Every gals' bff is turning the big 5-0 today...none other than miss Barbie dearest.
(in ode to her, i decked my masthead with her official hue, PMS 219)
Tons of great marketing and promotion (and fabulous designs!) have been in the works to create such a huge event. Miss Barbie Millicent Roberts got back with her long time beau, Ken Carson, the same day she had her first runway show at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week this past February 14 (didya know that B and K broke up on valentines day in 2004!? crazy they'd get back on the same date.) She's in collabo with cool peeps like Bloomies, Stila, and Vera Wang to name a few. She opened up her Shanghai store which is more of a barbie experience than store. Miss B is staying hip to the times with accounts on facebook, twitter and is even blogging (she's totally in the know.)
[mercedes-benz runway show. photo courtesy of mattel.com]
Love the MBFW program, filled with quotes and sketches from the designers:
To commemorate her birthday, Mattel released a revamped version of her 1959 black and white striped bathing suit doll. The 2009 Black-and-White Bathing suit doll, priced at $3 (the same price she was first sold as), comes clad in a two piece bathing suit, cell phone in hand, little beach bag and a face lift, ok, more like a (as Mattel would describe) 'brand new face sculpt.'
The big 50 can't be taken lightly. And in true Barbie fashion, she is having a pink-carpet celebrity birthday bash today, at of course, her Malibu Beach House decorated by Jonathan Adler.
Whew! 108 careers later, this chick still rocks. Birthday's arent so bad after all ;)
Happy birthday to my other bff, janel, who i am soooo jealous of, lucky you get to celebrate the same day as miz b! ;)
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