How This Woman Designed Barbie's Most Iconic Outfits For 35 Years

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Carol Spencer was the unsung hero behind Barbie’s most iconic fashion designs from 1963 until her retirement in 1998. Recently, thanks to the success of her new book, “Dressing Barbie,” the 86-year-old designer is finally getting her due recognition. We went to Carol’s home, where she has a giant collection of Barbie dolls and memorabilia, to interview her about life, fashion, and what it was like to dress the most famous “woman” in the world. Will include archival footage about Barbie to fill out the piece visually.
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How This Woman Designed Barbie's Most Iconic Outfits For 35 Years

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@Mai-po1me 5 лет назад

I find it so cute that she wore *pink* for the interview.

@Weegee766 5 лет назад

maite herasme me too

@leaillex 5 лет назад

It looks so good on her

@bagohehe969 3 года назад

Just true beauty

@TheDiamondN0Ob 3 года назад

Elton John

@reveluvlp1714 3 года назад

Well it’s like pink pastel And I want wear it too 🥺💖

@-4subscriberswithahammerad521 5 лет назад

Dang, she has worked hard to make a ton of girls happy

@hb-no9zk 5 лет назад

youre, right but dont forget boys too :)

@piejay5287 5 лет назад

Michael Myers gender doesnt matter :D

@bloodlobster 5 лет назад

@@hb-no9zk bleh

@trucker2987 5 лет назад

@@bloodlobster bleh you

@piejay5287 5 лет назад

@@hb-no9zk yepp:)

@EverythingDolls 5 лет назад

I love her story! what an inspiration 👏💕

@aestheticqueen9435 5 лет назад

EverythingDolls hi

@roverskater6467 3 года назад

Omgggg I love youuuu you are so amazing

@unicornpet2225 3 года назад

@jayania5711 3 года назад

OMG hii!!!!

@angelalim4638 3 года назад

I agree my mate. Now I got influenced by Carol Spencer to make dresses for my Barbie!

@Madonnafanme 5 лет назад

I meet Carol at a Barbie Show in Seattle. She autographed my Doll that she designed. What I loved about her is she took the time to comb and style my dolls hair. She took her time with every person. A very lovely lady!

@lol-ic3fy 3 года назад

Aww lucky

@ariadnefrolich7243 3 года назад

That's so wonderful!

@m.a.d.m.5425 3 года назад

She’s a national treasure. Heart of gold.

@teagsmid3707 Год назад

Lucky

@gillianbc 3 года назад

As a tomboy, I never had an interest in Barbie growing up and I was scornful of girls that did. But, now I can sew. Seeing this fantastic collection which chronicles decades of women's fashion means I shall by buying my very first Barbie in my fifties and making her some clothes! Inspirational.

@evilsharkey8954 2 года назад

I was tomboyish, so my Barbies were more like action figures with a better wardrobe. They fought and used weapons (the large scale GI Joes had weapons that fit her bent arms).

@brianaguilar8283 2 года назад

I warn you, collecting Barbie is like potato chips, you cannot stop at one. Best part is the diversity in theme: horror Barbie, epic fantasy Barbie, cultural Barbie, porcelain Barbie, movie Barbies, celebrity Barbies, etc.

@mrjorenasuncion Год назад

@@evilsharkey8954 I'm gay, and I have Barbies but I don't use them for fashion. I watch WWE, and I like women wrestling, so I made them action figures as well, doing wrestling holds with championship belts. If not WWE, I turn them into Lara Croft, I pretend that she's on a Jungle and she's fighting some wild beasts there.

@gloria.R.7286 Год назад

Congraulations!!! So happy for you! ❤🤩

@PoutineProductions 5 лет назад

It's because of this woman that I was enamored by Barbie. I didn't care about what Barbie did or what body she had. I didn't look up to a doll as a role model. It's her clothes that made me want to get a doll. It's the lavish dresses, the glamour, the sophistication, and the fun of it. Barbie's outfits made me want to wear them too. I would always imagine myself one day wearing a Barbie inspired dress. Thank you so much Carol Spencer! I loved your designs. I still do.

