Stacey's Expertise
Speaking and Empowering Workshops
Stacey enjoys creating, speaking and providing workshops as she engages clients' life experiences through her dolls. She encourages them to embrace their unique beauty while following their dreams and offers a reflection of someone who looks like themselves.
Toy/Doll Design Services
Do you have a dream of brining your product to life? Are you a toy company that needs to add a little diversity to the mix, being politically correct? Let Stacey Art Direct or consult your doll project like this sample pictured: Disney Doorables Adoorbs! Doll.
Snapshot of the journey...
Supporting Publications:
- Wall Street Journal Personal Newspaper - Front cover.
- Daily Breeze and Chicago Sun Times – So In Style Doll Highlights
- The WAVE Newspaper – Black Doll Exhibit
- Beauty Magazine Features - Ebony, Essence, Jet, Heart & Soul, LA’s Beauty Beat, Upscale and Barbie Magazine
Featured Barbie Exhibit Designer:
- The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis
- William Grant Still Arts Center of Los Angeles
Career Highlights:
2008 - Designed the 1st African American Sorority's Centennial Alpha Kappa Alpha (AKA) Barbie®
2009 - The So In Style™ line of African American Barbie® dolls.
2010 - Barbie® career dolls including Pet Vet Barbie®, Rock Star Barbie® and Bride Barbie®.
2011 - Co-founded the One World Doll Project. Diverse dolls of many cultural backgrounds.
2013 - Prettie Girls! ™ - The term “Prettie” stands for Positive, Respectful, Enthusiastic, Truthful, Talented, Inspiring, and Excellent. These are multi-cultural fashion dolls, capturing the essence of positive attributes that anyone can embrace.
2015 - Prettie Girls!™ debuted on the shelves in Walmart stores, Walmart.com and ToysRUs.com.
2018 - Founded McIrby, Ent, Introducing, IamU, Uniquely Beautiful Dolls.
2023 - SXSW World premiere of The Black Barbie Documentary
2024 - Netflix and Shondaland launch The Black Barbie Documentary
2025 - Two Daytime Emmy Awards, NAACP Image Award Winning Documentary: The Black Barbie Documentary: https://youtu.be/Ma4gVZAOcYw?si=WX0al0oDBDMsv83W
Radio, Television and Live Interviews:
- Appeared on BETs My Black is Beautiful, Episode 1: Celebration of Black Beauty
- The Real - TV hostesses were presented with their very own Prettie Girls!™ Dolls
- Live on News One Now with Roland Martin - Prettie Girls!™ Multi-Cultural dolls
- CNN Prime News - With Richelle Carey “New Barbie’s Look More Like Black Women”.
- NPR - With Michel Martin Mattel’s So In Style, African American Barbie’s
- 94.7 The Wave with Pat Prescott - Prettie Girls!™ Multi-Cultural dolls featuring the Cynthia Bailey Doll from Bravo TV’s Hit Series, Housewives of Atlanta.
- Netflix - Black Barbie Documentary https://youtu.be/Itsg2V5PSkI?si=GXH_-GQKqokp7qsN
The Real
One of my favorite moments…I loved working on these personalized dolls to present to these beautiful ladies on @therealdaytime
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