140 Great Fashion Designs, 1950-2000 (Dover Full-Color Electronic Design) (CD-ROM And Book) Book Pdf ((TOP))

A standard Barbie doll is 11.5 inches (29 cm) tall, giving a height of 5 feet 9 inches (1.75 m) at 1/6 scale. Barbie's vital statistics have been estimated at 36 inches (chest), 18 inches (waist) and 33 inches (hips). According to research by the University Central Hospital in Helsinki, Finland, she would lack the 17 to 22 percent body fat required for a woman to menstruate.[57] In 1963, the outfit "Barbie Baby-Sits" came with a book titled How to Lose Weight which advised: "Don't eat!".[58] The same book was included in another ensemble called "Slumber Party" in 1965 along with a pink bathroom scale permanently set at 110 lbs. (50 kg),[58] which would be around 35 lbs. (16 kg) underweight for a woman 5 feet 9 inches (1.75 m) tall.[59] Mattel said that the waist of the Barbie doll was made small because the waistbands of her clothes, along with their seams, snaps, and zippers, added bulk to her figure.[60] In 1997, Barbie's body mold was redesigned and given a wider waist, with Mattel saying that this would make the doll better suited to contemporary fashion designs.[61][62]

140 Great Fashion Designs, 1950-2000 (Dover Full-Color Electronic Design) (CD-ROM And Book) Book Pdf

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