June 5th, 2009
Ever dreamed of living in Barbie’s Malibu Dream House? If so, now is your chance!
To commemorate Barbie’s 50th birthday, The Palms Resort in Las Vegas unveiled a special Barbie Suite.
The new 2,350-square-foot Barbie Suite costs $4,000 a night and has been designed like Barbie’s dream house, complete with pink finishes, a two-way fireplace and a Jacuzzi tub.
March 18th, 2009
Fiat has released a new series of photographs showing 500 model dedicated to Barbie.
In the new images we can appreciate every single detail of this stunning city car with lots of charm, as the gleaming paintwork resembles achieved with deep lacquered colour using ultra fine aluminium plunged in deep.
March 12th, 2009
After the pink version of Italian city car Fiat 500, another company created a fashionista present for Barbie’s 50th Birthday.
It’s the time of Volkswagen with its New Beetle dressed like the famous doll and called Malibu Barbie New Beetle Convertible.
The chic car made its debut at Barbie’s real-life Malibu Dream House, a 3,500 square-foot Jonathan Adler-designed residence in California, during an exclusive birthday celebration where celebrity guests, as supermodel Heidi Klum, received a grab bag with Barbie sunglasses, handbags, and “tiny shoes.”
March 5th, 2009
Fiat presented a new 500 model dedicated to the most famous fashion doll ever: Barbie.
Created by a partnership between the Fiat Centro Stile and Mattel, the Italian city car celebrates Barbie’s fiftieth birthday.
It’s a fashionista car with lots of charm, just like Barbie herself. The gleaming paintwork resembles varnish and definitely makes for a shock effect, achieved with deep lacquered colour using ultra fine aluminium plunged in deep, up-to-the-minute pink.
December 23rd, 2008
To celebrate her 50th birthday in style next year, Mattel Inc. has enlisted Christian Louboutin to design a special pair of pumps for Barbie.
Barbie needs to wear great shoes because every girl needs to wear great shoes.” The shoes will be made in the renowned Barbie Pantone 219 Pink and will be unveiled at Mattel’s runway show during New York Fashion Week in February.
Mattel has also enlisted 50 yet-to-be-named designers to create Barbie-inspired outfits for the show.
September 11th, 2008
The most expensive Barbie doll in the world was introduced last week in Mexico City. It is valued at one million mexican pesos ($95,000) and includes 318 real diamonds in its design.
Her tiara, a pair of slippers, earrings, necklace, bracelet and ring, are all made out of white gold with diamonds. Even her dress is accentuated with 44 round-cut stones on her dress; the pieces total about 20.66 carats.
Intended only as a publicity stunt, the doll was launched on the occasion of the release of the DVD “Barbie and the Diamond Castle” (Universal Pictures). In it the famous toy embarks on an adventure with her friend Teresa, to break the spell on another friend, and save her.
