Barbie's best friend was named Midge Hadley, She also had a
boyfriend named Ken. In 1959 they produced about 350,00 Barbie dolls. When
Barbie was first produced she was wearing a black and white stripped bathing
suit. The first Barbie had green eyes, a ponytail and came with a stand,
sunglasses and open toed shoes. In February of 1959, Barbie was first
introduced at the American international toy fair in New York. The creator of
Barbie was named Ruth Handler. When the doll was first made, Americas reaction
was that they were disgusted by what they dressed Barbie in and how they made
her look so they didn’t want their children to get a toy like that, they
thought it was to inappropriate. In 1961 Mattel gave Barbie a face lift. The
plastic surgery consist of curved eyebrows and blue eyes. The inspiration for
Barbie came as Ruth observed her daughter Barbra play with paper dolls. Barbra
and her friends used them as make believe people. Then a couple years later
Mattel introduced Barbie.