Tuesday night’s Barbie Tweetup marked the unveiling of 12 one-of-a-kind Barbie dolls, dressed by some of the Council of Fashion Designers of America’s brightest stars, including Betsey Johnson, Isaac Mizrahi and Kate Spade. Revealed with the lifting of oversized black boxes, the Barbies stood under perfectly positioned spotlights, eager to show off their new looks. From Betsey Johnson’s “part punky devil and part pretty mistress” Barbie wearing sequined devil horns to Lorraine Schwartz’s Barbie wearing real diamonds valued at $25,000, the collaboration was a clear success. All 12 designers were given a different doll to customize, each of them wearing a different Little Black Dress. Some of the designers remade the original dress they were given (which was constructed with simple black jersey), while others focused more on accessorizing their doll. They were then auctioned off on eBay, with the entire net proceeds directly benefiting CFDA education initiatives and their scholarship program.
