Dressing Barbie: A Celebration of the Clothes That Made America’s Favorite Doll and the Incredible Woman Behind Them

If youve ever had a Barbie doll or you know someone who did chances are that Barbie was dressed in one of the thousands of designs created by Carol Spencer during her unparalleled reign as a Barbie fashion designer spanning more than thirty-five years. Published in commemoration of Barbies sixtieth anniversary Dressing Barbie is a dazzling celebration of the clothes that made Americas favorite doll and the incredible woman behind them. Illustrated with more than 100 full-color photographs including many never-before-seen images of rare and one-of-a-kind pieces from Spencers private archive Dressing Barbie is a treasure trove of some of the best and most iconic Barbie looks from the early 1960s until the late 1990s. Along with behind-the-scenes stories of how these designs came to be Spencer reminisces about her thrilling time at Mattel working with legendary figures such as Ruth Handler Barbies creator and Charlotte Johnson the original Barbie designer for a full insider look into life with the beloved doll. Over the course of her career Spencer won many accolades. She was the first designer to have her signature on the doll the first to go on a signing tour the first to design a limited-edition Barbie Doll for collectors and the designer of the biggest selling Barbie of all time. Now she is the first member of the inner circle to reveal the fashion world of the quintessential California girl as never before.