via culturemap.com Barbie’s circle of friends is getting more colorful and multi-cultural, thanks to a Houston company that is launching a collection of dolls that truly represent the girls who play with them. The line of Prettie Girl dolls includes African, African American, Indian and Dominican Republic girls and their creators hope they will be the antidote to the one-look-fits all world of toys.
The One World Doll Project has an impressive pedigree behind it. Stacey McBride-Irby was a project designer for Mattel for 15 years and designed the ground-breaking So In Style line of African-American Barbie dolls released in 2009. Houston executive Trent T. Daniel is the company’s CEO and public relations veteran Bettie DeBruhl is chief marketing officer. The trio met during a United Negro College Fund speaking tour and began to conceptualize what would become the Prettie Girl doll. click here to read more.
