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Oppenheimer Does Barbie

Remember that unauthorized Anna Wintour biography that everybody read but never talked about aloud? Well, its author, Jerry Oppenheimer, is at it again. This time’s victim? Barbie. To coincide with the doll’s 50th anniversary, and subsequent takeover of fashion, Oppenheimer’s taken Barbie to task, revealing that a “’70s swinger and wife swapper with all kinds [...]

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Fashion is So Plastic

Details of that post-Fashion Week collaboration between Barbie and Jeremy Scott are finally out via NYLON, in case you forgot that Barbie’s getting her own show this coming Fashion Week (which is being heavily sponsored by Mattel), in celebration of the doll’s 50th birthday. Jeremy’s portion of the Barbie runway show (which will also include [...]

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Fashionista Barbie

Barbie’s getting a make-over for her 50th birthday, and with it comes a real live runway show during Fall 09 Fashion Week. Mattel wants to up the doll’s fashion cred which means life-size outfits designed by fifty life-size designers including Alexander Wang. Will Ken still love Barbie when she trades in her sequin gowns for [...]

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Barbie Gets Made Over

An invite just came in the mail – to a Pink Plastic Party. Of course it’s in LA, so we can’t go, but we’re still excited about its cause. Tarina Tarantino, former model and queen of nineties rhinestone hair accessories, partnered with Mattel to make her own Barbie Doll. We’d pretty much die if we [...]

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Make Clothes for Barbie

Something a lot of people don’t realize is that designers really don’t make that much money, especially when they’re starting out, and it pretty much stays that way except for the Donnas and Marcs of Seventh Ave. And because we know there must be hordes of recent Parsons and FIT grads looking for jobs this [...]

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Barbie Saves the Day

It’s cold, we’re exhausted and getting sick. But then our FedEx guy arrived with Barbie iDesign, and all was good again. The case bragged: “Be Your Own Stylist!”, “Dress Barbie Like You’ve Always Wanted!” Visions of retro Barbie in a white ruched bathing suit with vintage shades danced in our head. But once we reached [...]

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Chanel’s Knit Wit

When we were in grade school, we used to wrap our Barbies in toilet paper dyed with food coloring. The resulting effect looked like one of the cooler offerings from Matthew Williamson, in a teeny size and without the beading. Making them was a favorite Sunday activity. Now it seems homemade Barbie outfits have gotten [...]

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