Barbie gets the full haute couture treatment in part two of our Barbie fashion history series from 2023 which takes us into the 1980s, a period that lays the foundation for her ascension into full fashion icon status.

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Ruth Handler's Dream Doll
Carol Spencer's Dressing Barbie
Robin Gerber's Barbie and Ruth
Black Barbie documentary
Independent article about the Black Barbie documentary
"Tracing the History of 'Asian' Barbie" by Kelly Kasulis
Billyboy* and Mdvanii

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