@princepeterwolf 4 года назад

AMEN

@ladystrange7791 4 года назад

Same here from the little girl that very much still exists & deeply loves Barbie💗🎀👸🎀💗

@ayeshaabbasi2002 3 года назад

For me, it's the hair.

@yellingateveryone2520 3 года назад

Same I never cared about her body or beauty either. Her clothes were amazing

@happyfacefries 3 года назад

Agreed. I hate my body but ive never been able to understand why people hate and blame a doll so much for an image. I never thought I should look like Barbie, maybe because I know I never could be, but she was a friend I could have and play with and express my creativity. With some of the other Barbie things, I would also sometimes feel pretty, which I rarely feel.

@hannap8052 5 лет назад

"there's a whole world out there that you can find if you look for it"

@petiteusagi1233 3 года назад

I'll use her method to get inspiration 😊👍🏼 sound good

@sarroumarbeu6810 3 года назад

Love her resilience

@purple-yh5qb 5 лет назад

Even her current outfit is up to date. Dang it.

@StreetNoise 5 лет назад

I wish we could have some really over the top fashion Barbies again (that aren't the $100 & over collector Barbies)

@igapaterska3544 5 лет назад

I don't think we ever really did.. I think the ones she showed were collector Barbies.

@StreetNoise 5 лет назад

@@igapaterska3544 I'm talking about 80s & 90s Barbies like Totally Hair Barbie (which is shown on the thumbnail), Jewel Secrets Barbie, Jewel Hair Mermaid Barbie, etc. There was more of a sense of fantasy back then.

@igapaterska3544 5 лет назад

@@StreetNoise Ohhhh okay. I understand now

@lollylove1107 5 лет назад

True 😌

@DannyoffireAwaken 5 лет назад

@@StreetNoise Yes! Bring back the quality fantasy Barbies!

@petersalucci5444 5 лет назад

It’s like a beautiful way of almost having a visual representation of History through fashion at those certain time periods

@__-qo4ci 5 лет назад

Ikr! I was looking at some of the dolls like, "That's the 60's!!" or, "That's the 70's!!" It was very nice and interesting to see

@petersalucci5444 5 лет назад

Tumultuous Chaos01 Omg same! It’s just so amazing

@sunnysmoothie4017 5 лет назад

Can we just admire how beautiful the dolls outfits look 🤩

@courtneyj9564 5 лет назад

And colourful

@Mister_Dollz 3 года назад

I love how she says numbers like 1968 as Nineteen Hundred and Sixty Eight. I also adore her story and creations.

@marytheresejacksonlutz2533 Год назад

Same! She is so charming.

@quirky_on_shy8629 5 лет назад

We need people like her back in the Barbie community. She has such a creative and flamboyant mind that came up with all of the wardrobe my Barbie dolls had. If only we took the time to create things rather than rush perfection.

@mochi_ani Год назад

Carol Spencer has single handedly influenced fashion for us all. These Barbie outfits are so intricate and she has such an eye for so many styles. She’s incredible

@kherise 3 года назад

Thank you for this interview. As a Barbie collector, I must say I’m deligted with the amazing work of this lady. I absolutely adore the Barbie period of 1989 until 1998, after that year magic was gone.

@LennyCartwright Год назад

When she (unfortunately) passes away, whoever inherits these MUST open a Barbie museum.

@nostalgia545 Год назад

People say Barbie is misogynistic, but look at all these women behind the concept and look of Barbie.

@legendarium1127 5 лет назад

"At 86 years young"

@ThePsychicCellPhones 5 лет назад

That's the kind of attitude I want when I get old

@littlegirlinteal1743 5 лет назад

Lol she so confident! Love it so much.

@marm818 5 лет назад

I was about to comment this haha! Isn't that cute!

@d2e.gigiii 5 лет назад

Lol it is true tho

@squweesykweesha 3 года назад

@@ThePsychicCellPhones same

@vicomtexdaae3630 5 лет назад

I'm so sad that Barbie's quality is terrible today. She used to be so pretty and her fashion was gorgeous. Now she has plastic ugly shirts and ugly full printed on fashion.

