Barbie, the pint-sized plastic doll most had left behind as a childhood relic, has become fashion’s muse of the summer. From the time word dropped about the “Barbie” movie that’s finally out Friday, ...

Long ago, I had a Barbie. Except she wasn’t technically a Barbie, but a Francie, who I have only just learned was marketed decades ago as “Barbie’s MODern cousin from England.” (It’s nice to start a ...