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Barbie: The Fashion History of an Icon, Part I

Dressed: The History of Fashion

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Ruth Johnson and the History of Barbie

Charlotte Johnson was the head of Barbie fashion design overseeing the entire fashion design team until retiring in 1980. It took three years to bring Barbie to life and her clothing were manufactured in Japan because of shocker low production costs. According to bud modified lilies quote beast on lips heavy lashes and weird widows peak eyebrows to give Barbie what bud called the all-american girl look which apparently by 1950s standards included a heavily lined lid blue eye shadow and red pout.

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