This toy, based on a seductive comic strip character in the German tabloid Bild, was designed as a sexual gag gift for men. Ruth saw her as a blueprint for Barbie. An adult female doll for ...

An iconic doll turns 66 on Sunday, and fans worldwide and in the Las Vegas valley are taking a nostalgic trip through her history.

She was modeled after Bild Lilli, a risque doll and an adult gag gift based on a racy hypersexual German comic book character. Despite some pushback from male executives and retailers, Barbie ...

Barbie has been criticised by feminists. Mattel founder Ruth Handler based the doll’s physique on a German adult-themed Lilli doll, something that was typically gifted to men at bachelor parties.