Our dear Ms. Gonick, half deaf and unbalanced from a benign yet radiated brain tumor, which she mentions only to get your attention, recalls how failing at Catholicism led to failing at dolls, which ...

A Berlin-based latex designer has teamed with German lifestyle magazine TUSH to create a particularly kinky Barbie wardrobe to raise money for a “Design With Barbie” charity project. This isn't the ...

Seventy years ago, a German tabloid newspaper created the Lilli doll, a fantasy figure for men based on a cartoon character. That character eventually inspired another iconic doll — Barbie. Needing to ...

As Hollywood movie Barbie hits cinemas worldwide on Friday, Germany’s Bild tabloid has held up its hand to take credit – or blame – for inspiring the doll. The inspiration for all-American Barbie is ...

The Lilli doll, created by the Bild tabloid, went from a spur-of-the-moment cartoon to a gag gift for adults in Germany before being seen as an inspiration for young women in the US. The Bild tabloid ...

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NUREMBURG, Germany, Feb. 8 (UPI) -- U.S. toy maker Mattel says its new Barbie doll modeled on German Chancellor Angela Merkel will be an inspiration for young girls. "She's simply a good role model ...