A Conversation With Bill Greening, An Iconic Barbie Designer: Part One

For over 25 years Bill Greening’s unique designs and fashion brought Barbie into the new millennium. From Play to Collector lines, his passionate work has helped shape the world’s most famous doll for new generations. Known by every Barbie collector, not just because of his designs, but also his passion as a collector himself, he has embraced every facet of the Barbie world and been supportive of collectors around the world and at shows and conventions. In this first of two episodes chatting with Greening, he takes us on a journey from his childhood in California to his early days at Mattel, fulfilling a lifelong dream of designing for Barbie. 

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