@DannyoffireAwaken 5 лет назад

The quality has gone down so much. As a Barbie collector, I own very few newer dolls as they lack the creativity and quality they once did.

@june8400 5 лет назад

I personally like the new Barbies, the new skin tones, body shapes, and face molds are all so unique. And as for clothing, Mattel is dressing uo the dolls in clothing that is trendy in this age

@vicomtexdaae3630 5 лет назад

Millennial Lane Toys I only collect Barbie movie dolls, well the early ones of course. It’s sad because Mattel was going so well with “Barbie life in the Dreamhouse” ... the dolls were so lovely but of course they ended that :/

@vicomtexdaae3630 5 лет назад

cool no doubt The diversity is great. But it doesn’t excuse the bad quality. We should get both quality and diversity.

@vicomtexdaae3630 5 лет назад

choke So true. The fashionistas are crap. Like they’re so bad. Diversity really good but the outfits and articulation is horrid. Most of them wear oversized shirts because they’re to lazy to sew anything else 🤢

@queenoasis Год назад

I remember my first Barbie in 1984...she was a basic one but I loved her so much. My grandmother bought her for me when I was 6 years old. Not many kids in my neighborhood could afford a Barbie and I felt so lucky having one. One of the best toys I ever owned growing up.

@filipasales9291 Год назад

❤ My first Barbie was on that year too. I still have her. Barbie Ritmic.

@lovelyballerina9690 5 лет назад

Imagine having all these barbies as a little kid

@yasavinggrace 5 лет назад

Isabella fr 😂

@ilovechocolatecroissants 5 лет назад

That would be amazing lmao

@yasavinggrace 5 лет назад

imtoohappy haha it really would 🥺

@gigibakir9728 5 лет назад

I would die happily

@solocomics1820 5 лет назад

If I had these barbie dolls as a kid, I probably make a barbie film with them.

@BFFR5150 3 года назад

IMAGINE the looks she would create on today’s dolls!! 🥺😱🥴😭❤️ Mattel should offer her a chance to release a special line of designed dolls! Kinda like BMR1959

@ginafriend1690 5 лет назад

My respects to this memorable tribute, in my lifetime. Thank you! 💐

@howleanswolf 5 лет назад

I miss the classic looks and the snaps instead of velcro

@molly6072 5 лет назад

ghost girl 2018 ikr I personally love vintage fashion and I just think it looks so elegant. They definitely need to get this lady back to designing.. she made such iconic beautiful designs and I prefer her designs over the modern Barbie today.

@howleanswolf 5 лет назад

@@molly6072 her classic looks were elegant and very well thought out

@FerrariCarr 3 года назад

My favorite eras of Barbie fashion were the 1959-60’s fashion, 70’s, and late 90’s-early 2000’s. The 70’s fashions in particular were very underrated. The “budget” fashions were a little gaudy, but the more high-end designs (that included shoes and sometimes an accessory) were very beautiful and are very hard to find now. The bidding wars on eBay get crazy over them.

@funnycat1333 5 лет назад

You know that moment when you have something very funny to say about the ad but then realise not everyone got that ad *:(*

@Max_basil 5 лет назад

Yes, yes indeed. Tell us about the ad. If your remember.

@nedaalizadeh_ 5 лет назад

Max you*

@redmantra07 5 лет назад

tell us about the addd

@funnycat1333 5 лет назад

@@redmantra07 it was an ad I'd been seeing everything I clicked on an insider video and was gonna comment how annoying it was but then realised not everyone got it 😂😂

@funnycat1333 5 лет назад

@@bbueno2009 😂😂😂

@roobertoober4686 3 года назад

What an icon. Even her outfit looks like something a Barbie would wear she’s so cute I love her! 💗💗 Barbie fashion inspired me so much when I was younger I always wanted to dress like a Barbie in pink and glitter and frills and I still want to!

