short hair and a wrap skirt that could actually show skin.” Following the success of Black Barbie, Perkins developed the first exclusive line of Black dolls for Barbie in 1991. Called Shani and ...

short hair, and a wrap skirt that could actually show skin.” Who made the first Black Barbie and why? South Carolina native Kitty Perkins made the first Black Barbie doll in 1980. People ...

In 'Black Barbie,' designers Kitty Black Perkins and Stacey McBride-Irby talk the evolution of the dolls and further tell PEOPLE about the differences they've made Hedy Phillips is the Senior ...

Within four years, Black Barbie was born. Mellie Phillips, a Black woman who designed hair for Mattel dolls, came up with a short, curly hairstyle. Another Black designer gave Black Barbie fuller ...

Mattel also introduced another new doll, a Black Barbie who is the second to ... who often experience vision disruption. The Barbie's hair and clothes were also designed based on community feedback.

The doll's anniversary look pays tribute to its original design created by Kitty Black Perkins. To celebrate the 45th anniversary of the first Black Barbie, Mattel has released a special edition ...

The Black Barbie doll with Down syndrome is the second Barbie Fashionista doll with the condition. The first, a Caucasian doll with blonde hair, was released in 2023. "NDSS is thrilled to ...

NDSS connected Barbie with a focus group of Black individuals from the Down syndrome community, including a young Black woman with Down syndrome, to review the doll’s sculpt, hair, fashion and ...

The new doll even has accessible packaging with "Barbie" in Braille ... reviewed the doll's shape, hair, fashion and glasses. Taylor Freeman, a young Black woman with Down syndrome, also joined ...

First released in 2022, this Barbie doll is dressed in a traditional Asian garment in a pink and red colorway. Pink cherry blossoms help to accessorize her black hair. This Barbie is inspired by ...