Department of Paediatric Neurosciences, Evelina Children's Hospital, Guy's and Saint Thomas' Foundation trust, Kings Health Partners, London SE1 9RT Correspondence to Dr Charlie Fairhurst, Department ...

They used their unique FEET system: Foot posture (flat or equinus i.e. tiptoes); Equity (diversity and inclusion); Employment (fashion vs employed); and Time period (decade of manufacture). "Over time ...

While 100% of Barbies had permanently pointed “equinus” feet in 1959-1969, just 40% did by 2024. It might seem like a simple design tweak, but there’s far more to it. Professional Barbies were much ...

Our custom-made audit tool allowed us to classify Barbie’s foot posture as tip-toe (known as equinus) or flat. We also looked at when the dolls were made, whether they were diverse or inclusive ...

100 per cent of Barbie dolls had tiptoe feet (known as 'equinus'), they found. But this changed to 91 per cent in the 1990s, 94 per cent in the 2000s, 72 per cent in the 2010s and 40 per cent in ...