While Mattel has yet to come out with an Official Lady Gaga Barbie Doll, their newest Gold Label Collector doll, The Goddess of The Galaxy Barbie is as close as you're gonna get until they do.
Designed by Bill Greening, this new collectible Barbie sports galactic glamour in the form of a molded metallic corset embellished with fuchsia "jewels" above a layered underskirt of shimmering fabric, a dramatic pinstripe cape, and silvery forearm and leg cuffs. Silvery rings with "jeweled" accents orbit an up-do with twisted platinum braids, and her dramatic face paint features ultra long, rooted, feathered lashes. Her thigh-high platform boots would no doubt be coveted by Lady Gaga herself.
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The $100 Direct Exclusive Barbie Collector doll is only available in the US and 4,200 were made. She is currently sold out but you can find some of them here on ebay.
above: Barbie Basic model no.5 before and after being styled by Justin Guinta for the launch
Mattel recently introduced the Barbie Basics doll collection; 12 different Barbie® dolls, each dressed 'down' in a different, but all black, dress. Simply named model no.1, model no.2 and so on, the hair, skin, eye color, features and stances vary with each doll. You can then purchase "look" sets that include accessories for the dolls.
To launch this new collection, Mattel had 12 top CFDA (Council of Fashion Designers of America) fashion and accessory designers dress the dolls in their own inimitable style, as in model no. 8 shown below left and then as styled by Alexis Bittar, below right.
The styled, dressed and accessorized dolls will then be auctioned on ebay with proceeds benefiting the CFDA. The auction goes live on January 28 (tomorrow) at 10pm EST and runs through February 7. To bid, visit the ebay auction here.
Below are close-ups of the 12 new Barbie Basics dolls (as sold) followed by the designer dressed versions for the launch:
model no.1 and model no.2:
model no.3 and model no.4:
model no.5 and model no.6:
model no 7 and model no.8:
model no.9 and model no.10:
model no.11 and model no.12: above images of Barbie basics courtesy of Barbie Collector Thanks to Glam and the blog GlamChic , I can show you images of all of the 12 Mattel Barbie Basics Dolls dressed by the designers for the ebay auction.
Isaac Mizrahi dolls up model no. 1 and Monica Botkier dolls up model no.2:
Deborah Lloyd of Kate Spade dolls up model no.3 and Philip Crangi dolls up model no.4:
Justin Guinta dolls up model no.5 and Albertus Swanepoel dolls up model no.6:
Lorraine Schwartz dolls up model no.7 and Alexis Bittar dolls up model no.8:
Betsey Johnson dolls up model no.9 and Rachel Roy dolls up model no.10:
Devi Kroell dolls up model no.11 and Tory Burch dolls up model no.12:
Models dressed in (and somewhat as) Barbie fashions rocked the runway on Saturday at the Mercedes-Benz Fashion week in New York. As part of the 50th Anniversary celebration of Mattel's iconic Doll, fifty different fashion designers created outfits for this event that reflected the past 50 years of Barbiedom. The one constant on the runway? Fab pink Christian Louboutin high heels.
The show opened with a video montage of Barbie throughout the years along with some phrases that poked a little good clean fun at Barbie (by the way, a link to the full video is at the end of this post, but be warned it's 30 minutes long):
Songs, hairstyles and fashions were shown chronologically spanning the last 50 years. Opening with high ponytails and 50's era songs like "My Boyfriend's Back", the fashions moved through the decades as did the hairstyles, make-up and songs.
For the first half of the show there were lots of early classic Barbie-like feminine details; bows, ponytails, cat-eye glasses and wide brimmed hats. As we reached the sixties, you could see the change from the Breakfast at Tiffany's-type Audreyesque Barbie to a more mod version.
At about 13 minutes into the show, the curtain closed only to reopen in the next 'decade'; one punctuated by Katharine Ross-in-The-Graduate-hair, pop music, hoop earrings, floppy hats and much more revealing fashions- yet still clad in the Christian Louboutins. From chokers and vests to the Diane Von Furstenberg wrap dress, clearly we'd entered the 70s and 80s.
Lots of pink fabrics, teased hair, short shorts, and butt-cheek baring dresses pranced down the runway to toe tapping music from the Gos-Gos to the Madonna. There was even a patriotic nod with a flag patterned dress and declarative tee reading "Everyone Needs A Ken".
20 minutes into the show, the curtains once again closed to reopen and introduced the 90s and beyond with techno and electronica music and futuristic fashions. This time the models sported wild eye make up, asymmetrical lines and clear plastic capes and sleeves..and yes, hot pink Christian Louboutins.
The fashion then progressed from early 'sci-fi' to far more outrageous ensembles as we rounded the end of the 50 years.
I know the quality of some of the pictures in this post are not so great, forgive me...a few are screen grabs from a video because none of the photos had yet been posted (at the time of this post) and I wanted you to see them as soon as possible.
Here are some various fashion details:
Then lastly came the finale as each of the models pranced down the runway clutching the hands of eager little Barbie-loving girls wearing Barbie Tees and tutus.
Special thanks to Mercedes-Benz and Getty Images for some of the above photos.
You can view the show in it's entirety here. (get something to eat, it's 30 minutes).
or the whole show is available to view in 3 parts on youtube thanks to Erich Ben who uploaded it in record time!
here's part 1 to whet your appetite..
A complete list of the fifty designers is available to view here.
