There are many names for Barbie dolls: Xiaoli, Bingling, Jasmine, Shenghua, Yimin, Emily, Meng?, Milan, Kelly, Barbie, Metdie, Jana, Lulu , Beiya, Mengdie, Jia Liya, Eliza and so on.
Cultural symbol
Since the birth of the first Barbie, it has been continuously improved and innovated. Barbie's appearance has gone through more than 500 revisions and improvements to become what it is today. The latest appearance is based on the famous American Chinese athlete Michelle Kwan.
In order to provide "Barbie" with beautiful fashions, more than 1 billion pieces of clothes have been produced since 1995, and about 100 new Barbie clothes are launched every year. Now "Barbie" is sold in 150 countries around the world, with total sales exceeding 1 billion. This American girl, who is between a little girl and an adult woman, is the best-selling toy in the world toy market and has become a favorite of men, women and children all over the world.
Barbie has passed 54 years, but she is still young. She will live longer than the Cabbage Patch Dolls and Teddy Bears that were once popular. No one knows why, not even her creator, Ruth Handler, can explain it. Whether in the toy world or in real life, longevity is a mysterious and elusive thing.
Ruth Handler was once asked: Why does Barbie behave so well? She just smiled and replied: "I am a marketing genius." However, Mattel also produces many other types of toys, not only none of which perform as well as Barbie, but many of them die young. It should be said that Ruth's original inspiration gave this doll eternal life. She was the "Mother of Barbie" who was close to life and truly created "Barbie" for children.