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Sexy like Marilyn Monroe, graceful like Sandra Dee, unconventional like Brigitte Bardot, sporty like Jane Fonda and elegant like Naomi Campbell, only she is a “diva forever”: undisputed queen of glamour, Barbara Millicent Roberts, universally known as Barbie, has 65 years old, but he doesn’t care about his irresistible charm at all, tarnished as it is by time or passing fashions. Because the ultimate secret of the undisputed success of the most famous doll in the world lies in her ability to best reinterpret the different female roles and the innovations of each era, remaining contemporary from generation to generation. An American myth, like many others also questionable, but nevertheless tested and always on the crest of the wave. 24 ORE cultura, which already dedicated a successful exhibition to her at Mudec in 2015, is now in bookstores with the new updated edition of Barbie. The Icon Celebration, by the art and fashion historian Massimiliano Capella. A beautifully illustrated book that is a true summa, capable of best retracing the history of this female icon.
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Blonde or brunette, white or black, always playing the role of undisputed protagonist of female dreams and ambitions, this inveterate traveler has never married, disdainfully rejecting the stereotypes of American respectability that would have willingly relegated her to the role of mother and wife. So sure of herself that she makes her eternal boyfriend Ken pale in comparison.
As Massimiliano Capella explains “Barbie is contemporary because she has always interpreted those transformations that society has produced in the last sixty-five years. And therefore in the contemporary Barbie, especially with these role models, with these inspiring women, tells us about these women, from the contemporary age or women from history who have truly marked a cultural revolution, in the name of female emancipation”.
A beautifully illustrated book which is a true summa capable of best retracing the history of this female icon.
It is therefore not surprising that for six decades or more, girls and women have invariably been enchanted by it and keep it among their most beloved memories.
