Thursday, March 5, 2009

Event: Collete Celebrates Barbie's 50th Anniversary

For Barbie lovers in France or those planning on traveling to Paris this month a fun little event is coming your way. Collete boutiques will be celebrating Barbie's 50th anniversary with several fun events and exhibits. For more information read below. Don't forget to check out the pictures of Barbie.

What:
Barbie celebrates her 50th birthday at colette, March 9th-28th. Barbie has embodied glamour, fashion and feminity for over 5 decades. Naturally she has settleds down at colette for her birthday.

An amazing event for 50 years of success and for a tribute to the icon of the biggest designers.

For the occasion, a "Barbie room" will be installed on the first floor presenting Jeremy Scott’s collection of Barbie clothing and accessories as well as various exclusive products including: MP3 players, Barbie Rocks of Beverly Hills Jewellery, Stila Make-up, Beautiful Stationery, Dylan’s Candy Bar Sweets and also a brand new line of beauty products.

Limited edition collaborations with designers selected by Colette will also be available, among which Married to the Mob t-shirts, a Bless hairbrush, an Uslu Airlines 219c pink nailpolish, a Azumi & David hat-bag, Linda Farrow glasses, Alexis Mabille bow ties, a Goyard trunk, a Jawbone headset, Domestic stickers, Bruno Frisoni stilettos... Even the water-bar will be Barbie style with a special edition of dessert Le Baiser by Ladurée.

Also, March 9-15, come check out our Barbie and Ken windows which are styled by Karl Lagerfeld. A special exhibit that is only on March 12th, a high security exhibition of the very first Barbie and Ken dolls, a Must for any Barbie fan.

When:
March 9 - March 28

Hours:
Monday - Saturday: 11:00 am - 7:00 pm

Where:
Colette
213 rue Saint-Honore
75001 PARIS, France

Contact Information
Gallery Tel: +33 1 55 35 33 97
E-Mail: galerie@colette.fr

Pictures below of Karl Largerfeld styled Barbie's with model Baptiste Giabicon as Ken. (Photos: Collete)

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