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In 1959, a mere 64 years before the release of Greta Gerwig’s Barbie, Mattel’s signature doll hit store shelves for the first time and quickly became a Rorschach test for many girls and women as they transposed their own identity onto a plastic plaything. The small-scale doll was created by company co-founder Ruth Handler—pulling inspiration from Germany’s Bild Lilli doll—as a way to empower girls like her daughter Barbara (the brand’s namesake) to use their imagination in creating limitless wor

Ruth Handler created Barbie in 1959 to encourage girls to imagine a world beyond caregiving. She evolved from a symbol of imaginative play to a powerful reflection of women's progress.

With a wardrobe now spanning 64 years worth of fashion, she’s had her pick of footwear, but Barbie has been closely associated with the stiletto mule — also called the stiletto slide or sandal — since her inception.

Although the film is a candy-coloured CGI hallucination from start to finish, there is keen sense of satire.

Greta Gerwig made ‘Barbie’ into a weird movie based on a famous toy line. Should that be enough? Co-starring Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling, Dua Lipa, America Ferrera, and Michael Cera.