The company had its first major fashion partnership when Oscar de la Renta created a Barbie-size clothing line ... the company released a pregnant doll named Midge, with a baby tucked in her ...

Allan's box declared "all of Ken's clothes fit him," a line ... Week delivered directly to your inbox. Midge was also a real doll introduced in 1963 as Barbie's best friend. In 1991, Mattel ...

However, both Midge and Skipper were eventually ... by introducing Barbie's first Black friend, a doll with the same proportions (so clothes were interchangeable) called Christie.