It was an extraordinary corporate pledge — a promise that not only fit the zeitgeist of an increasingly climate-anxious society, but also sought to reconcile pent-up guilt over mounting plastic waste.

Lil Gretch, meet Lil Daryl Hannah. But Hannah's doll was part of a campaign that got attention for another reason: It was part of a hoax. A social media fake claimed that Mattel toys would become ...

"Mattel had spent years obscuring Barbie's backstory," Hitt writes. According to the new book, Barbie is actually a "knockoff ...

It's a Barbie world, and Nicole Houff is living in it. The Minneapolis-based artist has made a specialty of posing dolls — Mattel's most famous, to be exact — and photographing them around the state, ...

A fake campaign by environmental activists said Barbie-maker Mattel would go plastic-free by 2030. The stunt duped some news outlets. I almost fell for it, too. Mattel has previously pledged to use ...

Many a girl dressed her Barbie doll in a sequined wedding gown and marched those overly-arched feet down the aisle to Ken doll while humming “Here Comes the Bride,” but Mattel broke the hearts of ...

"Life in plastic, it’s fantastic," right? Ahead of the highly-anticipated premiere of the "Barbie" movie, one of America’s best-known plastic surgeons reminds fans he can turn them into a real-life ...

Nicole Houff poses in her studio with some of her art on Wednesday, July 19, 2023, in Minneapolis. She creates painstakingly detailed Barbie-sized scenes and photographs them, creating fun and ...