That Doesn’t Look Like a Toy For Children…
At the time of Barbie’s creation, at least in America, there weren’t any dolls that looked like her. For a long time, children’s toys were created somewhat in the image of children and the things that they found enjoyable. No one had thought about making toys for kids that depicted the lives that their parents were living…
That was until Ruth Handler came across the Bild Lili doll in Germany… Bild Lili was originally designed after a comic strip character and was initially marketed toward men, and later became popular with children. Even though some people had an issue with the way that Barbie looked at first, the idea slowly started to pay off once they realized that their kids enjoyed playing with dolls that depicted a completely different period of life.