In 1989, while studying at the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising in San Francisco, Rudi Teruel decided to do a research project on Barbie dolls. Over the course of a semester, the dolls captured his imagination, and he became a serious Barbie fan.
一九八九年，菲裔美籍的魯迪就讀舊金山的服裝設計學校，選擇「芭比娃娃」為題進行課業研究，沒想到埋首鑽研一學期，不知不覺，自己已成為芭比娃娃的愛好者。