Introduction to Lilli
Have to give a place in the first edition of Germany Picture The tabloid in 1952 had comic artists Reinhard Bututhien Lilli, a sensual figure that attracts male readers. Lilli’s tickling comic adventure were like scenes from an erotic film: Sometimes she spoke about an Lkad truck driver who had "helped" when her car collapsed and kept her dress covered with oily handprints. Another time she teases a police officer on a beach where two-part swimsuits are prohibited and ask him: "What part should I take off?"
The Creation of Lilli
Who would have thought that a version of this sexual caricature would always be present with its extensive breasts and red pout in the life of millions of children? When Lilli was soon inspired as Lilli as a picture of Lilli-Wurde she will soon inspire Barbie’s creation, the best-selling "fashion toy" in the world. Accordingly Picture Editor Axel Springer, Lilli was a "cheeky secretary". But different sources interpret them more as a high-class call girl or escort.
Lilli’s Aesthetics
Whether secretary or sex worker, one thing is certain: Lilli was not intended as a children’s toy. Lilli’s aesthetics, with her sparingly dressed curves, high blonde ponytail and high heels, was more similar to that of a pin-up girl. Today, critics would say that Lilli is only presented as an object of the desire to breastfeed the male look. Despite it, Picture she still describes as "cheeky, sexy, independent!"
Lilli’s Popularity
Lilli quickly became so popular with the predominantly male readership of the newspaper that Picture In 1953 she transformed her into a plastic doll. Accordingly, she was a popular gift among men, also for Bachelor parties and was sold in tobacco shops, bars and kiosks. Between 1955 and 1964, Picture Sold around 130,000 Lillis with various outfits and accessories that would also attract a female audience. Lilli quickly became a bestseller, even beyond Germany’s borders.
The Creation of Barbie
Perhaps the sparingly dressed Lilli would still be the sides of the Picture Newspaper today if it hadn’t been for Ruth Handler. Handler, the co-founder of the Toy Company Mattel, discovered Switzerland in a shop window in Lucerne in Lucerne, Switzerland in Lucerne. She and her daughter Barbara were thrilled. Handler had several Lillis sent to Los Angeles. In 1959 Barbie – named after Handler’s daughter Barbara, and modeled according to Lilli – and has been sold more than a billion times since then. Mattel acquired the rights to BILD Lilli Doll in 1964 and stopped production.
Legacy of Lilli
Since then, Barbie has been a dominant presence in children’s sleeping rooms all over the world and was the inspiration for one of the highest films ever. And what became of Lilli? The original comic strip ended in 1961 after the "cheeky, independent" secretary married her friend Peter and disappeared forever. The picture Lilli based on the cartoon character of the same name was the blonde, which was inspired for Barbie.
