Mexico Barbie Stirs Controversy

by Deenie Hartzog | 4:56 pm, April 13th, 2013

Mattel’s “Dolls of The World Collection” was intended to increase awareness of different cultures among the younger generation, but some of the dolls have women up in arms.

Real-Life Barbie Valeria Lukyonova Gets Her First Major Fashion Spread

by Jada Wong | 11:13 am, November 9th, 2012

Back in April, we came across Valeria Lukyonova, a 21-year-old Ukranian with a truly unique look and ridiculous Barbie-esque body proportions. Of course, we wondered if she was indeed real or just the result of some heavy duty Photoshop. Well, V magazine took that question to the next level with an interview and spread with the real-life Barbie, and well, she’s as real as real can be.

The Blonds Give Barbie An Ultra Glam Makeover

by Hilary George-Parkin | 5:46 pm, August 11th, 2012

Just when you thought Barbie couldn’t get any more fabulous, The Blonds go and puts her in an outfit like this.

TIME WARP: ’60s Barbie Fashion Was The Best

by Jada Wong | 3:22 pm, June 22nd, 2012

Chris Benz‘s new “I Can Be President” Barbie is great, but it still doesn’t hold a candle to the old school dolls from the ’60s.

Joe Zee Thinks ‘There’s Always Room For A Tall, Statuesque Blonde’

by Hilary George-Parkin | 5:39 pm, May 12th, 2012

And her name, of course, is Barbie.

PHOTOS: Is This Model A Real-Life Barbie Or Just A Photoshop Hoax?

by Jada Wong | 3:22 pm, April 23rd, 2012

Have you ever seen a real-life Barbie? No? Well, 21-year-old Valeria Lukyanova bears a striking resemblance to the real thing. The Ukranian model has the doll’s plastic-y skin, long blond hair, wide eyes, thin nose, and (of course!) an insane chest-to-waist-ratio.

Chris Benz On Designing Presidential Barbie & The Power Of Pink

by Julia Rubin | 6:39 pm, April 5th, 2012

Barbie just unveiled its latest “I Can Be President” doll — and she’s the most stylish to date, thanks to Chris Benz.

StyleDish: Daphne Guinness Looks Ready To Fly Away

by Hilary George-Parkin | 4:30 pm, March 31st, 2012

Fashion’s favorite exotic bird romps around an eery mansion, perches at an open window, and poses as a gilded statue in this Tatler spread.

Barbie Is Making Dolls For Kate And Will’s First Wedding Anniversary

A girl poses with the Franklin Mint's commemorative dolls.

by Justin Fenner | 6:57 pm, February 15th, 2012

Help us decide whether this is cute or creepy. Mattel, the company that makes Barbies, is making a limited edition of dolls that look like Kate Middleton and Prince William to celebrate the couple’s first wedding anniversary.

Will Mattel Start Making Bald Barbies For Cancer Patients?

by Justin Fenner | 9:15 am, January 12th, 2012

Tens of thousands of people have gotten behind a campaign asking Mattel to mass produce bald Barbie dolls after the company made a one-off version for a young cancer patient last year. Now the only question is, will they actually do it?

Is A Kim Kardashian Barbie Doll In The Works?

by Julia Rubin | 1:33 pm, December 28th, 2011

Could a Kim Kardashian Barbie doll be hitting shelves next year?

Awesome Natural Hair Group Gives Barbie An Afro For Christmas

by Julia Rubin | 1:31 pm, December 14th, 2011

Well, this is awesome. An African-American natural hair group in Georgia is gifting natural hair Barbies this holiday season.

Bleach Salon Celebrates Printable Barbie Hair With Colorful Collab

by Julia Rubin | 5:09 pm, December 8th, 2011

Printable Barbie hair is the coolest! In honor of Barbie Design Printables, the talented team over at London’s Bleach salon has created some insanely awesome custom hair looks for the iconic doll.

Tokidoki Barbie Is A Tattoo-Sporting, Pink Hair-Having Badass

by Julia Rubin | 11:42 am, October 19th, 2011

Barbie is not normally synonymous with badass, but there’s a new girl in town. Hello, Tokidoki Barbie! We think you’re swell.

PHOTOS: Ken & Barbie’s Wedding Album Is Charming & Hysterical

by Julia Rubin | 12:58 pm, September 2nd, 2011

This summer was chock full of weddings, but the pictures from Barbie and Ken‘s nuptials might have to be our favorite.

TIME WARP: Barbie’s First Commercial (From 1959!) Is Super Fashionable

by Julia Rubin | 12:58 pm, July 19th, 2011

Okay, there are a lot of not nice things we could say about Barbie. Most of them are things we learned about in college, and they shocked and saddened us. But this old school Barbie commercial (the first one ever, in fact!) is awesome as far as the fashion is concerned.

There Is An Anna Dello Russo Barbie Doll!

by Julia Rubin | 2:53 pm, April 18th, 2011

We already knew Anna Dello Russo was an icon, but now that she has her very own customized Barbie, she’s on a whole other level.

PHOTOS: The Creepiest Ken-Inspired Spread You’ll Ever See

by Justin Fenner | 4:43 pm, March 4th, 2011

Barbie’s Ken doll is getting a lot of exposure these days — he’s in popular animated movies, on reality television, and now, in international fashion magazines. In the summer issue of GQ Style Germany, photographer Armin Morbach lensed a few pages called “Barbie’s Puppet.” We’re sure there’s something lost in translation there, but the name is really creepy. And so are the photos.

PHOTOS: Barbie Gaga’s Meat Dress Is Made Of Real Meat

by Justin Fenner | 4:10 pm, December 3rd, 2010

To honor the Year of Lady Gaga (what, you thought it was supposed to be the year of the tiger?) Entertainment Weekly has featured some of her most iconic outfits in the pages of its Entertainers of the Year issue. And to make the whole thing so post-postmodern it hurts, they miniaturized those looks and put them on another iconic and multifaceted blonde, Barbie.

Did Playboy France Photoshop Lara’s Ladybits? (NSFW)

by Rika Nurrahmah | 10:38 am, July 21st, 2010

Lara Stone has mastered the art of posing nude, so it comes to no surprise that the voluptuous model is smoldering for the cameras in French Playboy’s June 2010 issue. But while Barbie comparisons — at least when it comes to models — are not normally a bad thing, we think the mag might have taken things one step too far…

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