Search results
History. Ken was introduced as the male counterpart to Barbie by the American toy company Mattel in 1961. He was named after Kenneth Handler, son of Barbie creator/inventor Ruth Handler, just as Barbie was named after her daughter. Ken Handler died in 1994 of a brain tumor.
20 lip 2023 · Kenneth Sean Carson hit store shelves in March 1961, two years after Mattel released the first Barbie doll. Ken, who, yes, is a Pisces, was created as a male counterpart and companion to...
22 lip 2023 · Delve into the history of Barbie’s male counterpart, from his origins as Kenneth Carson to his tumultuous breakup with Barbie in the mid-2000s to his rebirth, via Ryan Gosling, on the big...
27 lip 2023 · With Ken’s existential crisis getting a surprising amount of screen time in Greta Gerwig’s runaway hit film Barbie, we look at various attempts to make Ken more than just a plastic hairstyle ...
6 cze 2024 · Featuring an updated look which included blond highlights in his traditionally brown hair, a purple shirt, lavender vest, and a necklace with a circular charm, Magic Earring Ken became the most profitable Mattel doll in history—and an unlikely gay icon.
1978: A true reflection of the decade, Ken stepped out in one of his iconic looks as Superstar Ken sporting an electric blue belted jumpsuit. 1979: Now iconic to the surf lifestyle, Sun Lovin Malibu Ken doll was introduced with a golden tan, his trademark molded blond hair and turquoise swim trunks.
22 cze 2023 · Ken is a gnat, a fly, a slave, an accessory of Barbie. Barbie was made perfect: her body has not evolved dramatically with time. Ken, by contrast, was a blunder: first scrawny, now pumped-up,...
