The incredible story of the Barbie doll

One of the fascinating toys of all time should be the Barbie doll. And no wonder, as he did with us for over 45 years. Barbie doll is the best selling in history, and has countless hours of fun for many girls from all over the world. This is a good question comes to mind, How did the Barbie doll come about?

The story of Barbie doll is a good story. Is it really all go back to the beginning of Mattel, in order to fully understandBeginnings. In 1938 consisted of two friends always Mattel, Harold Matson (MATs) and Elliot Handler (El). Did you know that was originally formed to Mattel, not a toy manufacturer? In fact, Mattel began as a manufacturer of frame. Later he began to make doll furniture.

Elliot Handler was married and had a daughter, Barbara, enjoyed playing with dolls, like all girls. Instead of baby dolls, Barbara loved playing with dolls for adults,But there really was not like the dolls on the market. In an impromptu visit to Europe one day Mrs. Handler was a German doll named Lilli in a shop. The funny thing was, this was not even marketed as a doll. It was more a sort of joke gift for men.

When Mrs. Handler returned again, Lilli was a success with Barbara. Mattel has an idea. They bought the marketing rights to Lilli and changed its name to Barbie, named after his daughter Barbara, of course. As they say, theThe rest is history. Barbie, the world was the New York International Toy Fair introduced in March 1959. In fact, 9 March 1959 is the official birthday of Barbie.

Barbie was an instant success, and the United States later this year. It seemed that Barbie a little 'alone, however, was the next year, Ken was introduced. Did you know that after Handler's son Ken, Kenneth was appointed?

Barbie was originally wearing a white dress and black striped bath. They also had the opportunity toBuy brown hair or blond hair. Of course, Barbie's clothes were made available later in many different styles and selections. Every conceivable dress was offered. Barbie clothes were shown on the model of the designer in Paris.

Barbie has been everything from a student, a president has been done over the years. Any type of accessory has been taken from, including cars, homes and pets. Barbie has been an Olympic and even a mermaid. BarbieThe story is an incredible story. How long can still popular? This is anyones guess, but Barbie is still strong after nearly 50 years, so I have no doubt that are many years to come.