Getting My Barbiecore™ On

Have you heard of the Barbiecore™ trend?

Well...

Did you know that I was a Barbie Doll designer back in the day?

It's true!
Back then, I didn't wear much pink.

Roxanne and I attended the opening of a Barbie x Mark Ryden collabaration and we went in Pink (as one does).

We stood in line for TWO HOURS!

Crazy!

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Once (finally) inside, we saw all the wonderful creations:

"Visible Barbie" concept sketch, not produced

"Nature Queen"

 

I am obsessed with "Bee Barbie" [BarBee haha]
Note that Ken is a snail in the background graphic

As well as the Barbie Bee Brooch, which I'm going to get.

Mattel made a one-off Mark Ryden doll!

Some super fans:

They are examining the ginormous life size Nature Queen

I think I'll go back one more time, at night when I can take better photos, and won't have to wait on line.

For December’s Good Buy/Good-Bye Book, Shelbee and Nancy are featuring Hot Pink (or Barbiecore).
Send them your Pinkest best! See the bottom of Shelbee's post for instructions.

Gudrun Sjödén sweater (new)
Ketzali scarf (Poshmark)
Lularoe leggings (Poshmark)
Sanita clogs (eBay)

Linking up with Shelbee's On the Edge

Rain Check

I wanted to test out a piece of vintage 60's tubular nylon knit to see if it worked as a skirt.

It was cold enough to wear leggings (finally!) and then I went for checks on every garment that I could:

When Severo saw my outfit, he said, "Wear the Maury jacket!"
[Part of his costume from King Leisure, a film Pat DiNizio of The Smithereens made in 2004].

Haha

"What about the rain?" you ask.
Dramatic clouds during my lunch break:

Turned into a dark, dark sky:

And the rain commenced.
As I walked back into the building, there was even a double rainbow:

Did not locate the pot of gold.

Here's Severo as Maury:

Hey! Different jacket!
We should do a Halloween couple costume as Check Mates

Linking up with Fashion Should Be Fun
and Patti's Visible Monday

patterny

Repeats. 

I have a separate blog devoted to them.

They provide me with funds. (I design underwear prints for one of my day jobs).

at Costco. 3/2012

I teach how to create them digitally. (The other day job @ OTIS)

sometimes I'll demo a "how to" on Pattern Recognition

I've been creating them for 30+ years.

I'm working on a line of scarves that utilizes them

as soon as I order sample swatches, you'll be able to buy this print
or get a scarf at my online cargoh store
I might even wear a dress made with this for my art show in April!

I cannot get enough!

3/24/12

Where In the World: Work

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cobalt love
want to know details about garments?
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like my heart "pin"?
I made it out of blue painter tape!!
I HEART blue tape!

What about the blue drips in the Instagram? you ask...
It's a print I'm working on (at work)
that I'll post on my Pattern blog soon (next week hopefully).