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Author: J. Michael Augustyniak
Publisher:
Published: 2007-06
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781574325300
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Full-color, illustrated photographs profile over 1,000 foreign Barbie and Barbie family dolls from around the world.
Author: Janine Fennick
Publisher:
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 176
ISBN-13: 9781840922134
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Robin Gerber
Publisher: Harper Collins
Published: 2009-02-03
Total Pages: 294
ISBN-13: 0061341312
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The tragic and redeeming story of how one visionary woman built the biggest toy company in the world and created a global icon. Barbie and Ruth is the entwined story of two exceptional women. There's Barbie: the diminutive yet arrestingly voluptuous doll unveiled at the 1959 Toy Fair who became the treasure of 90 percent of American girls and their counterparts in 150 countries. She went on to compete as an Olympic athlete, serve as an air force pilot, work as a boutique owner, run as a presidential candidate, and ignite a cultural firestorm. And then there's Ruth Handler, Barbie's creator: the tenth child of Polish Jewish immigrants, a passionately competitive and creative business pioneer, and a mother and wife who wanted it all. After a business scandal that forced Ruth out of Mattel, the company she founded, she drew on her experience as a breast cancer survivor to start a business that changed women's lives. She was ultimately honored as a pioneer, humanitarian, and masterful entrepreneur. Based on original research, extensive interviews, and previously unavailable material, Barbie and Ruth tells the fascinating story of how two women forever changed American business and culture.
Author: Kitturah B. Westenhouser
Publisher:
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 311
ISBN-13: 9781574321012
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Traces the history of Barbie dolls and related toys, including changes in faces, bodies, and hairdos, costume design, Ken, Midge, and other dolls, versions for collectors, and international adaptations
Author: Margo Rana
Publisher: Hobby House Press
Published: 1997-02
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780875884745
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Featuring these series: Bob Mackie, Happy holidays, Nostalgic, Hollywood legends.
Author: J. Michael Augustyniak
Publisher:
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781574325584
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Due to the overwhelming response to the bestselling Collector's Encyclopedia of Barbie Doll Collector's Editions, Collector Books has produced this all-new second edition. Over 150 new dolls have been added to this volume, bringing the total number of dolls and fashions featured in this book to over 1,000. This up-to-the-minute book includes such recent releases as the Barbie 2007 annual doll, the 2007 Hollywood Silkstone Barbie collection, and the 2007 Wizard of Oz Barbie collection. The Holiday Barbie series is shown in its entirety, including the latest editions designed by the legendary Bob Mackie. Some of the other favorite series shown in their entirety include the Dolls of the World Collection, the Barbie Fashion Model Collection, the Hollywood Legends Collection, the Porcelain Barbie Collection, and every national Barbie Collectors' Convention set since the first in 1980. All Platinum Label Barbie dolls (dolls produced in quantities of less than 1,000 dolls worldwide) are found in this book, along with a large selection of priceless one-of-a-kind Barbie dolls produced for charity functions. A helpful index allows readers to research dolls by name or series. 2008 values.
Author: Robin Gerber
Publisher: Epic Ink
Published: 2019-09-24
Total Pages: 187
ISBN-13: 0760365776
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Barbie Forever: Her Inspiration, History, and Legacy presents a detailed, fully authorized portrait of this beloved doll through all-new interviews, original sketches, vintage photos, advertisements, and much more—including a foreword by Olympic fencing medalist Ibtihaj Muhammad. A double-sided foldout timeline showcases important moments in Barbie history. Explore how the doll came to be, what it takes to create one of her many looks, and how her legacy continues to influence the world. Since her debut in 1959, Barbie has been breaking boundaries and highlighting major moments in art, fashion, and culture. She has been an interpreter of taste and style in every historic period she has lived through and has reflected female empowerment through the more than 200 careers she has embodied. Today, an international icon, Barbie continues to spark imaginations and influence conversations around the world. Barbie Forever is a vibrant celebration for the "Barbie Girl" in all of us.
Author: Cynthia Robins
Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Contemporary
Published: 1989
Total Pages: 132
ISBN-13: 9780809244232
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Everything you always loved about Barbie and more - from the houses and cars to the fabulous wardrobe. A 30th anniversary trivia book crammed with Barbie memorabilia in which the author, an expert on pop culture, places the Barbie doll into real time and living history, to show how life in America in the last part of the 20th century translates directly to the world of Barbie.
Author: Carol Spencer
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2019-03-19
Total Pages: 160
ISBN-13: 0062802453
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A legendary fashion designer for Barbie shares the story of her adventures working behind-the-scenes at Mattel, and spotlights the creations that transformed the world’s most famous doll into a style icon in this beautifully designed book—published in commemoration of Barbie’s sixtieth anniversary—illustrated with 100 full-color photographs, including many never-before-seen images of rare and one-of-a-kind pieces from the author’s private archive. Dressing Barbie is a dazzling celebration of the clothes that made America’s favorite doll, and the incredible woman behind them. For thirty-five years, Carol Spencer enjoyed an unparalleled reign as a Barbie fashion designer, creating some of Barbie’s most iconic looks from the early 1960s until the late 1990s. Barbie’s wide-ranging wardrobe—including princess gowns and daisy-print rompers, flirty sundresses and smart pantsuits— combined fashion trends and haute couture with a liberal dose of fantasy. In Dressing Barbie, the successful and prolific designer reminisces about her time at Mattel working with legendary figures such as Ruth Handler, Barbie’s creator, and Charlotte Johnson, the original Barbie designer, and talks about her best and most beloved clothing designs from each decade. But Carol’s most impressive creation is her own life. As Handler famously said, “Barbie always represented the fact that a girl has choices”—a credo Carol epitomized. In Dressing Barbie, she talks candidly about how she broke free of the constraints of the late 1950s to pursue a dazzling career and an independent life for herself. Over the course of her successful and prolific career, Carol won many accolades. She was the first designer to have her signature on the doll, the first to go on a signing tour, the first to design a limited-edition Barbie Doll for collectors, and the designer of the biggest selling Barbie of all time. Now, Carol is the first member of the inner circle to take fans behind the pink curtain, revealing the fashion world of Barbie, the quintessential California girl, as never before.