@jusvibe_ 3 года назад

4:50 I love how she says 86 years young🥺

@KingOfGaymes Год назад

Bless this woman for giving Barbie some of her most iconic looks 🥹🩷

@nathantisdale2013 5 лет назад

Carol should be proud of herself. She really gave her all and you can see it. I mean look at Barbie today cheap and tacky.

@lollylove1107 5 лет назад

Nathan Tisdale Yes! Like Quality with Barbie has walked right the hell out! Freaking made to move bodies are best at the moment paired with a lot of Fashionistas faces. But other than that, Barbie is quite cheaply made now..... I want realistic looks more like they used to and houses that are realistic not so pink, white and teal colored plastic!

@eringrl101 Год назад

@@lollylove1107 and you walk back 20 years and people would say the same thing about Barbie, and another 20, right back to her release 😂

@charlymex1384 5 лет назад

i want more stories! I could hear that woman for days!!!!

@Selene-by1ix 5 лет назад

I remember when I used to play with Barbie dolls... Ah... last week was amazing...

@AromaDelightBeautyCareProducts 5 лет назад

So nice to learn about the Lady who was Barie's inspiration!

@marsyaasya9208 5 лет назад

Love. Im a 28 yrs old woman and I still love Barbie. 😍 Now I buy Barbie dolls for my little cousins. Sharing is caring, love. Cheers from Indonesia.

@rawarganger8293 Год назад

I am here from 2023 this woman is amazing can’t believe I was late to this video it’s such a wonderful video that showed me the most hard working lady that was on top of fashion would put them on Barbie 💕✨😊💕

@janetsplanet2947 5 лет назад

You are so cool and appreciated! I played with Barbie from the mid 70s until I hit puberty in the early 80s. I even recently started trying to recreate my collection from when I was a kid.

@serenaDM Год назад

Omg shes delightful ❤ what a lovely lady. You can just tell she loved every minute of it.

@Drewski217 5 лет назад

She's so impressive but after watching 'the toys that made us' I *also* know she was COLD BLOODED when it came to competition LOL

@sergiopadilla7765 5 лет назад

Drewski217 omg i remember that too but wasn’t that the other lady that said “we would’ve killed them” 😂😂😂

@clawdwil 5 лет назад

Yeah It was judy shackleford who was the cold blooded when it came to competition

@kwaldeck6491 Год назад

Every outfit I played with, fawned over and dreamed of wearing, this woman made. She helped to make my sad childhood bright❤❤❤❤❤

@goatkeen2824 3 года назад

this is so amazing! im such a doll fan her designs are literally so iconic

@aninditabanerjee5117 3 года назад

Thank you so much for gifting all of us with such wonderful childhood dolls..... I still have them❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

@maicey_t. Год назад

The coolest lady to touch so many of our childhoods. Thank you, Miss Carol.

@thatlendy9696 5 лет назад

Can people just watch the video without commenting "FiRsT" ?

@ilovechocolatecroissants 5 лет назад

That Lendy and sEcOnd

@nitingarg3665 5 лет назад

No they can't 😕

@majatodorovic8683 Год назад

We love you Carol 💛 Thank you for all the inspiration

@yuh.326 5 лет назад

she made the most fancy looking outfits for Barbie, she’s such an icon tbh

@britanyborens7168 5 лет назад

What an exciting life she's had! I wanna hear all her stories!

@prettypk_ 3 года назад

Legend.Unbeknownst to me, this lady shaped a big part of me!, she is pretty much the reason I became a designer and love fashion so much. I loved playing with Barbie as a kid but more than anything I loved designing for barbie! I could only get Barbies on Christmas or my bday and was never able to get the extra outfits so I would daydream of all the outfit possibilities and was always sketching new outfits for her. I even made her a dress and skirt one time 😭

@misskitty8510 5 лет назад

Thank you for the Memories!! I just turned 55, I grew up with Barbies and collected some along the way. 👗👓👛👠👙

@morganviolethart4044 5 лет назад

Such a sophisted yet heartwarming woman. Barbie has done a lot to fill her with a lot of love for life.

