The Secret of Barbie Fairy How did Barbie come from in reality?

Ruth Handler was born in Denver, her parents were Polish immigrants, and she was the youngest. /kloc-At the age of 0/9, she came to Southern California and soon married her high school boyfriend. In the mid-1940s, Ruth Handler and her husband started a company specializing in the production of wooden photo frames. Her husband designs the appearance and she is in charge of marketing. From 65438 to 0945, Mr. and Mrs. Handler cooperated with their friend mattson to set up a toy company-Mattel.

One day, Ruth Handler suddenly saw her daughter Barbara and a little boy playing with paper-cut dolls. These paper-cut dolls were not common babies at that time, but teenagers with their own careers and identities, which made her very addicted. "Why not be a mature doll?" Handler's thinking was inspired by generation. The road to realize this inspiration is arduous. The original name of the doll she designed was "Lily", which was introduced by a German toy company she bought at 1955. However, "Lily" is dressed as a wild and sexy woman instead of a "pure and beautiful doll", which is far from Ruth Handler's original intention.

At the insistence of Ruth Handler and the care of a woman, Ruth invited Charlotte Johnson, a fashion designer, to design clothes for Barbie. 1958 Barbie came out and applied for a patent. This kind of doll is like an adult, with slender limbs, fresh and moving. Although she has a good figure, she is tightly wrapped in beautiful clothes, and her face is as mysterious as Marilyn Monroe's, although she is only 1 1.5 inches tall.

From 65438 to 0959, "Barbie" participated in the new york Toy Fair, and that year became a turning point in her life. Everyone was attracted by her: perfect figure, measurements of "39, 18, 33", blond hair, fresh appearance and several drawers of beautiful clothes. No one has ever seen such a toy. Barbie shocked the world, and the whole world got to know Ruth Handler.

For Ruth Handler, "Barbie" is like family, because the name is named after her daughter Barbara. Not only that, Ruth Handler also found a boyfriend "Ken" for Barbie, which is the name of her youngest son.