Barbie’s Fashion Designer Carol Spencer, 90, Tells All About Her Tiny Pal: ‘She Was My Muse’
Forever 17 in play world, Barbie turned 64 in March. And both are enjoying newfound fame. Barbie was already a star when Spencer landed at Mattel in 1963. Roughly 350,000 dolls sold the first year, and a billion by 2006. She was adored and scorned. Gloria Steinem sneered, Barbie is … everything the feminist movement was trying to escape. The film features at least 15 Barbies with various professions. Initially, male Mattel executives resisted the idea of an adult doll....