When Barbie first debuted in 1959, the doll was light-skinned, slender, blonde, with a narrow waist, ample bosom and teetering on impossibly high heels. That mold of the doll persisted for decades ...

One needs only to see a perfectly pointed foot, positioned to fit neatly into a high heel, to know it belongs to Barbie. The doll’s feet spawned an Instagram trend in 2018, and in the first shot ...

These longtime fans of the doll had high expectations, and concerns, for her big-screen live-action debut. By Esther Zuckerman Before going to see “Barbie,” the doll collector Laura Maar had ...