Xavier Roberts was born in Cleveland, Georgia, in October 1955 he is best known as the father of the Cabbage Patch Kids and the creator of a toy phenomenon that had never been seen before. If you turn over the doll and look on the left bum cheek, you’ll find Xavier Roberts’ signature. The soft-bodied baby-like dolls, each of which came with its own “adoption certificate,” were a worldwide phenomenon that reportedly generated about $2 billion in sales throughout the decade, while garnering endless media attention and controversy, and causing a series of violent customer outbursts and riots in numerous retail stores across North America in the fall and winter of 1983. If you were a kid in the 1980s, you probably, at some point, had a Cabbage Patch Kids doll. Part of an ongoing series of 29Secrets stories, taking a deep dive into the history of legendary beauty products and iconic fashion and pop culture moments…īy Christopher Turner Illustration by Michael Hak
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