Barbie is a fashion doll manufactured by Mattel toy company-America, Inc. and released in March 1959. American businesswoman Ruth Handler is credited to the creation of the doll using a German doll called Bild Lilli as her inspiration.
History
Barbie is a brand of Mattel dolls and accessories, as well as other family members, and collectible Dolls figurehead. Barbie was an important part of the toy fashion doll fifty years and the subject of many controversies and lawsuits, often with parody doll and your lifestyle.
Ruth Handler saw his daughter, Barbara playing with paper and noted that he often giving them adult roles. Over time, most Dolls Games children representations of infants. Realizing that it could be a gap in the market, management had proposed the idea of a doll with adult body of her husband, Elliot, co-founder of the Mattel toy company. He was about the idea, which they were directors of Mattel.
During a trip to Europe in 1956 with her children Barbara and Kenneth, Ruth Handler came across German toy doll called Bild Lilli.[1 adult-figured doll was exactly what handler had in mind, so she purchased three of them Gave a daughter ", and other refundable Mattel. Lilli doll was based on a popular character in a comic book series by Reinhard Beuthin for the newspaper Die Bild-Zeitung. Lilli was blonde doubled, a girl who knew what she wanted and what was not above using humans. Lilli doll was first in Germany in 1955, and although originally sold adults, it has become popular among children, who liked wearing clothing and equipment that were available separately.
The doll has been renamed, Barbie, daughter of Barbara and return to the United States grew, the management of the design of the dock (with the help of engineer Jack Ryan). The doll made its debut at the American International Toy Fair in New York on March 9, 1959. This date is also used as Barbie's birthday.
Mattel acquired rights to the picture Lilli doll in 1964 and production of Lilli was stopped. The first Barbie doll wore a black and white striped zebras Swimsuit and signature topknot ponytail, and was available as a blonde and brunette. The doll in clothes created by Mattel fashion designer Charlotte Johnson legally marketed as a "teenage model". The first Barbie dolls were manufactured in Japan, with clothes each card hand Japanese residence. Around 350,000 Barbie dolls were sold during the first year of production.
Ruth Handler believed that it was important for Barbie to have a mature appearance and first market survey showed that some parents happy on the chest of the manikin, who had various breast. Barbies appearance has changed several times, notably in 1971 when the doll eyes tuned to look ahead, rather than looking sideways modest original template.
Barbie was one of the first games have a marketing strategy that is fully based on television advertising, which was copied widely by other toys. It is estimated that over a billion Barbie dolls have been sold worldwide in over 150 countries, with Mattel claiming that three Barbie dolls are sold every second.
Standard range of Barbie dolls and related accessories are manufactured approximately 1/6 scale, also known as playscale. Dolls pattern is approximately 11 1/2 inches high.
Barbie products include not only set of dolls with clothes and accessories, but also a wide range of Barbie branded goods such as books, clothing, cosmetics, and video games. Barbie has appeared in a comic and is a minor character in Toy Story 2 and Toy Story 3.
Barbie has become a cultural icon and take discrimination is rare in the World game. in 1974, became part of Times Square in New York Boulevard Barbie in one week. in 1985 the artist Andy Warhol Created a painting of Barbie.