In the 1950’s toymaker Ruth Handler watched her daughter playing with paper dolls and was inspired to create a fashion doll that a child could hold in their hand. Mattel assembled a design team of artists, engineers and fashion designers to create Barbie - and the rest is history.
Our guest is author and fashion doll expert Bradley Justice Yarbrough. Bradley has made a study of Barbie doll and was awarded the Coleman Scholarship for the research and study of the Designers of the Barbie Doll. He writes for Doll News and Antique Doll Collector Magazineand also has the distinction of being voted the title of ‘Barbie’s Best Friend’ at Barbiecon. Today he tells the inside story behind the innovative designers that brought Ruth Handlers’s vision to life.
Learn more: https://www.dollpodcast.com/podcasts/designing-barbie
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