Toys
Collecting Barbie Having just celebrated her 60th birthday, Barbie has given herself a facelift by appearing for the first time on the big screen played by an actress! So it made perfect sense to devote an article to the world’s most famous doll.
Marketed since 1959 by the Mattel firm, Barbie has seduced billions of little girls. Having practiced thousands of professions, owning clothes by great designers or representing famous people, there are different ways to collect Barbie! Barbie’s story begins with a plagiarism. In 1945, Harold Matson and Elliot Handler founded Mattel, a toy manufacturing company. In 1956, while the Handler family was on holiday in Switzerland, Barbara, the daughter of the couple, asked for a doll, the Bild Lili. This German doll was an adult, and the little girl grew up with this toy. This doll inspired Mattel to create his own, which they named Barbie, short for Barbara, in tribute to the Handlers’ daughter. It is on March 9, 1959 that Mattel presented BarSet of Barbies.- Barbie 1962.- Ken 1961.
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