Barbie gets Kiwi makeover
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New Zealand designer Karen Walker has designed a new range for Barbie, to celebrate her 50th anniversary.
Walker is the latest high profile fashion designer to dress the iconic doll.
Over the past five decades Barbie has played muse to more than 70 legends of the international fashion community including Gucci, Prada, Yves Saint Laurent, Christian Dior, Hermès and Patricia Field.
Walker has recreated several of her key looks from her Autumn Winter 09 ‘she’s cracked’ collection, shown at New York Fashion Week in February.
The outfits include a bronze twist front dress, a grey Wedgwood dress in wool silk cloque and Powder blue Beswick dress is shattered china silk crepe.
“Barbie has always been a fashion leader and so we wanted her to have the very latest outfits that aren’t even in the stores yet, that were only presented for the first time on the New York runway less than a month ago”. Walker said.
Barbie is the latest in a long line of famous women to be dressed by Walker, including Madonna, Kate Hudson, Claire Danes, Bjork, Claudia Schiffer and Cate Blanchett.
Karen Walker’s Barbie designs will be displayed later this week at the Karen Walker Newmarket, Auckland, store.
They will become part of the official Mattel archive collection.
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I like these designs, well done. But I do think that they are a bit too old to be worn by Barbie. No little girl is going to want to play with that.
The designs are dowdy and boring. Where is the color? The collection is a very poor reflection of New Zealand fashion. I don't think that Karen Walker deserves any sort of reputation as a designer if this is the best she can do. You can see better designs on the Project Runway reality show.
Wow I for one am really proud of this New Zealand designer. Karen Walker is so accomplished and respected how could anyone call her designs horrible let alone be dissapointed and embarassed Signed A lover of Barbie and a Barbie collector
Nothing special, looks like they came from the sixties
These designs are very cool, and definately proud to be a kiwi. NZ will forever be on the fashion map because of these designs!!
Proud of it being kiwi and all but does anyone else thinks that the dolls look old fashion and ugly... As Karen said is a "Barbie has always been a fashion leader" i wonder why her design is shocking... Don’t see the kiwi in this... Not sure if Barbie got a Kiwi Makeover or made it to the worst dressed list???? Omg!!! the horrible hats!!!
Very Embarrassed and Disappointed.
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Are there too many celebrities designing fashion ranges?
Poor Poor Barbie she looks like she's put on at least 20kg. Which is no surprise since most Of KW's designs are overpriced, unflattering and generally really ugly! There are so many more fantastic Kiwi designers out there who never get the time of day KW does!! I really am at a loss to understand the hype that surrounds her.