Mattel's volatility is driven by shifting tariff risks, but operational improvements and cost savings support solid ...

Sun Yitian was featured in a collab with Louis Vuitton and is currently having a solo show with Esther Schipper in Berlin.

By the 2020s, only 40 percent of Barbie dolls were designed with permanently arched feet for wearing high heels ...

The award-winning designer told us about her collaboration with Barbie, thoughts on AAPI representation in fashion, and more.

Barbie once could only stand on her tip toes, in tiny high heels. Her job? To look pretty. A new study finds there's a correlation between flatter-footed Barbies and more job choices.

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First, the tension is palpable, given U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff policy and growing signs of U.S. isolationism. And Trump wants Canada to become the 51st U.S. state, a suggestion that has ...

She could walk on flat feet. Soon, we had designed a research project to study the feet of Barbie dolls on the market from her launch in 1959 to June 2024. That's 2,750 Barbies in all. In our study ...

Soon, we had designed a research project to study the feet of Barbie dolls on the market from her launch in 1959 to June 2024 ...

Barbie's looks have been tweaked over the years to reflect societal shifts, but a study reveals that one subtle change has ...