History In 1945, Ruth and Eliott Handler founded Mattel – one of Americas leading manufacturing companies of today. The idea for the Barbie doll was conceived when Ruth watched her daughter play with adult paper dolls. She noticed the importance of being able to change the doll's clothes, and decided to create a three-dimensional fashion doll, naming her Barbie after Barbara (her daughter). At the time, the toy market was dominated by baby dolls and toddler dolls. Barbie was a new conception that
The Creation of Barbie as an American Icon Barbie, at the age of 41, is one of the longest living toys in America. Analyzing her early history can give a person a look into the societal trends and culture of the late 1950's and early 1960's. There is evidence of fashion innovations in Barbie's wardrobe. Also, one can see the perception of females by society, such as what they should look like, how they should act and dress, as well as what their future goals could be. The following essay follows
Speech Outline Objective: I will give an informative speech about the history of Mattell’s Barbie Doll. I. Introduction A. Attention Getter: a. Girls, this is a question for you. How many of you have had Barbie dolls growing up? (Have time to answer) b. Well, believe it or not, our beloved Barbie dolls have a whole lot of history behind them. B. Tie to the audience: a. I think we, as girls, can all vouch that Barbie dolls were all the rage and so much fun when we were younger, and even
Throughout her article “A Barbie for Every Body: Beauty Details have changed”, Elianna Dockterman summarizes and develops the new evaluation of the well-known child’s play doll, Barbie. In desperate need for a positive change, after losing more than twenty percent of sales in 2012 to 2014 and losing more than 500 million of sales in 2015, the risk for Mattel is extremely massive, but needed. The article goes back to Barbie’s nearly fifty seven old history, reveals and rejuvenates the powerful, yet
least get an idea of what she will look like in the future. Thus, Barbie dolls are great for little girls to play with. It’s all about nostalgia because girls love to talk about their most wanted toy when they were much younger then. They love to talk about their very own Barbie dolls
the 1960’s included Barbie, G.I. Joe, Twister, and Frisbee. Barbie, the Teenage Fashion Model Barbie is an important role model of girls at a young age. “Handler got the idea for Barbie after noticing her daughter, Barbara, dressing adult paper dolls in cutout clothing.” [Englert] “Ruth immediately recognized that experimenting with the future from a safe distance though pretend play was an important part of growing up.” [History -Barbie] Recently, Barbie has announced that Barbie will be curvier,
larger question that the story raises is whether or not there is negative or positive effects on girls who play with dolls. Dolls have been around for a long time, but no one knows how dolls were created or their main purpose. Some research found that Barbie were created for various reasons. In addition, dolls also started many controversies among parents and scientists. There have been various studies conducted concerning the role of dolls on various aspects of a girl’s life. Some of the studies conducted
Mattel Inc which is no doubt one of the biggest toy manufacturing companies in the world, was founded in 1945 with the headquarters in El Segundo, California. This company that has brought more beloved toys to many children worldwide such as Barbie, Hot Wheels and also Matchbox and many more that are found in every single household. Winning many awards such as Fortune magazine as one of the top 100 companies to work for in 2013, noting that its well as the fact that theres more than 1,000 employees
‘inspirational’ childhood toy, the perfectly perfect Barbie Doll. Barbie is America’s most beloved toy, considering young girls between the ages of three and eleven own at least 10 Barbie’s throughout their childhood (‘Life in Plastic’). As creator of the Barbie Doll once said, “My whole philosophy of Barbie was that through the doll, the little girl could be anything she wanted to be. Barbie always represented that a woman has choices,” (Handler). However, Barbie has proved to serve the opposite effect and
April 21, 2013 Venus de Willendorf VS The Barbie Doll Who are they today? Venus de Willendorf and Barbie are two very different representations of women and their beauty. Both are man-made and inspirational, both from two very different times. Venus by the homosapiens millions of years ago and Barbie a mere fifty years ago by a woman and mother looking for a doll her daughter could play and grow with. In looking at Venus de Willendorf and the Barbie doll, they seem to be related in a way and yet