After spending decade looking like the world ’s least emotive Abercrombie & Fitch model , Barbie ’s boyfriend Ken is at last getting a modern makeover . Or , rather — makeovers .
begin this twelvemonth , you ’ll be able to purchase a potpourri of different styles of Ken who ’ve all been restyled to excogitate the form of men that 2017 Barbie ’s concerned in spending timbre time with . As revealed on Good Morning America , there will be 15 young Kens in aggregate , using three different organic structure types ( “ broad , slim , and original ” ) , seven dissimilar skin tones , and nine different hair trend include corn rows and the aforementioned a Isle of Man bun .
WATCH : Mattel introduces a novel line of diverse Ken bird ( INCLUDING MAN BUN KEN):https://t.co / rF9l5l71fzpic.twitter.com / MuM5fujcNo
— Good Morning America ( @GMA)June 20 , 2017
Speaking toGQMattel ’s lead on global consumer insights Michael Shore was clear that in the same elbow room that every interlingual rendition of Barbie ranging from doctor to spaceman is still The Barbie , all of these Kens are The Ken .
As insignificant as get Ken Asian or black might seem to some , there’sample documentationof the wallop that toy can have on how young small fry see and relate to the man . Barbie and Ken are massively influential ethnic icons that we commonly associate with dearest , felicity , and success , thing that everyone deserves a fortune at having — not just biscuit cutter blank cat with square jaws and questionable taste in dining table drawers .
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