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Rarely has one person so dominated the fashion stakes, with a specially made silvery Jacquemus bustier dress on opening night, followed by an enormous hot pink Barbie ballgown by edgy French-Canadian fashion label Matieres Fecales.
From Barron's • May 22, 2026
The Barbie actor tells the BBC she first heard about the project years ago, when it was just a script "and everyone was telling me I'd be obsessed with it, and they were right".
From BBC • May 13, 2026
The company’s shares and profit took a dip after it announced weak holiday sales in 2025, in part due to disappointing Barbie sales.
From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026
Barbie Cominsky, who worked alongside Pommier at the agency, said she took a maternal approach to her models—both in looking after them and setting expectations for what it took to work in the industry.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026
Dressed in a shiny silver space suit, Astronaut Barbie also had a helmet, gloves, and boots.
From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson
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