@niainwonderland6215 5 лет назад

She should design a dress👗for Trixie Mattel 💗👑

@Terranova57821 3 года назад

So much fashion influence and inspiration💕 What a crazy talented artist 💕

@sebastianesquivel932 5 лет назад

Thanks for this interview, thanks for this video!!! 😊😊😊

@a.johnson1860 Год назад

Love that she displayed Benefit Ball and Empress Sissy as favorites - two dolls that consistently get overlooked by collectors, when they are fabulous!

@idirys Год назад

Omg. This was my dream job when i was a kid 😢

@packertai1 Год назад

Very interested video! I would love to see her collection! She seems like a fun lady to talk with about Barbie! I had so many Barbies growing up to the car, the airplane, the stables and the different fashions! Always will love Barbie! 💗

@aishwaryamudgal9969 5 лет назад

I was typing awwww for this video and auto-correct transformed awwwww to seaweed 😑

@ThePsychicCellPhones 5 лет назад

"seaweed that's so precious"

@bloodlobster 5 лет назад

lmao

@beautyswithinu8829 3 года назад

Wowwwwe Didn't know Barbie Outfits were older than I am still a huge fan and when they came out with different figure sized dolls to apply to the real world I was even more in love Thank You Ms for all your beautiful passionate work we Barbie fans adore you yes

@Noideabb Год назад

I wonder how she feels about the new movie!

@centigradz2centigradz289 Год назад

Those outfits made Barbie so popular. Without them Barbie would never have been the best.

@erikad0511 3 года назад

What an incredible job, story....shes a really young 86! I loved my Barbie's so much as a kid, they even showed 1 of my fav, **sigh** good times 🤗

@claire8603 5 лет назад

"theres a whole world out there that you can find if you look for it" - wise wise words my friend. wise wise words.

@sd4055 3 года назад

As I watched the camera pan the dolls, I had flashbacks of my dolls. Some of which I still have. I'm a collector of over 2400 dolls. I simply love that doll. The hours I spent with her making up all sorts of stories for her to adventure in. This doll has stood the test of time. And so did this lovely woman. Thanks for all you did for my childhood!

@scoobysnack5363 5 лет назад

Woah thats cool! I cant even draw a simple dress XD

@oliviapaul1981 5 лет назад

MR GACHA it’s actually quite easy to make a barbie dress you just half to be very careful

@lollylove1107 5 лет назад

She had me when she said Wife and Mother is a job! But seriously Carol, you are amazing! TYSM for playing a HUGE apart of my childhood and adulthood as I currently have a Barbie addiction as an adult lol!

@kekelove Год назад

now this is a living proof of which you called living legend ❤️❤️

@leilanicovarrubias5710 5 лет назад

She’s such a beautiful elderly woman💕

@mice452 3 года назад

Such a cute lady who did such a cool job! She made all of us so happy! Thank you!!

@sweeper442 5 лет назад

Thank you Mrs. Spencer for making my childhood barbies so beautiful and wonderful. I appreciate you from the bottom of my heart.

@Оби-ВанКабозя Год назад

She did a great job! I remember all Barbie's adds on TV and how I longed for her

@Stardustceiling 5 лет назад

What a great video of a very talented and brave woman who lived her life her way. I wish I'd lived my life with as much gusto and confidence as she did from such a young age. She just seemed to know what she wanted, and what she didn't want also, two very important things. Back when it wasn't fashionable to stay a single career woman, she did and went to college and ended up designing for Barbie for years! She really is amazing, she even went to Japan to keep Barbie production and design quality up. I love her new book, it's a good read and beautiful pictures that any Barbie collector would love. I so enjoyed seeing her and her collection in this video. She looks so nice in her pink suit with her Barbie pin, truly fashionable, and like Barbie, a good role model. Thanks Carol. 💖🥰

@ericpalacios920 Год назад

The way she says "nineteen hundred and X" year ❤

@elyseparker5333 Год назад

My grandma used to make me dresses for my Barbie (and me). This made me think of her.

@theos943 5 лет назад

Trixie Mattel want's to know her location.

