What do women want? A report published in London just in time for International Women’s Day, asked 8,749 women this question.

Meghan Markle — best known for her role in the hit US TV series Suits — is an American actress, humanitarian campaigner, and former lifestyle blogger.

There’s still a world of difference in terms of what we buy girls and boys for Christmas, writes Clodagh Finn

Jane Fonda and Robert Redford have reunited for a new Netflix film, writes Helen

A newly-confident generation of curvy women are throwing away their inhibitions, determined to embrace the bikini bodies they were born with, writes Deirdre Reynolds.

The term ‘Mom Hair’ is just another way of shaming women into fixating on their appearance above all else, according to Ruth O’Connor

Remember that time your Barbie came to life and told you to paint her with blue nail varnish all over the white carpets?

With the help of AI, the world’s most famous doll tries to fulfill a timeless dream — convincing little girls that she’s a real friend. What will happen if they believe her? James Vlahossept reports

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Kya deLongchamps shows the value of provenance when is comes to collecting celluloid from the golden age of animation.

Anyone who’s ever spent a few hours wearing high heels will know the relief when you finally kick off those stilettos and readjust to walking on level ground again.

It’s the hot colour for spring/summer 2015 but far from being too ‘girlie’ it can pack a powerful punch, says Tanya Sweeney.

To celebrate the release of Barbie’s new DVD Barbie in Princess Power, Barbie will visit Smyths at Blanchardstown Centre, Dublin this Sunday, February 22.

We all know Barbie is an unrealistic representation of what women actually look like - if she was an actual human, she would have serious health problems.

She was designed as a counterpoint to the unrealistic proportions of dolls like Barbie.

Now in her mid 50s, Barbie’s as cutting-edge as ever, inspiring catwalk couture and Kylie’s tour costumes – and even trying out an all-black Lagerfeld makeover.

The exhibition of religious Barbie dolls is causing a stir.

Toys used to be so simple— parents could play with their kids, but the trend now is for the weird and the far-out, says Ed Power.

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Pippa O’Connor is the ambassador for the SMA Know-How Pregnancy and Baby Fair 2014, which takes place in the RDS on August 30 and 31.

Celso Santebañes, a 20-year-old Brazilian model, has spent more than $50,000 (€37,400) in cosmetic procedures to turn himself into a real-life version of Barbie’s boyfriend, Ken.

Minister of State for Tourism and Sport Michael Ring was still in the saddle when he launched the 141st show in the RDS, Dublin, yesterday.

The big event food event of this weekend is a rather stellar demo line-up including Ross Lewis, Frankie Mallon, Derry Clarke, Darina Allen and Rachel Allen in the Chef’s Kitchen at the Westport Music Festival.

As Ireland’s first female genital mutilation clinic opens this week, Joanna Walters visits a US practice where a surgeon is working to restore victims’ sexual sensation.

A Californian woman who is obsessed with Barbie is having hypnotherapy treatment to make her more stupid.

Kya deLongchamps overcomes her loathing of dolls to admit the collector value of even relatively modern models.

A 14-year-old girl who died after she was in collision with a car has been buried in her “ultimate” pink prom dress following her Barbie-themed party-funeral.

It’s that time of year again, as households all over Ireland get ready for tonight’s Late Late Toy Show.

“... A lush-bodied girl in the prime of her physical beauty. In an ivory georgette crepe sundress with a halter top that gathers her breasts up in soft undulating folds of the fabric. She’s standing with bare legs apart on a New York subway grating. Her blonde head is thrown rapturously back as an updraft lifts her full flaring skirt, exposing white cotton panties. White cotton! The ivory crepe sundress is floating and filmy as magic. The dress is magic ... ”

Q. I’ve just turned 40, am divorced and back on the dating scene.

The white exterior and spartan grey staircase of Jian Yang’s tidy house gives no hint of the shock that lies within — a pink living room floor and his collection of more than 6,000 Barbie dolls.

The opening today of the first life-sized Barbie Dreamhouse in Europe may be the fantasy of many little girls, but Berlin feminists are mobilising against what they call a sexist icon.

It may be hard to believe today, but the first mobile call, made on the streets of New York in 1973, was met with gasps and stares, writes John Daly

EVERY work of art starts with a blank canvas waiting for its muse. Sometimes the muse is just waiting to be found, boarding a flight to London from JFK, for example. Such was the case of fashion deity Kate Moss, who at 14-years-old was scouted by Storm Models founder Sarah Doukas en route from a family trip to Barbados. Little would the Croydon schoolgirl know that in her waifish 5” 7.5’ frame and gap-toothed smile lay the makings of the world’s next supermodel, the face of a new generation and the poster girl for its attendant woes.

WE were promised Action Man Enda but we got a Ken doll Mr Kenny.

Children will be pretending to be Mods, poking virtual monsters in the eye, and boxing their family this Christmas, according to one of the world’s largest toy shops.

Nicki Minaj wanted to "kill" her father when she was growing up.

It’s served by dozens of direct flights, and spilling over with great shops, restaurants, museums and shows. It’s London, baby, and it’s time you paid another visit, says Pól Ó Conghaile.