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2023-07-07 12:28

Margot Robbie gave a guided tour of the Barbie Dreamhouse and fans are in 'heaven'
With the release of the Barbie movie coming up, Margot Robbie gave an inside look into the Mattel doll's Dreamhouse with Architectural Digest - and it's just as iconic as you would expect. Of course, the one particular colour that is synonymous with Barbie and fuchsia pink is everywhere on the set - tables, chairs, walls, cars you name it. While the aesthetic took inspiration from Palm Springs's midcentury modernism, with furniture from the 1950s and 1960s, back to when Barbie was first created in 1959 by Ruth Handler as well as products that would be included in Dreamhouse today. Sign up to our free Indy100 weekly newsletter Production designer Sarah Greenwood and set decorator Katie Spence worked with director Greta Gerwig to recreate the childhood nostalgia on-screen, and the set was first made in a miniature format before it was actually created for the set. “I wanted to capture what was so ridiculously fun about the Dreamhouses," Gerwig told Architectural Digest. In terms of scale, the proportions were adapted to be 23 per cent smaller than human size for the set, Gerwig described how this created an "odd effect of making the actors seem big in the space but small overall." Some of the fun elements of the design include a slide to replace the stairs that goes from the bedroom to the pool - "Not super practical but nothing is for Barbie," Robbie said. (Though the pool is fake as there is no actual water in Barbie Land). Despite there being no water, Barbie still showers - but nothing comes out. Nonetheless, Robbie pretends to shower and recalled how she would "look up the old Radox commercials and try to replicate that." In the kitchen, Robbie explained how there is "a mixture of things that a physically there but then also decal (a picture, design, or label made to be transferred (as to glass) from specially prepared paper)," such as the oven and cooker. This plays into the world of toys and "how it would look if it was a Mattel product" as Robbie opened the fridge to show that the back is intentionally 2D with groceries painted onto the decal while the fridge shelf had physical products stocked. "I want everyone to feel like they can reach into the screen and touch everything," Gerwig said, as she recalled standing in Toys 'R' Us looking at Barbie dolls with the plastic sheet over them and wanting to take and touch everything. This is what inspired Barbie's wardrobe with clear doors to the doll's neatly hung up outfits and accessories, with her outfit already magically set out in her wardrobe. When it comes to getting from her bedroom to her car, Barbie impossibly floats down as Robbie said: "Greta said no one actually walks their Barbie down the steps to get into the car." Here's what fans had to say about the Dreamhouse tour: The Barbie movie is set to be released next month on July 21. Elsewhere, the new Barbie movie has caused a worldwide shortage of pink and a new version of 'Barbie Girl' will feature on the movie’s soundtrack. Have your say in our news democracy. Click the upvote icon at the top of the page to help raise this article through the indy100 rankings.
2023-06-17 23:26

San Francisco Eateries Are Enforcing a No-Puking Rule
So many people are overindulging on brunch mimosas that restaurants now have a vomit surcharge.
2023-10-12 07:18

Taylor Swift appears to slam 'bisexual' rumours on 1989 re-release
Taylor Swift's re-recorded 2014 album 1989 has dropped just in time for diehard fans to enjoy a weekend filled with nostalgia. The album marks an era when the star transitioned from country to pop muic, and saw her bag a Grammy for Album of the Year. Alongside her impressive spanning career in the limelight, comes trash talk. More specifically, years of misogynistic "slut shaming" surrounding Swift's dating history. Subsequently, Swift took a break from dating for two and a half years – which meant she naturally spent more time with her female friends. From doing so, baseless online rumours were birthed about her sexuality. Now, in a letter written for the re-release of the album, Swift shared her inspiration behind writing 1989, and in doing so, thanked fans for not leaning into claims online. "The voices that had begun to shame me in new ways for dating like a normal young woman? I wanted to silence them," the star wrote. "You see – in the years preceding this, I had become the target of slut shaming – the intensity and relentlessness of which would be criticized and called out if it happened today. The jokes about my amount of boyfriends. The trivialization of my songwriting as if it were a predatory act of boy-crazy psychopath. The media co-signing of this narrative. I had to make it stop because it was starting to really hurt." Swift continued: "It became clear to me that for me there was no such thing as casual dating, or even having a male friend who you platonically hang out with. If I was seen with him, it was assumed I was sleeping with him. And so I swore off hanging out with guys, dating, flirting, or anything that could be weaponized against me by a culture that claimed to believe in liberating women but consistently treated me with the harsh moral codes of the Victorian era." She went on to say that she assumed she "could fix this" by changing her behaviour. "I swore off dating and decided to focus only on myself, my music, my growth, and my female friendships," she explained. "If I only hung out with my female friends, people couldn’t sensationalize or sexualize that – right? I would learn later on that people could and people would." Swift went on to thank fans who didn't buy into spiralling rumours online and who "knew that maybe a girl who surrounds herself with female friends in adulthood is making up for a lack of them in childhood." How to join the indy100's free WhatsApp channel Sign up for our free Indy100 weekly newsletter Have your say in our news democracy. Click the upvote icon at the top of the page to help raise this article through the indy100 rankings.
2023-10-27 23:53

Khloe Kardashian shows off bleached look in photoshoot, sparks meme fest: 'It’s giving Targaryen'
Fans say Khloe Kardashian's XXL, hip-skimming lengths are giving off a Harry Potter's Malfoy family meets Game of Thrones' Daenerys Targaryen vibe
2023-06-17 08:48

Triston Casas handled insensitive ESPN Mother’s Day interview with class
On Mother's Day, ESPN thought it was a good time to ask Red Sox first baseman Triston Casas about his own mom, who is deceased.ESPN celebrated Mother's Day in its usual fashion. On Sunday Night Baseball, the trio of Karl Ravech, David Cone and Eduardo Perez spoke with players on the fi...
2023-05-16 00:25

Shawn Johnson and children enjoy their first trip to Disneyland in plane co-piloted by husband Andrew East
Shawn Johnson East and her husband, Andrew East, have two children, two-year-old daughter Drew Hazel and 19-month-old son Jett James
2023-05-25 20:28

Robin Roberts' honeymoon clip from Curacao wows fans as she returns to ‘GMA’ after a ‘relaxing’ break
'GMA' star Robin Roberts shared an exclusive clip from her honeymoon in Curacao for all her fans and followers on social media
2023-09-18 15:56

Was there a shark swimming on a flooded LA highway? Senator Ted Cruz shares viral 'Hurricane Hilary' photo
Ted Cruz took to X (formerly Twitter) to share what he believed was a picture of a shark swimming on the flooded 405 highway in Los Angeles
2023-08-22 15:49

Kate Beckinsale's massive diamond ring at Cannes event triggers engagement rumors
Kate Beckinsale was earlier spotted out and about with Matt Atwater before she flashed her ring at the Chopard event at the Cannes Film Festival
2023-05-24 19:58

Is Ty Pennington OK? 'Extreme Makeover' star to not celebrate 59th birthday over 'unequivocally heart-shattering' times
Ty Pennington confessed that he won't be able to celebrate his 59th birthday with all that is going on around him
2023-10-20 10:15

Daryl Hall gets restraining order against John Oates as iconic pop duo's relationship hits point of no return
Everything good has to end, and Daryl Hall and John Oates' friendship is no exception with the ongoing Hall & Oates legal dispute
2023-11-23 15:21
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