"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 ...

When, earlier this week, Mattel unveiled its 40th-anniversary “Modern Era” American Girl dolls, the response online was not muted. Kirsten Larson, the Swedish immigrant of 1854 prairie lore, had ...

People can be very protective when it comes to their childhood nostalgia. So when Mattel gave six of the original historical American Girl dolls “modern-era” makeovers for a new line of dolls, 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 ...

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 ...

A new range of American Girl dolls should invoke nostalgia - but many fans have been left fuming over a modern makeover of the beloved classic. The American Girl brand announced it was releasing a ...

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 ...

The original American Girl dolls are getting an upgrade. Nancy Guthrie scene "doesn't add up" - Former Tucson cop This American man spent $1 million on a new home in Italy. Here’s what he got for his ...

The American Girl doll brand is celebrating its 40th anniversary in a big way in 2026. Mattel, Inc. announced in a press release on Wednesday that two book titles celebrating the landmark anniversary ...

It was only a matter of time before toy companies brought in the big guns. And by big guns, I mean Rumi, Zoey, and Mira from Huntr/x, the fictional band at the center of Sony Animation and Netflix's ...

NEW YORK – The American Girls are turning 40, but when you look at them, you’d never know it. They are forever 10, schoolgirls with hair bows and a semi-smile that reveals two front teeth. You know ...