The dolls pictured below are all Barbies, the name underneath them is the name their face style is called. In 1959, Ruth Handler created the Barbie doll and launched an American icon. Here are the twelve 2009 Basic Barbie Dolls and their face sculpts. Mattel released a series of twelve Black Label Basic Barbie Dolls, the next step in Barbie Doll history, each featuring different types of Barbie face sculpt.
BARBIE DOLL HISTORY SKIN
Now a variety of different skin tones, hair colors and face sculpts are used. They are only available from certain Barbie dealers.īlack Label is a newer designation that indicates it is a doll designer for the adult collector.īarbie has undergone many changes and a lot of diversity over the last ten years. A French bisque doll made by the Jumeau family in the 1860s had a swivel neck the body was made of. 185087), who popularized infant dolls.About 1820, glazed porcelain (Dresden) doll heads and unglazed bisque (ceramic) heads became popular. Today, with over 200 careers and counting, she continues to inspire the limitless potential in every girl. From Princess to President, Astronaut to Zoologist, there isn’t a plastic ceiling Barbie hasn’t broken. Since 1959, Barbie has been inspiring girls to be anything.
Platinum Label is an exclusive designation used when the dolls are sequentially numbered editions with less than 1,000 available worldwide. Doll heads were made of wood, terra-cotta, alabaster, and waxthe last a technique perfected in England by Augusta Montanari and her son Richard (c. To inspire the limitless potential in every girl. Gold Label designates numbered editions of 25,000 worldwide or less, available at select retailers. Silver Label is used for collectible dolls with no more than 50,000 produced worldwide. Pink Label (which had always been called "pink box" for obvious reasons) is used to designate play line or inexpensive dolls that available where ever Barbie Dolls are sold. Beginning in 2001, Mattel began to differentiate Barbies into different classifications using Label Colors.