Barbie In Bandages and Bondage? Hervé Léger Dresses The Doll In Two Sexy Signature Outfits.

above: The Herve Leger by Max Azria Barbie may be wearing a tight dress and strappy leather, but has muted makeup and no jewelry

Theses darn designer Barbies keep dressing better than I do. And the newest is wearing a designer whose dresses I've always wished to own.



The Hervé Léger by Max Azria Barbie® Doll (released today) is designed by Linda Kew. The new limited edition Barbie doll is wrapped in chic couture fashions constructed out of authentic Hervé Léger by Max Azria bandages and yarns,  manufactured at the very same factory that produces the full size designer collection.



The first look is a red haute bandage dress (the body-hugging design most associated with the name Herve Leger) with a removable miniature version of his leather black harness belt, black gladiator boots and a signature black and gold clutch. 



The dress is a sort of a mash up of three of his well-known red bandage dresses:


Below, the model wears Halona boots (the same boots that seem to be made for Barbie) on the runway at Herve Leger by Max Azria during Mercedes-Benz NY Fashion Weekon September 13, 2011 in NYC (image courtesy of Anton Oparin / Shutterstock.com ):


The second outfit is a miniature variation of the Danisa Jagged-Pike Jacquard Black and White Dress (which in its full size sells for $1590) black complete with open-toe booties and a black-studded clutch.






"Working with Barbie Collector on this exclusive collaboration has been an incredible experience," said BCBG Max Azria group chief executive Lubov Azria, "The Hervé Léger Barbie doll is a milestone project that I am excited to share with collectors of both brands."

A compilation of the actual Herve Leger fashions and the new Herve Leger Barbie Doll:


Price: $150.00
Release date: 09/17/2013 (today)
Gold Label®
Designed by: Linda Kyaw

Doll Details
Body Type: ModelMuse™ Arm: Right Bent, Straight Left
Skin Tone: LA Tan
Facial Sculpt: C.L. sculpt
Fashion Sewn On?: No
Eyelashes: No
Included with doll:
Stand, Shoes (2 sets), Purses (2), Harness.
There is a limit of 5 dolls per order.

© Hervé Léger, 2013

BUY THE HERVE LEGER BARBIE HERE
Production doll may vary from the photo shown above. Mattel reserves the right to modify the fashion/fabrics, sculpt, hair color/style, and accessories. Doll cannot stand alone as shown.

all images courtesy of Barbie Collector and Herve Leger

12 Barbie Basics Get Glammed Up By Famous Fashion Designers.

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:
 

Shop the Barbie Basics Doll collection here.
Sign up for the ebay auction here.

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Barbie Rocks The Runway At New York's Fashion Week

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.