The Dancers Resource on Instagram: "👀The inspiration for Barbie came from a German doll called Bild Lilli who was a popular comic strip character created by Reinhard Beuthien, appearing in the German
![The physical appearance of the Barbie doll was modeled on the German Bild Lilli doll which was a risque gag gift for men based upon a cartoon character featured in the West The physical appearance of the Barbie doll was modeled on the German Bild Lilli doll which was a risque gag gift for men based upon a cartoon character featured in the West](https://preview.redd.it/the-physical-appearance-of-the-barbie-doll-was-modeled-on-v0-xwb02fx2me2a1.png?width=1337&format=png&auto=webp&s=446e15ccbc69d2cff4107b07a0685f4eeca03346)
The physical appearance of the Barbie doll was modeled on the German Bild Lilli doll which was a risque gag gift for men based upon a cartoon character featured in the West
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