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Barbie’s new collection has a distinctively Aussie look, with some of the 12 new mini models inspired by Australian beauties.
The rise of Australian supermodels including Miranda Kerr, Abbey Lee Kershaw, Catherine McNeil and Elyse Taylor has inspired leading designers, magazine editors, makeup artists and now Mattel – the makers of Barbie the world’s most famous doll.
The Barbie Basics Collection, launched at Australian Fashion Week, consists of 12 dolls styled in the timeless little black dress, each featuring faces inspired by supermodels including our own Aussie beauties.
Unlike their regular counterparts the dozen designer dolls are aimed more at their adult fans.
“It is aimed at a fashion consumer and a consumer who’s going to be aware of the kind of girls like Miranda Kerr, Abbey Lee Kershaw and Catherine McNeil who are working and dominating the pages of fashion magazines,” says Robert Best, Barbie’s principal designer.
To celebrate their unveiling, Australian jeweller Stefano Canturi collaborated with the Barbie design team to create the world’s most expensive Barbie doll, sporting an exclusive necklace valued at $600,000 and complete with a pink diamond.
Seeking to keep the 50-year-old doll relevant, Mattel has sourced faces and designers that tap into today’s international fashion scene.
“We are always looking at what’s going on in current culture,” Best says.
“We have to look at girls who are doing covers and we incorporate that by working with our face designers and we give them examples of girls who are tearing up the chart.”
“When you see so much of a face in the media, like Miranda Kerr, who is so beautiful, you might pull a tear sheet from her Victoria Secrets campaign and give that to technicians painting the faces as a general inspiration … and somehow that gets translated into a doll.”
Selling Barbies is a big business. With a five per cent rise in this quarter’s sales, the world’s largest toymaker Mattel has posted earnings of $US24.8 million ($A26.77 million).
Best says using supermodels as inspiration means the dolls will have huge reach.
“The strength of a supermodel is people aspire to her because there is something compelling … something that appeals universally.
“When you talk about star quality that’s what it is, it’s not just that she’s pretty.
“I think all the Australians have that and that’s why they are dominating the industry right now.”
Source: mirandakerrweb.com
The rise of Australian supermodels including Miranda Kerr, Abbey Lee Kershaw, Catherine McNeil and Elyse Taylor has inspired leading designers, magazine editors, makeup artists and now Mattel – the makers of Barbie the world’s most famous doll.
The Barbie Basics Collection, launched at Australian Fashion Week, consists of 12 dolls styled in the timeless little black dress, each featuring faces inspired by supermodels including our own Aussie beauties.
Unlike their regular counterparts the dozen designer dolls are aimed more at their adult fans.
“It is aimed at a fashion consumer and a consumer who’s going to be aware of the kind of girls like Miranda Kerr, Abbey Lee Kershaw and Catherine McNeil who are working and dominating the pages of fashion magazines,” says Robert Best, Barbie’s principal designer.
To celebrate their unveiling, Australian jeweller Stefano Canturi collaborated with the Barbie design team to create the world’s most expensive Barbie doll, sporting an exclusive necklace valued at $600,000 and complete with a pink diamond.
Seeking to keep the 50-year-old doll relevant, Mattel has sourced faces and designers that tap into today’s international fashion scene.
“We are always looking at what’s going on in current culture,” Best says.
“We have to look at girls who are doing covers and we incorporate that by working with our face designers and we give them examples of girls who are tearing up the chart.”
“When you see so much of a face in the media, like Miranda Kerr, who is so beautiful, you might pull a tear sheet from her Victoria Secrets campaign and give that to technicians painting the faces as a general inspiration … and somehow that gets translated into a doll.”
Selling Barbies is a big business. With a five per cent rise in this quarter’s sales, the world’s largest toymaker Mattel has posted earnings of $US24.8 million ($A26.77 million).
Best says using supermodels as inspiration means the dolls will have huge reach.
“The strength of a supermodel is people aspire to her because there is something compelling … something that appeals universally.
“When you talk about star quality that’s what it is, it’s not just that she’s pretty.
“I think all the Australians have that and that’s why they are dominating the industry right now.”
Source: mirandakerrweb.com
- A Miranda Kerr inspired doll is close enough, right? mahalia_babyy
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Prada! 
I'm loving the fact that she got it over Doutzen and Ale. 
I'm so excited rn!
twitter/GB65
Can't wait!
I'm loving the fact that she got it over Doutzen and Ale. I'm so excited rn!twitter/GB65
Can't wait!
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Wow!! I can't wait! I am soooo curious now!!!
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New from VS. thanks for the updates to Edernez@Bellazon
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Few more, same credit.
And un upload from Miranda's FB page:
"Miranda Kerr Just got back from Paris, it is a beautiful day in New York and I am happy to be home! This morning I have been thinking what I love about my mum, she is brave and not afraid to speak her truth. Lots of Love Miranda xxx"
And un upload from Miranda's FB page:
"Miranda Kerr Just got back from Paris, it is a beautiful day in New York and I am happy to be home! This morning I have been thinking what I love about my mum, she is brave and not afraid to speak her truth. Lots of Love Miranda xxx"
I just hope no changes are made before publication.
I love her work in hf but hate her work in vs... unflattering for her, she does NOT fit with the brand
You are the first person that has said she suits HF more then Commercial.
That just shows how far she's come! But she'll be sticking with both for now. 
Anyways, didn't VS renew her contract? She's been shooting for them a lot lately... 
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It's been a while since an Aussie model was featured for Prada...the last was Gemma Ward I think..mahalia_babyy
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You know what I find to be so perplexing about Miranda's career? She's done basically everything - VS Angel, i-D, V, Jalouse, Pirelli, Rolling Stone, GQ, Harper's, walked Balenciaga & Prada, been booked for a Prada campaign... But she hasn't had a Vogue cover. Not one, not even a reprint or a smaller country. It's bizarre. I could even handle it if she got one off the back of being Legolas' beard. She must be the most successful model to have never gotten a Vogue cover, right?
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i hate this pic of her... her nose is soo retouched 
but i would love to see her on a Vogue cover 
but i would love to see her on a Vogue cover Oh gosh, Mahalia, I'm so with you there. 
It's one thing I will never understand. But when you break it down, she only entered success once signing on with VS, and by then a Vogue cover was sort of out of the question, all she got was low publication features in magazines for obvious reasons. Of course we got a bit of nice stuff like with Jalouse and Vogue Nippon, but over all... 
2006, 2007, 2008, and early 2009 we were not getting what we are getting now. Insert 2010: We are getting i-D, Numero, US vogue, Russian Vogue, Balenciaga & Prada runway appearances and the Prada campaign. A Vogue cover is over due, but with the rate she is going at the moment it will be due soon and Christy Clements is holding on to that interview she had with Miranda for a reason. Hint. Hint.
It's one thing I will never understand. But when you break it down, she only entered success once signing on with VS, and by then a Vogue cover was sort of out of the question, all she got was low publication features in magazines for obvious reasons. Of course we got a bit of nice stuff like with Jalouse and Vogue Nippon, but over all... 2006, 2007, 2008, and early 2009 we were not getting what we are getting now. Insert 2010: We are getting i-D, Numero, US vogue, Russian Vogue, Balenciaga & Prada runway appearances and the Prada campaign. A Vogue cover is over due, but with the rate she is going at the moment it will be due soon and Christy Clements is holding on to that interview she had with Miranda for a reason. Hint. Hint.
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i hate this pic of her... her nose is soo retouched
I agree, too much photoshop and there was no need of that.
Isn't this a reprint? I saw this pic last year if I am not wrong...
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