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In honor of Barbie's 50th Birthday yesterday, locally based Mattel revealed the famous ultimate California blonde's Malibu Dream House along with the new version of Barbie. The 3,500 square foot house in Malibu was designed by “Happy Chic” interior designer Jonathan Adler and features a chandelier made of Barbie hair, a closet filled with thousands of shoes and a sunburst mirror made from 65 Barbie dolls.
The house is not open to the public, but in May, Adler will be taking some of the signature designs from the house and making a Barbie suite at The Palms Hotel in Las Vegas. The room will be viewable by the public and also can be rented for parties (pink bachelorette party, anyone?). The new Barbie dolls are also being sold at the cheap price of $3 for one week at select stores, which is how much it cost 50 years ago when it first was introduced at the New York Toy Fair in 1959.
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OMG Barbie hair chandelier makes me want to vomit.
Barbie has no taste.
Wow, people are committing suicide and mass murders over the fact that they can't support their families thanks to the economic downturn and someone with too much money decides to throw it away on a real life barbie mansion?
Sad.
No one is disagreeing that the economy is in shambles on a global level—life goes on and that includes industry. What is everyone supposed to do stop progress because we as a whole are not doing well?
Slightly unrelated, but not really, when do you think the Empire State Building was built? It was during one of the darkest years in New York history—everyone was broke, unemployment was at 30% (not even close to that now) and while this Barbie dream house, in my opinion as well, is a waste of money, in the grand scheme of things who gives a shit? This house is a promotion to sell a toy which has been around for 50 years. In the last 64 years Mattel has been pretty good, from a marketing standpoint, in selling toys and not disappearing off the map.
What recession?
Global warming?
Whatevs. She has worked hard to get where she is today.
Picture 18 - "The Kardashians"
Anyone else get a bit of a chuckle that there has to be someone to the side of these "ladies", holding up a sign to say who they are?
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i'm confused...does anyone actually live here? and yeah...i'm with #3. this is nauseating.
also, my birthday was yesterday and every year this bitch upstages me.
100% disgusting.
WHAT A TOTAL WASTE.
fuck the rich.
No one is disagreeing that the economy is in shambles on a global level—life goes on and that includes industry. What is everyone supposed to do stop progress because we as a whole are not doing well?
Slightly unrelated, but not really, when do you think the Empire State Building was built? It was during one of the darkest years in New York history—everyone was broke, unemployment was at 30% (not even close to that now) and while this Barbie dream house, in my opinion as well, is a waste of money, in the grand scheme of things who gives a shit? This house is a promotion to sell a toy which has been around for 50 years. In the last 64 years Mattel has been pretty good, from a marketing standpoint, in selling toys and not disappearing off the map.
My Barbie wouldn't have been caught dead in that house, neither would I. Mattel needs to do a reality check and concentrate their money and time on making sure the toys they make are safe for our children and start having their toys manufactured here, to create jobs for our economy and stop supporting China. What were you thinking Jonathan?
LOL
I noticed (#5's post) that girl in the corner as well.
Why are the Kardashian wastes of flesh (and plastic) there? Remeind why anyone should even care?
LOL
The entire project is a Pepto Nightmare!
J.Adler was actually paid for doing this?
I think I could do a better design pee'ing in the snow!
LOL
I WANT ONE!
hmmm, I wonder when Barbie's house will go into foreclosure.
This does seem in bad taste to me, no doubt it has been planned for some time however and is just bad timing. It's hard to look at fluff when folks are losing there houses. I mean couldn't they have it like a museum or have some sort of charity tie in...or let a homeless family move the hell in! Yes it's promotion but do they need that sort of promotion. I heard that those Brat Dolls have cut into Barbie's territory, perhaps Mattel is scared or something. Personally, Barbie never looked like me and I never had the things she had. So I didn't make a fetish of her, I found her annoying.
Oh my, my make Johnathan Adler go bye bye! Why did they have a gay man do a Barbie house - nothing against gays, but it looks very trashy and not at all what Barbie would want.... no sophistication, If they want a real Barbie house with class...call me. I'll show em how to really do it! The kitchen is boring, the place is boring...a Barbie hair chandelier makes me want to throw up. Come on guys....you wasted thousands on this! You could have built a nice homeless shelter, or at least open it to the public and use the funds for a shelter!!!
I agree with # 14, /why not open the Barbie house in El Segundo and charge admission most of which would go to a charity and the upkeep and staff to keep it open? I know it would be utiiized and make money My favorite is the Parkinson Foundatiion or Spalding for Children, OR FAMILY TO FAMILY ADOPTIONS, INC. The 50th is a big event and the designer house is appropriate for Barbie's 50th(I was 14 when she began). It's quirky but fascinating . Shame on Mattel if they don't do this or something of THIS SORT AFTER SAVING SO MUCH BY UTILIZING FOREIGN HELP AT THE EXPENSE OF AMERICAN WORKERS--Most all of us have bought at least two or three Barbies in our lifetime)