Fashion doll Essays

Standing eleven inches tall, with long cascading blonde hair, Barbie was the first ever toy doll produced in the United States equipped with adult features. Ruth Handler was the woman behind Barbie who co-founded Mattel, Inc. alongside her husband in 1954. Her incentive to pursue the production of Barbie was immediately after seeing her young daughter ignoring her baby dolls to play with paper dolls of adult women. It was then she realized there was a significant gap in the market for a toy that

The Barbie doll, from when it was first released in the year 1959 has changed in many ways. From fashion sense, looks and going against how society has the perfect woman image in their minds, the Barbie doll is very different to how it was 57 years ago. The barbie doll first came out with a tiny waist, stick thin legs and a petite body which was viewed as an impossible figure to have for any woman or girl. The Barbie had a huge influence on young girls and some had even started to starve themselves

once said “They were using the dolls to project their dreams of their own futures as adult women” (Handler). Ruth Handler was a businesswoman and an inventor of the Barbie doll and the Ken doll. Handler and her husband, Elliot Handler, partnered with Harold “Matt” Matson and started a furniture business for toy dollhouses, their company was called Mattel. Ruth Handler got the idea of creating the Barbie doll by watching her daughter Barbara Handler play with a paper doll and pretending they were adults

Over the past 50 years the Barbie doll has been positively mass produced to the world. Barbie since the beginning has had a major effect across the world/America. The doll has made such an impact on American culture she is on the 101 Influential People Who Never Lived placed at #43, before Luke Skywalker (85th) and after Micky Mouse (18th). The impact is not entirely positive, however. There are a few things about Barbie that are negative. From the influence, America has gotten stereotypes and cliches

Barbie is an iconic female doll produced by Mattel Inc. in 1959 now making her 57 years ago. The doll changes over time to reflect society. Barbie’s fashion, physique and job interests change as standards for women change. Barbies fashion and hairstyle changes to reflect how women currently dress. As more body shapes are accepted by society barbie changes to give different options of body types.as women’s interest and job interests change and expands barbie dolls a released according to the jobs

Barbie is a child’s play doll that has been a sensation since 1959. Ruth Marianna Handler and an engineer, Jack Ryan, fixed and remodeled the doll. Barbie got her name after Ruth’s daughter, Barbara.The doll made its debut at The American International Toy Fair in New York on March 9, 1959. Since then, this doll has been marketed everywhere in stores all around the world and into the little girls’ hands. Although this outstanding doll was created to inspire young girls, it does not serve as a good

I believe that Mattel experienced a self-inflecting wound. Barbie was the powerhouse of dolls and there was no need to change up the system because it wasn’t broken completely. Yet these gaps that were left by Mattel gave room from the creations of Bratz, Monster High, and all other brands of dolls who step outside of the box. Barbie was left behind as her fan base grew in age and personal interest, even though Mattel knew this they still did

and she was meant to be the ideal role model for young girls. Almost every little girl in America had a Barbie doll. Your brain is highly adaptable when you are a young child. This causes Barbie to have a giant impact on little kids impressions on themselves.(LOGOS) Barbie is not a good role model because of her unrealistic body, morals, and personality standards. Barbie is only a doll, but she sets unrealistic, unhealthy, and unlikely body standards for young girls. If Barbie was a real person

“Barbie is just a doll,” (Mary Schmich), but some women seem to think otherwise. People either hate or love Barbie. Many people love her because she has a carefree lifestyle with as many possessions as she wants. Many people dislike her because she sets unrealistic expectations when it comes to her body image. Barbie came to life in 1959 by Mattel, but to be more specific, she was created by Ruth Handler. Mrs. Handler got the idea to create a plastic adult doll when she saw her daughter Barbara

cultural icon for young girls all over the country. Created by Mattel in 1959, the doll has received criticism for decades because the physical appearance of the doll sets unrealistic body standards for females. Barbie is scaled to be extremely thin, usually Caucasian, with blonde hair and blue eyes. An African-American Barbie doll was released in 1980, except the features of the doll are extremely similar to the Caucasian dolls, with small noses and petite lips. The un-proportional measurements of Barbie’s

