Next, fashion illustrators put pen to paper ... doll, pattern makers create a muslin, or mock-up pattern, for Barbie. There are seven pattern makers on the team who create around 2,000 patterns ...

She came up with the idea for a teenage doll when she saw her daughter Barbara playing with a paper doll and imagining it as a grown-up. Launched in 1959 at the New York Toy Fair, 350,000 of the dolls ...