Barbie gets the full haute couture treatment in episode two of our Barbie fashion history series which takes us into the 1980s, a period that lays the foundation for her ascension into full fashion icon status.
Recommended Reading:
- Ruth Handler's Dream Doll
- Carol Spencer's Dressing Barbie
- Robin Gerber's Barbie and Ruth
- Black Barbie documentary
- Independent article about the Black Barbie documentary
- "Tracing the History of 'Asian' Barbie" by Kelly Kasulis
- Billyboy* and Mdvanii
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