Her creator, Ruth Handler, based Barbie’s body on a German doll called Lilli, a prostitute gag gift handed out at bachelor parties. Her proportions were designed accordingly. When Handler ...

Lammily is a doll with minimal make-up ... got us all talking about his artist impression of what Barbie would look like if she had the body of a real woman. Now in a bid to turn his idea into ...

Before Barbie's official debut in 1959, most young girls were given baby dolls as toys, meaning that they often found ...

An American artist turned toy-maker has created a "normal Barbie" complete with ... Lamm was driven to create the doll partly because of his own negative body image as a teen growing up.

Narrator: Barbie is one of the most popular dolls in America ... which they say set unrealistic and damaging body expectations for young girls. In response, her maker, Mattel, created a handful ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Lammily is the brainstorm of artist Nickolay Lamm, who was tired of seeing the unattainable body image that Barbie dolls conveyed. Taking the measurements of the ...

First to go were the heels: a flat-footed Barbie arrived in 2015. Since then Mattel, which owns the brand, has flooded the market with new dolls, adding more than 100 body types, skin tones ...

But in 2024, Barbie is huge for a different reason: their celebrity Barbie doll creations. Mattel have made celebrity Barbie dolls for decades now, but more recently they have amped up the amount ...

and the manufacturer of the iconic doll is hoping it will signal a turn in fortunes. Will new 'realistic' Barbie body types backfire? Are plastic toys dangerous? Toy company Mattel had expected ...

But there have also been questions about what exactly Barbie dolls teach children, especially around body image. The original Barbie design was extremely skinny and the messaging reinforced ...