Table 1.
The FEET system of barbie categorisation.
Fig 1.
Barbie’s ankle equinus measured at 50 degrees as equnius posture (a) and flat foot posture measured at 0 degrees (b), with a handheld goniometer.
Fig 2.
Foot posture examples from personal collections – a) Barbie Made to Move (equinus), b) Barbie Fashionista #210 (flat), c) Fashionistas Barbie heart DownSyndrome (Assistive technology and flat) d) Interior designer Barbie with above knee amputation (Assistive technology and flat).
Table 2.
Frequency outcomes of an audit of dolls manufactured between 1959–2024 aligned with The FEET system of Barbie categorisation.
Fig 3.
Percentages of Barbie in each of the FEET system categories over time.
Fig 4.
Heat map of correlations of the FEET system with 95% CI values within brackets.