The Black Doll Exhibition is presented by curator ... What initially started off as a fascination for Barbie/fashion dolls led Jacobs-Watson to study dolls more closely, in ways that most others ...

Mattel initially produced a couple of Black dolls in the late 1960s ... As she grew older, Perkins became interested in fashion and studied fashion design. Five years later, she gave an interview ...

The iconic American fashion dolls are still taking the world by storm ... known as Ponytail Barbie, wore a black-and-white ...