In a Barbie World: the true story of the most fashionable canister ever
From 1959 to today she has been an emblem of female emancipation, the first doll not to inculcate the idea of motherhood as destiny in girls. To then become, with its supermodel measurements, a symbol of non-inclusiveness. While awaiting the interpretation that Greta Gerwig will give, L'Officiel recalls its history.