One of the most memorable events of the Mercedes-Benz IMG New York Fashion Week Fall 2009 undoubtedly was the show a unique collection of Barbie Fall 2009, dedicated to the 50th anniversary of the world famous Barbie doll.
As we have mentioned in the past, the manufacturer of Barbie, the company Mattel, decided to celebrate this important date the most popular of its products original way: by creating with a group of well-known designers and brands, and to show at New York Fashion Week a collection of "couture from Barbie"not suitable for dolls, and for the people.
As a result, it turned out bright and memorable fashion show, which presented a wide variety of creations of masters of haute couture.
collection show Barbie Fall 2009 consisted of three parts: the first was called the Decade Section - classical models of evening dresses and vintage styles, the second was Faux Reality - pink "puppet" of the model.
third section of the show was dedicated to the "Barbie Future" - there are many designers used futuristic trends and motives of the latest autumn and winter collections this year, including architectural silver dress and sheer sleeves and capes.
main tone in the colors of the collection, of course, became pink in honor of the famous doll.
The collection Barbie Fall 2009 included 50 dresses that included wedding dresses "for Barbie" by Monique Lhuillier and Vera Wang, costumes by Michael Kors, Diane Von Furstenberg and Badgley Mischka, specially created for the occasion shoes by Christian Louboutin and evenT-shirt with the inscription «Everyone needs a Ken», in which one of the "puppet" models defile the catwalk, on the arm of a colleague, depicts a "friend of Barbie" Ken.
However, the celebration of the 50th anniversary of Barbie is not limited to a fashion show: a few weeks later, during the next Paris fashion week, Mattel is planning a big party in honor of the famous doll, which is required to be present himself legendary fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld.
In addition, there are rumors that the British designer Gareth Pugh was appointed organizer of the celebrations on the occasion of significant date in the UK and even the author wants to create a version of Barbie dolls, following the example of their colleagues Betsey Johnson m Pat Field.
Here is the first part of the show Photos from the collection of Barbie Fall 2009 at the New York Fashion Week and a video with fragments of the catwalk.
on materials femalefirst.co.uk.
