
Barbie: The Fashion History of an Icon, Part I
Dressed: The History of Fashion
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The Rise and Fall of Barbie
Barbie's full name is barber millicent roberts she's born to parents george and margaret roberts in the town of willows wisconsin where she attends high school. She met her on and off again boyfriend ken who joined the barbie matell universe in 1961 named after as you may have guest trust listeners the handlers other child their son ken so how did ken come into being? In 1963 carol spencer started as a fashion designer at matell which was another prophetic year for barbie history because this was the year that they first produced boy dolls. We are actually so indebted to carol for not only her incredible 35 year contribution to bar
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