As an American woman (a child of the mid-’80s, I was weaned on Barbie and the Rockers), I have officially decided to cut Barbie a little slack. Terrible makeup and all. We live in a world where ...

The company had its first major fashion partnership when Oscar de la Renta created a Barbie-size clothing line. The 1985 Day to Night Barbie "broke the glass ceiling as a CEO," per Barbie Media ...

Her box read: “She’s black! She’s beautiful! She’s dynamite!” By 1985, Barbie had entered the male-dominated corporate world, donning a pink power suit that could take her from the ...

Robbie served two looks in one — just like Day to Night Barbie from the 1980s Brenton Blanchet is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. He has been working at PEOPLE since 2022. Brenton's work has ...