Jan 31, 2012 4:54 PM
Jane Bingham said she wishes a bald Barbie had been available for her daughter Belle when Ms. Bingham started losing her hair last summer. COURTESY JANE BINGHAM
Since their debut in 1959, Barbie dolls have been the icon of impossible beauty and poise. The long-legged plastic lady has taken many personifications—doctor, astronaut, mermaid and princess.
Despite all her incarnations, Barbie has never been bald—in fact, her luxurious hair has always been her crown of glory.
A new movement to rid Barbie of her long locks—at least temporarily, and for a good cause—has spread like wildfire thanks to five women who run a page on the social media website Facebook, labeled “Beautiful and Bald Barbie! Let’s see if we can get it made.”
Sag Harbor resident Wendy Tarlow, who has non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, and her four friends, who have also been affected by cancer, hair loss or both, are pushing Mattel, the company that makes the iconic doll, to create a bald... more
Despite all her incarnations, Barbie has never been bald—in fact, her luxurious hair has always been her crown of glory.
A new movement to rid Barbie of her long locks—at least temporarily, and for a good cause—has spread like wildfire thanks to five women who run a page on the social media website Facebook, labeled “Beautiful and Bald Barbie! Let’s see if we can get it made.”
Sag Harbor resident Wendy Tarlow, who has non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, and her four friends, who have also been affected by cancer, hair loss or both, are pushing Mattel, the company that makes the iconic doll, to create a bald... more
