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Legendary Harlem fashion kingpin Dapper Dan is among the top-notch designers bringing a new look to the Ken doll in celebration of its 60th anniversary. The iconic toy, introduced as a male companion ...

Ken is turning 60, two years after his best friend Barbie did. Mattel launched a reproduction of the original Ken doll on Thursday to commemorate his 1961 debut. That slender doll with blond felt hair ...

The reality TV star who has been known for years as the "human Ken Doll" has come out as transgender, adding that she feels much more like Barbie than her male companion. Rodrigo Alves, who starred on ...

Within the Mattel toy universe, there's Barbie, there's "just Ken" ... and there are the dolls you completely forgot existed until seeing Greta Gerwig's "Barbie" movie. "Barbie" features a few such of ...

“Barbie,” which is gearing up to be summer’s must-see movie, has already vastly improved the cultural perception of its eponymous blonde star and made her relevant to a new generation more than 60 ...

“Just Ken” isn’t Kenough. Barbie fans might be shocked to learn that the Ken doll has both a middle and last name — and that he’s named after a real person. In fact, multiple Barbie dolls — Barbie ...

The hugely popular Barbie movie may do something for the Ken doll that 60-plus years on toy store shelves couldn’t do: Get him into the National Toy Hall of Fame. The Ken doll is one of 12 iconic toys ...

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The blockbuster film sparks a podcast discussion about why Ken can’t possibly be (k)enough There's More to That Chris Klimek Barbie's faithful sidekick, Ken, hit shelves in 1961. Illustration by Emily ...