Author's collection, l to r: 1968 Talking Barbie, 1969 Twist 'n Turn Marlo Flip Barbie (blonde), 1967 Twist 'n Turn Barbie, 1970 Dramatic New Living Barbie, 1971 Growin' Pretty Hair Barbie and 1969 Twist 'n Turn Marlo Flip Barbie (brunette)
- Barbie® doll’s official birthday is March 9, 1959 – the exact date she was unveiled to the toy industry during New York Toy Fair
- Barbie® doll’s signature color is Barbie™ Pink (PMS 219)
- The best-selling Barbie® doll ever was 1992 Totally Hair™ doll, with hair from the top of her head to her toes
- Every year since 2011, Barbie® doll has introduced a career that has been under represented by women – some of those careers include computer engineer, architect, entrepreneur and film director
- Today, a mint condition “#1” (1959 Barbie doll) can fetch as much as $27,450 at auction, as was the case with an extremely rare #1 blonde doll in a May 2006 auction held by Sandi’s Doll Attic.
- It takes a professional staff of top fashion designers, makeup artists and the most elite couturiers – more than 100 people in all – to create a Barbie doll and her fashions
- @BarbieStyle launched in 2014 and quickly reached 1.2 million followers – it is one of the fastest growing fashion Instagram channels to date
- Fifty of the world’s top designers created couture looks for the first-ever Barbie runway show in celebration of Barbie dolls 50th birthday
- Barbie is the most popular fashion doll ever produced, and the brand continues to dominate sales in the fashion doll segment with gross sales in 2014 of $1.01 billion worldwide
- Barbie® dolls are sold in 150 countries
