"Fashion is not something that exists in dresses only. Fashion is in the sky, in the street. Fashion has to do with ideas, the way we live, what is happening."Coco Chanel (French fashion designer ~ 1883 - 1971) The classic doll, Barbie, has been celebrated as a toy, in books, and in movies and games. Inspired by a German doll called Lilli, it became a hit toy with young girls starting in the late 1950s. Barbara Millicent Roberts was born on March 9, 1959 in Willows, Wisconsin. You get: 1.