Popular Barbie - is to represent real women?

There is a certain irony that a German Lilli doll fashioned after men of a joke, photo, the world should have conquered the desire of millions of young girls. It 'was the inspiration of Ruth Handler, who found during the visit to Switzerland in the mid-1950. Apparently Ruth's daughter, Barbie, prefer to play with dolls and more dolls like adults as a child. With the help of two technicians and engineers at Mattel (a member of operator and the property of theirPartner Harold Mattson) and Charlotte Johnson, a fashion designer, Ruth was her Barbie. In 1958 the patent for this long-limbed, slim waist, shapely doll was granted. The first Barbie had to die with long blond or brown hair in a ponytail and a wardrobe.

Their first appearance in New York was the Toy Show 1959 is not very spectacular. Because this is a departure from the usual baby doll toy buyers were reluctant to their camp. However, toys, consumerchanged and the following year, the demand far exceeded the forecast Mattel. It 's hard to say, but it is possible that Barbie was recruited, because they represented a 3-dimensional time version of the popular dolls of the paper.

The biggest controversy about Barbie was that she was not a realistic body image. If the scale 1 / 16, which was called, would be expanded to an extent no less than 18 inch waist is out of fashion. This, combined with a 36 inch chest and a 33Inch life is not only attainable by most women. At that time, Barbie was his victory in the popularity of women's equality in the fight, both at work and at home. Many women did not want their daughters the idea that it is a prerequisite for being a shapely underweight women. To add to this figure realistic body, in 1965, Barbie came with a book to lose weight, you should not eat. This year has been the Barbie doll with a pink bathroom scales accompanying the reading£ 110. Many mothers have been disturbed by the news. Finally, with plenty of eating disorders on the rise, in 1997 the pressure more Mattel Barbie and the high life.

In an attempt to acceptance of a family built around Mattel Barbie. Mattel has produced a series of topics in order to emulate real life. In 1965 she appeared as an astronaut in 1971, is a hippie, 1976, is an Olympic skier, a gymnast, figure skater, a doctor, a nurse, a ballerina and a flightCompanion. In 1980, Barbie races and 1989, she joined the U.S. Army. In 1997, Barbie leads to Harley-Davidson and was the most popular doll of the year. In 1999, Barbie starts the message that girls can do anything and anyone! This continued in 2000 with Barbie presidential candidate. In 2001, Barbie stars in her first film, Barbie in the Nutcracker. Since then, Barbie has to do films portray their "good deeds" are combined with a combination of body styles. Youor is dressed in glamorous outfits and sporting tattoos.

Although the new Bratz doll Liv replace her and the dolls have taken a ride on Barbie has celebrated its fiftieth birthday this year and as always seems to be