What do you get when a group of podiatrists (and shoe lovers) team up with a Barbie doll collector? A huge opportunity to explore how Barbie reflects changes in the types of shoes women wear.

Since US toy giant Mattel launched the original Barbie in 1959, more than 1 billion of the dolls have been sold worldwide. Certainly, Barbie's looks have been tweaked over the years to reflect ...

Some of us might see increased doll diversity as revolutionary, but this move sends all the wrong messages to our girls that female success is still measured by our exteriors. (WOMENSENEWS)—Barbie is ...

Think of the fad for Baby Yoda dolls after the first season of The Mandalorian in 2020. When the Barbie movie comes out this week, it is bound to trigger a wave of doll purchases over and above ...

Professor Williams, who is in the school of primary and allied health care at Monash University, has with a team studied Barbie's feet, the shoes the doll has worn overtime and whether high heels ...

labels herself as 'human Barbie' and has spent thousands on plastic surgery. And the elaborate spending hasn't stopped there, with Marcela splashing out £350 on a lifelike reborn baby doll after ...

The spine of Barbie is Barbie’s journey to the real world to solve the mystery of why she’s malfunctioning. Dolls aren’t supposed to think about death, so something must be really wrong with ...

Super-flexible joints, while seemingly harmless, could indicate Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS), a condition affecting connective tissues. This can lead to overly flexible joints, fragile skin ...

Trump's warning against Mattel comes as toys, especially Barbie dolls, have become a hot topic about tariffs and the trade policies of his administration.(AP/Getty) “I've heard [Mattel] said ...