Barbie is a doll of controversy and changes to suit the times. She has always been fashion forward and kept up with the celebrities at the time. Barbie continues to change in characteristics to fit in with society’s interests by recently creating a new line of dolls that have realistic body shapes. Barbie has never let the expectations of society crush her dreams and so she has had many careers such as president, astronaut and computer engineer. Over the past 50 years Barbie has kept with the times

The idea of the Barbie Doll has been debated or many years. Released in 1959 during the largest feminist movement in America, it was labeled as an icon for women. However, the physical appearance of Barbie has caused many feminists to argue its intentions. It portrays unrealistic body standards for women, accentuated by tight, skimpy outfits. At a very young age, girls are taught to be perfect and perky. Additionally, the Barbie doll has implications of being inferior to men. Barbie is also seen

Barbara Millicent Roberts, or the Barbie doll, is changing, along with the American beauty ideals. We all know the Barbie as the tall, blond, and voluptuous plastic doll. But, she is changing. The barbie is new and, to some, improved. The creators of Barbie, Mattel, have created three new Barbies; petite, tall, and curvy. Some people are enraged about this change, while others are enthused about it. I for one am ecstatic about this change. Barbie has been making Mattel money for years. It has become

Across America, young girls cherish playtime with Barbie dolls—well-known for depicting a slim, curvaceous woman. Yet, “Barbie sends our girls one message and it’s this: ‘you can do anything and you can be anything—[if] you look like this’ (Warhaft-Nadler).” Today, adults seem to understand Barbie’s body is of unrealistic proportions. However, in hallways of any school, you can hear girls lamenting they are “too fat.” If they aren’t comparing themselves to Barbie, who are they comparing themselves

The poem “Barbie Doll” written by Marge Piercy is about the pressure of fitting into society. We look at a healthy girl that had a normal childhood. She grew up playing with toys according to her gender and was considered smart at school. . This girl had an endless number of qualities for having a wonderful future. Everything for her lost value when in her adolescence a classmate made her feel not beautiful because she did not look like a Barbie doll. There was a time in my life when I experienced

examples or specify measures? Nikolay Nikolaev Petrov Faculty number: 1414169 Group: 1345 Like most young girls, I grew up surrounded by fashion magazines, beauty queens from different beauty pageants, Victoria’s Secret catalogues, movies and sitcomes filled with thin, beautiful women - the only body type that was ever presented. I played with Barbie dolls and idolized Disney Pricesses, both with waists so thin as if untroubled by the existance of iternal organs. At that fragile age of growing

As a little girl you are encouraged to be who you want to be. You fill your world with fairy tales or Barbie dolls that inspire you to believe that the sky is the limit. But little do you know, that as you grow older, the dreams you are forging for yourself is no longer achievable. Where you once saw the sky as the limit is now transformed to be seen as a man’s word as the limit. No little girl, you are not liberated nor are you empowered…you are simply propagated by a man’s world to believe that

Long legs, blonde hair, Caucasian blue eyes, tiny waist, doll boobs, full lips and a California tan. Most Barbie dolls have ruined the perception of beauty for girls all over the world. These “perfect”, unrealistic dolls have set an impossible standard thousands of girls fail to meet, therefore causing self esteem issues they could carry into adulthood. These dolls may seem harmless, but the damage they bring into the lives of women all over the world is catastrophic. Barbie, society’s perception

Veronica who learned from a young age, that in order to be pretty, you must fit standards and stereotypes- Barbie stereotypes. However, when she gets a new Barbie the following Christmas and ends up destroying it, she learns to accept both Barbie dolls. In “Pretty Hurts” sang by Beyonce, the speaker was taught from a young age to care about appearances. Throughout the story the speaker struggles with herself, and she thinks she is not good enough. In the end she comes to realization, and shes says

Have you ever woken up from a wonderful slumber, only to look at yourself in the mirror and think “Why can’t I be as beautiful as Emma Watson or Jennifer Lawrence? Why can’t I have a figure like Kim Kardashian? Why do I have to be born like this?”. In reality, nobody is perfect, we all have our own insecurities, even those whose lives seem so perfect have insecurities, but insecurities are inevitable. We shouldn’t let them consume us. But the main thing that causes us to have such insecurities is