Aug 18, 2026 · 19 min · 8 segments
In this Research Era episode Sadhbh deep dives into Bratz Dolls and our good friend Carter Bryant. Brazt dolls, the culture that made Sadhbh and so many other young millennial children and pre…
Sadhbh McLoughlinHostSo 1998 to 2000, designer Carter Bryant, well that's a fricking American name if ever I heard one.
Uh, he got the initial idea after passing a group of stylish, bratty teenage girls near a Missouri high school.
[gasps] Oh, in the Barbie movie, wasn't that like, that was a nod to it? That at, the scene where, um, Barbie goes to the high school and she goes up to a group of girls first and she's like, "Have you seen blah blah blah?" And they're like rude to her.
Were they not paying you well enough? Being a designer at Mattel, guys, come on now.
So, so then fair, fair play to you, Carter, because you went, "I'm not getting paid enough for this." And in 2000 he presented his sketches to the MGA Entertainment, whatever the heck that is.
So 1998 to 2000, designer Carter Bryant, well that's a fricking American name if ever I heard one.
Uh, he got the initial idea after passing a group of stylish, bratty teenage girls near a Missouri high school.
[gasps] Oh, in the Barbie movie, wasn't that like, that was a nod to it? That at, the scene where, um, Barbie goes to the high school and she goes up to a group of girls first and she's like, "Have you seen blah blah blah?" And they're like rude to her.
Were they not paying you well enough? Being a designer at Mattel, guys, come on now.
So, so then fair, fair play to you, Carter, because you went, "I'm not getting paid enough for this." And in 2000 he presented his sketches to the MGA Entertainment, whatever the heck that is.
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