Barbie, that this story must begin.
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