If she looks a tad familiar, it's because she was inspired by the original Barbie from 1959. The sweeping gown that the new Barbie wears is a modern take on the black-and-white bathing suit from ...

In her classic black and white knit swimsuit, the original Barbie came either as a brunette or blonde. A young boy (L) looks on and scratches his head in confusion as a younger girl inspects the ...

With its deeply amusing re-creations of actual Barbie dolls sauntering into white spaces or sitting ... more than the adults who fawn over the original Black Barbie doll more than her contemporary ...

Another Black designer gave Black Barbie fuller lips, a broader nose, and slightly wider hips than her white predecessor ... Gerwig's film still centered on the original, impossibly-proportioned ...

As the Australian native did press in Sydney, she channeled the original 1959 Barbie with a custom black and white Herve Leger dress, complete with matching heels and white sunglasses. Rae ...

And some see the original Barbie as Jewish like Handler ... Ruth kept pushing until the first Barbie, decked in a black-and-white swimsuit and heels, debuted at New York’s Toy Fair in 1959.

But, said Laura Freeman in The Times, "Barbie: The Exhibition ... The exhibition kicks off with the original doll from 1959 in a stripy black-and-white swimsuit and places her evolution within ...