@courtneyj9564 5 лет назад

Her fashion sense is impeccable and a fine arts degree? she is amazing. I love love love her she is just an incredible woman. As a boy I meddled alot with Barbie's while growing up my cousin collected them and I was just mesmerized and intrigued by their outfits I mean like literally getting lost in their little wardrobes of fashion. Ma'am your a very admirable person and I respect a creative stylist cause in my eyes you are a fashion powerhouse yourself❤❤❤❤ur a fashionable hero

@sedraalnakib4140 3 года назад

It’s so cute how the fashion industry is in her room

@paulastacy12 Год назад

Im lovin this womans spunk and attitude

@SuperMeg82 Год назад

Ever since she retired Barbie's fashion isn't the same 😢. They don't take her fashion off street fashion anymore.

@audreystenton4633 Год назад

The outfits and dresses in this video are amazing. These are the type of barbies I wish I could buy at my local target😭

@jazzyjaz9108 5 лет назад

What a truly creative and lovely person

@xxsimply-beesxx5808 3 года назад

Seeing all of the barbies from when she started to now would be so cool because you could see how fashion changed over the years

@renatoespinoza8792 2 года назад

It's so amazing to see someone who loved her job for decades. It's a smile to the heart

@OnlyAbbykid 5 лет назад

This woman is so precious my heart 😭😭❤️

@danigolightly799 5 лет назад

I love her. She brought so much joy to so many childhoods with her designs. Totally Hair Barbie was one of my favorites.

@nfainie 5 лет назад

These barbies look elegant & classy

@victoriameyer5924 3 года назад

Carol's designs are incredible!

@michaelcoleman5030 5 лет назад

People always talk about how Barbie has been the head of most of societies beauty insecurities and you look at this woman and she says "I just wanted to give the children something to dream with" We should stop blaming a doll for our own body issues especially when we see that she came from a good and wholesome place

@sadbrinatv Год назад

Such a legacy. Thank you Carol.

@saphirarose5866 3 года назад

the Scarlett O'Hara outfits are my favorite!

@drdarrylschroeder5691 Год назад

Hello - We should bear in mind that we essentially have two avenues for Barbie today. The Child Market and the Adult Collector Market. Thank you, dear Carol. A wonderful glimpse into the dining-room there. A good idea for our own as a conversation piece when having guests over. Blessings to all and happy collecting.

@stevenmcgovern2121 Год назад

I was bullied by so many people growing up because I have always played with Barbie’s and loved them. Seeing so many of my bullies fall in love with my childhood passion is wonderful. Welcome to the Barbie club!

@Bibblesupremacy1992 Год назад

maybe because youre male lmao

@stevenmcgovern2121 Год назад

@@Bibblesupremacy1992 LOL the assumptions are real with this one.

@KA-eu9sy Год назад

I hope she's still alive so she could see the movie today. She would get a kick out of the movie

@p1nk_anthem Год назад

From what I’ve found she is 90 years old ^_^ Edit: She saw it!!!! She said the movie is fantasic ( ◠‿◠ )

@Vamochka89 3 года назад

Amazing woman. So many gorgeous outfits!

@vaijuapple811 5 лет назад

Barbie's my world😍😍😍

@ilovechocolatecroissants 5 лет назад

Shree Vaijayanthi samee me and my sister used to play barbies and my brother would play with us with his boy dolls

@herFLYness79 Год назад

I wish I could give her a hug 🤗. I was definitely a Barbie gurl growing up. And it's been reborn over the past few years when the curvy Barbie dolls came on the scene. 😊💖💜.

@marionhills8031 3 года назад

i love this lady oh my goodness what a precious woman

@charlenepancer239 3 года назад

With Much Respect Thank You very much for all your Creative Expertise & Love of Creating for the Children. I am a child of the late 1950s & was lucky to of enjoyed Barbie in the 60s & again became a Unloved Barbie Collector & a Barbie Doll Doctor. I Thank You Dear Lady. Peace Be With You Always 🕊♥️🕊♥️🕊♥️🕊♥️🕊