Barbie's Stereotypes

At the start of Barbie, in the 1950s Barbie images was created in the likeness of celebrities like Marilyn Monroe, Rita Hayworth and Elizabeth Taylor. Barbie’s image did not illustrate the way in which little girls dressed nor did it create an image that a little girl could model after. Barbie’s clothing when compared to women clothing of that time period were almost identical. Women in that time period were girdles, strapless bras, and half -slips. In the first edition of Barbie, she too had a girdle, two strapless bras, and a half slip. The items of clothing that Barbie wore, were not the items that little girls wore. At this point, Barbie’s clothing puzzled the public. There were some audiences who did not want to purchase Barbie in fear