Happy Presidents’ Day! To celebrate, we’re revisiting some of our most popular stories of the year. Enjoy. During a recent visit to Mattel’s design headquarters in Los Angeles, I was invited into the ...

As Barbie celebrates her 60th birthday on Saturday, her longest-running clothing designer has defended the iconic doll’s thin body against criticism of promoting unrealistic body image. Carol Spencer ...

The new doll is a part of the Tribute Collection that features inspiring women. Barbie's latest doll is honoring iconic fashion designer and businesswoman Vera Wang in a beautiful way. The toymaker ...

The much-anticipated Barbie exhibition has been three years in the making: the Design Museum team has been given access to the Barbie archives in California to chart the history of the cultural icon.

Playing dress up isn't all fun and games. Just ask Barbie's costume designer Jacqueline Durran, who revealed that the most challenging part of her job was dressing Margot Robbie as the iconic doll in ...

Costume designer Jacqueline Durran has given audiences looks from all manner of eras, and she won an Oscar working with Greta Gerwig on the 2019 adaptation of “Little Women.” But her reteaming with ...

Life in plastic just got a little more fantastic. Barbie’s dreamhouse, sold by the toy manufacturer Mattel, already comes with a two-story slide, a pool, and a pink elevator. Now, it can also feature ...

Production designer Sarah Greenwood and set decorator Katie Spencer discuss the reference points and Easter eggs strewn throughout the worlds of "Barbie." Of all the movie references crammed into ...

Jacob Kastrenakes is The Verge’s executive editor. He has covered tech, policy, and online creators for over a decade. "Girls' perceptions are so different than grown ups'." Though Barbie’s shape has ...

Today’s homeowners are building out real-life Barbie Dreamhouses — and not the plastic kind. The new “Barbiecore” trend officially has hit interior design since making a recent appearance in celebrity ...

The Design Museum has announced a major Barbie exhibition (5 July 2024 – 23 February 2025) to coincide with the doll’s 65th anniversary The much-anticipated Barbie exhibition has been three years in ...