Barbie gets the full haute couture treatment in episode two of our Barbie fashion history series which takes us into the 1980s, a period that lays the foundation for her ascension into full fashion icon status.Recommended Reading:<ul>
<li>Ruth Handler's Dream Doll 
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<li>Carol Spencer's Dressing Barbie 
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<li>Robin Gerber's Barbie and Ruth 
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<li><a href="https://www.blackbarbiefilm.com">Black Barbie documentary</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/black-barbie-racial-mattel-documentary-sxsw-b2306898.html">Independent article about the Black Barbie documentary</a></li>
<li><a href="https://kkasulis.wordpress.com/2016/02/01/tracing-the-history-of-asian-barbie/#:~:text=For%20Asian%20Barbies,%20the%20first,and%20%E2%80%9Clustrous%20black%20hair.%E2%80%9D">"Tracing the History of 'Asian' Barbie" by Kelly Kasulis</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.mdvanii.ch/en/">Billyboy* and Mdvanii</a></li>
</ul> Support this podcast at — <a href="https://redcircle.com/dressed-the-history-of-fashion/donations">https://redcircle.com/dressed-the-history-of-fashion/donations</a> Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

Barbie: The Fashion History of an Icon, Part III

With over 8 billion people in the world, we all have one thing in common. Every day we all get dressed. Join Dressed as we explore the social and cultural histories behind the who, what, when of why we wear.