"This ruins the whole point of the historical dolls!!" one critic said Catherine Santino is a Style Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE. She began contributing to PEOPLE in 2022 and joined the staff full time ...
American Girl dolls are entering their "Modern Era" — but fans of the originals want them to remain a thing of the past. The company debuted in 1986 with its first three Historical characters: plucky ...
American Girl is playing around with a classic. To mark its 40th anniversary, the toy company has given its iconic line of Historical dolls a makeover to fit in with contemporary times as part of the ...
A new line from Mattel lifts six of the dolls out of their historical contexts and drops them into contemporary fashions. Purists aren’t pleased. By Gina Cherelus To celebrate the 40th anniversary of ...
The American Girl brand has posted five consecutive quarters of sales growth, but sales have fallen from their peak in the mid-2010s. The brand’s stabilization comes as parent company Mattel faces ...
*Rapper Asian Doll has ignited a firestorm of debate after sharing a deeply personal revelation about her family’s ethnic identity—claiming she was “forced” to grow up identifying as African American ...
American Girl is marking its 40th anniversary with a bold redesign of its beloved historical dolls, prompting swift backlash on social media. The Mattel-owned brand announced Wednesday the launch of ...
They’re all a little too grown up. American Girl is celebrating its 40th anniversary, and to celebrate, Mattel, Inc. announced it’s reimagining its beloved historical characters through a ...
American Girl is announcing a new collection of its classic dolls, and the release is garnering reactions from fans online. On Wednesday, Feb. 11, American Girl announced it would mark its 40th ...
American Girl dolls have been a major part of the culture since the 1980s, so naturally, fans have intense feelings about the newly released "modern era" editions. The doll company is currently ...
A few weeks ago, my Instagram algorithm decided I needed to see a post about how American Girl dolls handled their divorces. Intrigued, I briefly scanned the post, Molly told her spouse, “I survived a ...