Jane Hamill | Podcast

The Barbie movie is taking over the world. Have you seen it yet? Back in 2006, I did an essay about Barbie for NPR's This I Believe series, titled A Grown-Up Barbie.  Like many girls, I learned to sew so I could make clothes for my Barbie. The essay is about how the blond-haired, blue eyed Malibu Barbie affected my red-haired, freckled self -- and my career as a fashion designer. An excerpt: "I consider myself a feminist and I feel like a moron admitting it, but it's true: I believe in Barbie. For me, as a kid, Barbie was about cool clothes, a cool job, cool friends and cool accessories: the airplane, the apartment building and the camper. I learned to sew so I could make outfits for Barbie and her friends, who took turns being the airplane pilot, the doctor, the fashion designer. Barbie was never about Ken. He was always a little dusty and in the corner." Show Notes & Links:  https://fashionbrainacademy.com/barbie/ The original NPR essay recording:  https://www.npr.org/2006/05/22/5419659/a-grown-up-b