A star is born
Barbie was born during the Golden Era after the World War II. At that time, America prospered with films like Technicolor, building of new suburbs and cars as big as stuck whales. In the beginning of 1950, Ms. Handler had the idea of creating an adult doll when she noticed the happiness that her daughter feels when she could change the clothes of the paper adult dolls.
Ms. Handler imagined a doll on which girls could project their wished for their future life when they have become adult women. But the Mattel designers initially refused, claiming that the many details will make the doll too expensive. “That was the official reason.” Recalls Ms, Handler in her book from 1994 - “The dream doll: The story of Ruth Handler”, which she wrote....