Kusukela yaqala ukumangalisa ngo-1959, uBarbie usenesikhathi eside edlula isigaba sethoyizi nje. Ungumthwali wamaphupho ezandleni zezigidi zamantombazane, ikhodi yemfashini ezungeza kuma-wardrobes, futhi ngisho nangaphezulu, uphawu lwamasiko oluhlanganisa izinkathi.
Kusukela ku-astronaut kuya kusosayensi, kusukela kunkosazana yakudala kuya ku-trendsetter yomgwaqo - isitayela, ukubukeka kwakhe ngakunye kusitshela ngamathuba ahlukahlukene, futhi yonke ingubo ifihla uthando lokuphila. Ngaphezu kweminyaka engama-60, uzibonele izinguquko zezikhathi ngamehlo akhe anempilo futhi wakhuthaza abantu ukuthi baphishekele amaphupho abo ngesibindi naye - ukushintshashintsha kokuma. Ibuyekezwe ngokusemthethweni futhi yaqinisekiswa Isitifiketi Sokuqoshwa Komhlaba (i-WRCA) “njengonodoli Ovelele Wamasiko Womhlaba – Owuphawu”.
