Barbie was a a firefighter, a teacher, an actor, a lifeguard, a doctor. But it wasn’t until 1976, when Kitty Black Perkins joined the brand as Chief Designer of Fashion Doll concepts ...

Initially, Handler was reluctant. The doll wasn’t greenlit until Perkins was hired as a Barbie designer in 1976. Black Barbie hit the market in 1980, and Perkins explains in the film that the ...

As a result, Mattel hired her, and she became the first Black designer for Barbie in 1976. Before Kitty Perkins’ doll surfaced in stores, there was no other colored doll that depicted Black ...

In Greta Gerwig’s much-anticipated “Barbie” movie, which opens in theaters Friday, “Insecure” actress Issa Rae brings some black power to the iconic doll’s pink world as President Barbie.

The first Barbie doll hit shelves in 1959 ... Barbie the Olympic skier was released in 1975, ahead of the 1976 Winter Olympics in Austria. Barbie's townhouse in 1983 had a whole new look, and ...

The actual Black Barbie doll didn’t become a reality until decades later, after the company hired Kitty Black Perkins in 1976 as its first Black designer. Upon Black Barbie’s eventual release ...

In 1976, Mattel released Quick Curl Deluxe Cara ... 1994: Kenyan Barbie "Kenyan Barbie doll is dressed in a traditional Masai moran (warrior) costume. Her dress, called a shuka, is red and white ...

In 1976, the Star ’Vette, as Barbie’s Chevrolet Corvette was called, became an immediate touchstone of the doll’s image and an enduring staple of her car collection. The toy sports car came ...

Ruth Handler, who created Barbie, the world's most popular doll and an American icon that ... the official "America's Time Capsule" buried in 1976. The original blue-eyed, blonde fashion model ...