The Barbie movie featured a lot of Chanel, here’s a sneak peak
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Arushi Sakhuja- 12 minutes read
Arushi Sakhuja
It’s a pink world and the Barbiecore trend has enveloped fans across the globe. Hitting the big screen on July 21, the cinemas were painted pink. Greta Gerwig’s humour–filled film was a refreshing take on patriarchy, leaving the audiences in awe. Creating history, Barbie has the largest opening for a woman-directed film with a global opening of $377 million. Stereotypically known for her tasteful fashion sense, it isn‘t surprising that Margot Robbie’s character was dripping in Chanel from shoes to accessories and couture, from an archival tweed suit to a pink heart-shaped bag, and a colourful necklace.
The film offers audiences a hearty laugh with a satire on patriarchy and is a visual delight. For the film, The House of CHANEL collaborated with Barbie to create some special pieces. The star of the movie, Margot Robbie is also a House ambassador as the global icon for luxury brand Chanel. Working closely with the creative minds behind Barbie, Chanel contributed several exquisite costumes for Margot Robbie’s character and even designed a stylish ski suit for Ken’s character, portrayed by Ryan Gosling.
Throughout the film, five silhouettes – including three suits, a ski suit, and a dress– from Chanel were chosen to highlight the Barbie character along with other accessories such as quilted bags, including a heart-shaped one, and captivating accessories. In an interview, Margot Robbie shared, “Everyone, has some sort of associated memory with Barbie, whether it’s good or bad. Everyone knows Barbie. The Barbie legacy is tied with fashion brands throughout history with some special editions and some Barbie dolls come in a box with high fashion couture and accessories. Wearing high fashion couture definitely feels right for the character, so it helped me get into the character.”
Oscar-winning costume designer and friend of the House Jacqueline Durran was given a selection of outfits from the Ready-to-Wear, COCO BEACH and COCO NEIGE collections. The five silhouettes which appeared in the film included a pink tweed skirt suit originally modelled by Claudia Schiffer, who Robbie calls the real-life Barbie. “There were some incredible outfits that I actually got to wear that Claudia Schiffer herself, who’s kind of like a real-life Barbie, wore,” the actress says in the video. “In fact, one of the archival suits that I wore had a little label that said ‘Claudia’ on it. And I was like, ‘Wow!’” The video posted by the brand also includes archival footage of the Chanel 1995 Spring Summer show with Schiffer walking the runway and sporting a Chanel tweed skirt suit that Robbie wore in the Barbie production.
Additionally, Robbie is spotted in two hot pink attires by the brand; a tweed hot pink mini dress and a hot pink co-ord set featuring a fitted waistcoat and bell bottoms with sequins on the flared bottom, a statement necklace with multicoloured precious stones, and a pink heart-shaped quilted bag. “Even on the set, there was one look where I have a pink heart-shaped Chanel bag, and I remember all the girls on the set were like: ‘Can I hold it?’” Robbie also says in the video.
