“Men who picked them up, as well as women, said they were cute girl versions of men,” Ms. Ortloff said. He promised Ms. Ortloff that he would explore the idea, but said that making new products was expensive. A year later , his response to Vivian’s letter was largely the same. It started with local outlets in Little Rock, after one reporter had seen a copy of Vivian’s letter that Ms. Lord had posted on Facebook. Soon, Mr. Imel was getting calls to do interviews on national television networks like CBS.

Source: New York Times October 20, 2019 12:33 UTC