There has always been a Barbie backlash; mothers who refused to buy her, women who actively bashed her. Journalist-turned-novelist Anna Quindlen fantasized about driving a “silver lamé stake” through Barbie’s plastic heart; Pulitzer-prize winning novelist Carol Shields sinabi Barbie’s expression, with “its dumb shine of self-absorption, its trippingly tartish look of one who is out for all she can get,” is “eerily disturbing.”
Barbie has been held responsible for eating disorders and charged with offering girls a wholly unrealistic body image. A typical Barbie doll is 11.5 inches, which, at a 1/6 scale, would make her 5 feet 9 inches tall. Her vital statistics have been estimated at 36 inches (bust), 18 inches (waist) and 33 inches (hips). According to a study sa pamamagitan ng the unibersidad Central Hospital in Helsinki, Finland, she would lack the 17 to 22 percent body fat required for a woman to menstruate. Slumber Party Barbie, who made her debut in 1965, came with a book entitled “How to Lose Weight” — one of its madami succinct but pertinent tips was “Don’t Eat.”
Mattel has sinabi that Barbie’s waist was originally made so tiny because the waistbands of clothes that she wore, with their seams, snaps, and zippers, added bulk to her figure.
In 1998, Mattel introduced Really Rad Barbie, a doll whose waist was wider and bust smaller, thus reflecting a madami “real” female body type.
Barbie has been held responsible for eating disorders and charged with offering girls a wholly unrealistic body image. A typical Barbie doll is 11.5 inches, which, at a 1/6 scale, would make her 5 feet 9 inches tall. Her vital statistics have been estimated at 36 inches (bust), 18 inches (waist) and 33 inches (hips). According to a study sa pamamagitan ng the unibersidad Central Hospital in Helsinki, Finland, she would lack the 17 to 22 percent body fat required for a woman to menstruate. Slumber Party Barbie, who made her debut in 1965, came with a book entitled “How to Lose Weight” — one of its madami succinct but pertinent tips was “Don’t Eat.”
Mattel has sinabi that Barbie’s waist was originally made so tiny because the waistbands of clothes that she wore, with their seams, snaps, and zippers, added bulk to her figure.
In 1998, Mattel introduced Really Rad Barbie, a doll whose waist was wider and bust smaller, thus reflecting a madami “real” female body type.
Jay's Rocawear line looks like its going into the toy business sa pamamagitan ng rolling out a line of Barbie dolls.
In celebration of their 10th anniversary, Rocawear has teamed up with Mattel for a special collection of Barbie mga manika -- all of which are black and rocking Rocawear clothing.
Further details regarding the deal and line of mga manika was unknown at press time.
Rocawear was created sa pamamagitan ng Jay-Z and Damon Dash in 1999, and going on to become one of the biggest urban lines in fashion. Both founders have since sold off their stakes in the company, but when Jay-Z sold his interest for $204 million in 2007, he maintained some authority over the development of products, licensing, and marketing.
In celebration of their 10th anniversary, Rocawear has teamed up with Mattel for a special collection of Barbie mga manika -- all of which are black and rocking Rocawear clothing.
Further details regarding the deal and line of mga manika was unknown at press time.
Rocawear was created sa pamamagitan ng Jay-Z and Damon Dash in 1999, and going on to become one of the biggest urban lines in fashion. Both founders have since sold off their stakes in the company, but when Jay-Z sold his interest for $204 million in 2007, he maintained some authority over the development of products, licensing, and marketing.
