Submitted by carolyn on July 21, 2009 - 12:13pm.
She didn’t look a day over 19, but Barbie, the Mattel creation that has sold a billion copies since 1959, celebrated her 50th birthday with a tea party in honour of PWRDF.
Parishioners at St. Luke’s Anglican Church in Kingston, Ontario made Barbie cakes –the round “skirts” covered in pastel icing, topped by a Barbie torso – for the occasion. Others contributed an array of Barbie and Ken dolls, siblings, friends and accoutrements to put on display.
