We're seeing slow but steady progress with diversity in the fashion industry. But when it comes to the unspoken ideals beyond industry walls, the beauty standard of fair skin and straight hair still ...

Barbie has been a paleontologist, an architect, a paratrooper and a surgeon. But even so she has some serious competition in the admiration department. Mattel just announced that it is honoring 17 ...

Growing up, Neha Chauhan Woodward didn’t see a reflection of herself or her friends in the dolls they were playing with. She was especially surprised when 20 years later, she walked into a popular ...

For years Barbie, the 11-inch tall, blond, blue-eyed fashion doll, has represented the ideal American beauty. Never mind that Barbie’s stick-thin figure is impossible to achieve in real life — girls ...

The Barbie-mania of the past year has reminded us that getting dressed is meant to be fun. And designer Marc Jacobs has now given this thesis the high-fashion stamp of approval. In a show that ...

Mattel is celebrating the 65th anniversary of the first Barbie and International Women’s Day on March 8 by honoring inspiring women from around the world. The brand chose eight women to receive a ...