#barbie fashion model collection

[barbielore]

Stop what you're doing and look at this Ken.

This is the first Ken in the Ken Kouture line, announced by Mattel this year as being an ongoing series celebrating Ken.

For the longest time I didn't know what to say about this man. I just wanted to look at him. Look at him and wonder what was happening. Why does Ken look like this.

Then gradually I started to realise this is Mattel branching out into the Ryan Gosling Ken fanbase. Note this isn't a Ryan Gosling Ken - the movie Ken wasn't high fashion like this. But notice how they're marketed with words like Ken-rgy and Kenaissance.

This is a high fashion Ken aimed at people who already loved high fashion Barbie, but who were charmed by Ryan "I'm Just Ken" Gosling and wanted to show him some love too.

Incidentally, if you think this Ken looks kind of similar to the first new Barbie in the freshly revived Barbie Fashion Model Collection, I saw it too and that's no coincidence.

2024 is the 65th anniversary of Barbie, and both these dolls are themed around the traditional gift for a 65th anniversary: blue sapphire.

Side note, I should be better about shouting out the designers of Barbies I talk about, so do take note that this Ken Kouture doll's design was credited to Carlyle Nuera.

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And Nuera has some really interesting things to say about him on Instagram.

[magazinescans]

Blonde & Brunette Lingerie Barbie Dolls Barbie Fashion Model Collection - Limited Edition

Barbie® Bazaar - August 2000

[delusions-of-glamour]

Barbie Fashion Model Collection dolls ♡

[sunkissedfawn]

Principessa Barbie Doll

[pinkfai]

Source: pavlinabarbie on Instagram 💕

[notnepobaby]

Leomie Anderson in Nensi Dojaka SS23 at the European Barbie premiere

[blackgirlinluxury]

Black Barbie’s at the barbie premiere 🎀

[awsmzahraa]

Sum of my projects from this summer modelled by my friend farida~~🤍🤍 check the rest if you like my work on my insta : awsmzahraa88 ! More projects coming soon I hope 🤞🏽

[lilidawnonthemoon]

[luxuriascloset]

Moschino Ready to Wear Collection 2015.

[barbielore]

One of the recent tie-in products Mattel released for the Barbie line was built into one of their other popular products: Uno.

The Fashion Model Collection has been immortalized on an Uno deck. (This was part of the Uno Canvas collection, which, to my knowledge, is essentially a collection of different "artistic" Uno decks themed around other media.)

What makes this release really beautiful in my opinion is that instead of using photographs of the dolls, the art is based around sketches of the Robert Best designs. This really sets it apart. It would be pretty typical for Mattel to release a set that had pictures of Barbie dolls. This is kind of next level and I love it.

It's driving me crazy that I can't recognise the Barbie in the black and pink outfit that's prominently on the front of the box. She looks really familiar but I can't find her anywhere. I don't know if she's just eluding me (and is probably really obvious) or if she was a sample sketch that doesn't actually look much like the final product, or if I just think she looks familiar because she looks kind of like the 1998 Happy Holidays Barbie?

I've found other Robert Best sketches that look similar to it, but no actual dolls.

In any case, some of the sketches are definitely identifiable as specific dolls. For example, Camel Coat.

Would I, personally, pay $35 for a pretty Uno deck? No. But I am glad that it exists.

[magazinescans]

Garden Party Barbie Doll Barbie Fashion Model Collection - Limited Edition

Barbie® Bazaar - August 2000

[delusions-of-glamour]

Barbie Fashion Model Collection The Ingenue doll ♡

[sunkissedfawn]

Dulcissima Barbie

[sosostyle]

[sinnamonscouture]

Adit Priscilla for Zara's Barbie Capsule Collection