How Barbie Found Her Style; a conversation with one of the original Barbie designers, Carol Spencer episode artwork

EPISODE · Feb 18, 2021 · 1H 37M

How Barbie Found Her Style; a conversation with one of the original Barbie designers, Carol Spencer

from The Style That Binds Us podcast · host Delia Folk and Alison Bruhn

  We are so excited to have Carol Spencer, former designer for the Barbie doll on our podcast! We first learned about Carol when she participated in a webinar with National Arts Club. Carol is the author of “Dressing Barbie: A Celebration of the Clothes That Made America's Favorite Doll and the Incredible Woman Behind Them.” She started working at Mattel in 1963 and created the image we know of as Barbie. She worked there until 1999.  We can’t wait for you to learn all about her incredible career and book.  National Arts Club webinar: https://youtu.be/-B_StYdRMas  Link to Carol’s book “Dressing Barbie: A Celebration of the Clothes That Made America's Favorite Doll and the Incredible Woman Behind Them”: https://rstyle.me/+cRtidxPlFaW3XR12KUhX3g  Carol’s website link: http://carolspencerdesigns.com  Carol’s Facebook link: https://www.facebook.com/carol.spencer.923724    

We are so excited to have Carol Spencer, former designer for the Barbie doll on our podcast! We first learned about Carol when she participated in a webinar with National Arts Club. Carol is the author of “Dressing Barbie: A Celebration of the Clothes That Made America's Favorite Doll and the Incredible Woman Behind Them.” She started working at Mattel in 1963 and created the image we know of as Barbie. She worked there until 1999.  We can’t wait for you to learn all about her incredible career and book.  National Arts Club webinar: https://youtu.be/-B_StYdRMas  Link to Carol’s book “Dressing Barbie: A Celebration of the Clothes That Made America's Favorite Doll and the Incredible Woman Behind Them”: https://rstyle.me/+cRtidxPlFaW3XR12KUhX3g  Carol’s website link: http://carolspencerdesigns.com  Carol’s Facebook link: https://www.facebook.com/carol.spencer.923724

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