Barbie Holiday A mid century iconic Danish

A mid century iconic Danish hand painted dinner plate that was made in the original Royal Copenhagen factory

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Barbie Holiday A mid century iconic DanishA cultural icon draped in couture and controversy, Barbie emerges in these pages as more than a doll. She is a mirror of shifting ideals and infinite possibility. Conceived in 1959 by Ruth Handler, a visionary at odds with midcentury norms, Barbie stepped boldly into a world that had yet to imagine women beyond hearth and home. This Assouline edition traces her evolution decade by decade, chronicling how a ten inch figure in high heels came to embody