NEW YORK – With her inhumanly tiny waist and ample bosom, she's long been criticized as sending the wrong message to girls about how they should look when they grow up. But this holiday season, Barbie ...

Mattel's Barbie remains the dominant force in the doll market. However, dolls over the years have sought to challenge that. Dolls like Bratz were seen as a direct challenge to the skinny ideal critics ...

Barbie has been in the news lately ahead of the upcoming release of the “Barbie” movie. Barbie, who was introduced in the late 1950s and skyrocketed in popularity in the 1960s, has made big strides in ...

Orders for Barbie have been on the decline for multiple quarters, Mattel says. — -- With Barbie sales past their golden years, a more ethnically-diverse group of dolls are taking some of her ...

Barbie has been in the news lately ahead of the upcoming release of the "Barbie" movie. Barbie, who was introduced in the late 1950 and skyrocketed in popularity in the 1960s, has made big strides in ...

If you've got daughters or granddaughters or nieces, you've probably been pestered to buy them something from American Girl Dolls — a collectible doll that comes with a backstory about their “life.” ...

Dear Harry: I own a 221/2- inch Cuno and Otto Dressel doll. Her head is bisque and she has sleep eyes. The back of her head has the Dressel star mark, “Made in Germany,” and “1912-14.” The body is ...