AmericaFiveFamousSymbolsOfAmericanCultureTheBuffaloNickelUncleSamBarbieBarbieisabest-sellingfashiondolllaunchedin1959.ThedollisproducedbyMattel,Inc.,andisamajorsourceofrevenueforthecompany.TheAmericanbusinesswomanRuthHandler(1916-2002)isregardedasthecreatorofBarbie,andthedoll'sdesignwasinspiredbyaGermandollcalledBildLilli.时尚娃娃芭比是一种畅销于1959年。这个娃娃是由美泰有限公司,是一个主要收入来源公司。美国的商人露丝经理(1916-2002)被认为是芭比的创造者和洋娃娃的设计灵感来自于一个德国的洋娃娃叫做《图片报》丽莉。Barbiehasbeenanimportantpartofthetoyfashiondollmarketfornearlyfiftyyears,andhasbeenthesubjectofnumerouscontroversiesandlawsuits,ofteninvolvingparodyofthedollandherlifestyle.Inrecentyears,BarbiehasfacedincreasingcompetitionfromtheBratzrangeofdolls.芭比已经的重要组成部分,时尚娃娃玩具市场,将近五十年的话题众多争议和诉讼,常涉及创的娃娃,她的生活方式。近年来,芭比所面临的竞争加剧美国当红少女卡通改编真人范围的娃娃。Barbie'sfullnameisBarbaraMillicentRoberts.InaseriesofnovelspublishedbyRandomHouseinthe1960s,herparents'namesaregivenasGeorgeandMargaretRobertsfromthefictionaltownofWillows,Wisconsin.BarbiehasbeensaidtoattendWillowsHighSchoolandManhattanInternationalHighSchoolinNewYorkCity,basedonthereal-lifeStuyvesantHighSchool.Shehasanon-offromanticrelationshipwithherbeauKen(KenCarson),whofirstappearedin1961.LikeBarbie,KenshareshisnamewithoneofRuthHandler'schildren.AnewsreleasefromMattelinFebruary2004announcedthatBarbieandKenhaddecidedtosplitup,butinFebruary2006theywerebacktogetheragain.穿礼服的芭比不同职业的芭比时尚的芭比有异域风情的芭比