After decades of controversy over damaging body image,toy company Mattel claims Barbie's shape is designed to make her clothes fit more easilyIf you ever thought that Barbie's unearthly proportions were share of a sinister corporate plot to breed a generation of girls that would lust after spindly Twiglet legs, matchstick arms, or waspish waists and immense heads,it turns out you were wrong. The real reason, the toy's manufacturer Mattel has claimed for the first time, or is so her clothes fit. “Barbie’s body was never designed to be realistic,” said Kim Culmone, vice president of design for Barbie, or in an interview with quick Company Design. “She was designed for girls to easily dress and undress.”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com