Barbie-Mania at Colette
22. March 2009 Rare & Limited
If there´s somethint to celebrate in the world of fashion, Colette comes up with a limited edition.
This has always been, is always happening and will probably always stay like that.
And Barbie? It´s a Topseller. This also was always like that, is currently like that and will also probably be like that.
So, it goes without saying that in the year of Barbie´s 50th birthday, Colette rounded upcoming and senior designers up to bring a limited Barbie edition among the mob. There´s the obligatory limited Barbiedoll editions as well as T-Shirts and posters. At dear prices. This is how it works.
Here a short overview of the more exceptional products of the limited Barbie edition at Colette.
I felt very well entertained by Alexis Mabille´s Barbie bows shown above. It´s humorous, simple and amusing. Unfortunately, i didn´t get this feeling with Margaux Lange´s Barbie jewelry edition.
The idea might be great, but after the third sight, there´s not more than “ugly” staying in my mind.
Paris-based design collective Andrea Crews comes along kind of barefaced. Their T-Shirts with Barbie clothes applications are sold for nearly 400€, which is more than overpriced for such a predictable idea. Don´t buy. Rather raid your childhood treasure boxes and do it the DIY-way.
When Coco Chanel opened her first shop in 1913 in Paris, no one would have been thought that this woman would become one of the most influential designers of the 20th century, a role model for the industrially expanding world and a precursor for female independence.... 
Don´t worry, What´s Wrong With The Zoo isn´t going porn - instead, I have a look towards south. To Munich, Germany. In the midst of the Glockenbachviertel, the AMEN Store doesn´t only hawk unique mirroring but also cares about the good style. (read on) 
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