ASSOULINE

Barbie In Fuchsia

Made in Italy. By Susan Shapiro. Hardcover. 340 pages. Imprint: Assouline. Measurements: Width: 1.5in / 4cm Height: 13in / 33cm Length: 9.75in / 25cm

hot pink silk hardback non-fiction 340 pages over 350 illustrations English language W 25.1 x L 32.99 x D 3.89 cm

Visual compendium presenting the history of Barbie, by Susan Shapiro. · Silk hardcover · 350+ illustrations · 340 pages · Language: English · Publication date: October 2023 · H12.99 x W9.88 x D1.53 / 6 lb ISBN: 9781649803214

Celebrate the toy world’s most iconic star with this irresistible coffee table book by Assouline, dedicated to the fantastic history of the legendary doll on her sixty-fifth birthday. So much more than a doll, Barbie is a cultural icon, a slice of social history, a promise. She’s magnetic and magic, and since her creation by feminist founder of LA toy company Mattel, Ruth Handler, over a billion of her have sold worldwide, in multiple nationalities, ethnicities and body types. Enter into the gorgeous world of this collectible queen, and meet her in many forms — her different outfits, professions, lives — as she continues to inspire and subvert in the pages of this desirable book authored by award-winning writer and professor Susan Shapiro, replete with facts and never-before-seen visuals.

Celebrate the sixty-fifth anniversary of Barbie in a book dedicated to the fascinating history of the world's most popular doll. Created by Mattel founder Ruth Handler, a game-changing feminist visionary, Barbie defied the conventions of the 1950s, establishing a role for women other than a wife and mother. With an identity outside of her family, Barbie represented an astounding modern departure, opening the imagination for what a doll-and a woman-could be. Decade by decade, the title comprehensively explores the Barbie doll's evolution from 1959 to today with fascinating facts, insights and never-before-seen imagery. From Marilyn Monroe to Margot Robbie, fashion designers to first responders, Barbie is the essential primer of an American phenomenon. Today, more than a billion Barbie dolls with over 250 careers have been purchased worldwide, offered in an array of different nationalities, ethnicities, and body types. In these pages, readers will discover not only Barbie's rich history but her singular magic: She is a doll through whom girls can project their own fantasies, whether it be doctor, rock star, paleontologist, Olympic gold medalist, Major League Baseball player, virologist, or ecologist.