Someone observed in comments that the dolls' heads need to be proportionately overlarge because the clothing is so much proportionately thicker that otherwise the heads would look undersized on the dressed doll - and, after all, they're meant to be dressed, not naked.
Oh, good point. I guess most of my Barbies ended up naked, dismembered, and crayoned-upon, but I was rough on my toys as a wee thing.
When they were in high school, my mother and her sister used to make Barbie clothes, and when I was older I was allowed access to their '60s dolls and wardrobes. I always liked the Barbies that had the little pixie cuts so short their hair was made of plastic, just like Ken's; it seemed somehow more efficient and truer to the exercise.
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When they were in high school, my mother and her sister used to make Barbie clothes, and when I was older I was allowed access to their '60s dolls and wardrobes. I always liked the Barbies that had the little pixie cuts so short their hair was made of plastic, just like Ken's; it seemed somehow more efficient and truer to the exercise.