#ICYMI: Trixie Mattel takes us on a guided tour through the history and evolution of Barbie in this video from March 2023.
Using dolls from her personal collection (including a mint Barbie #1) Trixie fills us in on some major doll HerStory. But she leaves out one major detail about how Barbie got her start as an escort named Lilli in Germany. Read all about it here…
I’m including this Polaroid I shot when I was working as a designer for Vanity Fair in 1984. Valentino made a special gown for her 25th anniversary and the magazine featuring it. Photo editor and photographer Maude Clay had her mother send her original 1959 Barbie from Mississippi, shown above.
