Dame Helen Mirren has been honoured by Mattel with a one-of-a-kind Barbie, forward of Worldwide Ladies’s Day and Barbie’s sixty fifth anniversary on 9 March.
A one-of-a-kind Barbie doll created in a single’s likeness is the best honour of the Barbie model.
Recognised as a ‘Barbie Function Mannequin’, the doll was introduced “in recognition of her performing profession spanning a long time, and flexibility as a storyteller of highly effective and wide-ranging feminine narratives,” the model mentioned in a press launch. And the outfit recreated for her doll was her most iconic of all time.
© Ryan Schude/MattelStrolling the crimson carpet on the premiere of Jeanne du Barry, Helen stole the present in a cornflower blue robe by Del Core, and jewelry by Bulgari, however the pièce de résistance was her vibrant blue hair that complimented her costume.
Helen’s Barbie additionally carries a blue fan – one among Helen’s trademark crimson carpet equipment – and a miniature Oscar statue, in recognition of her 2007 Academy Awards Finest Actress win.
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© MattelOn receiving her doll, Helen says: “I’m completely blown away by my Barbie. To be chosen by Barbie as a Function Mannequin is a big praise, and one thing I might by no means have imagined in my wildest goals taking place to me at this stage in my life. It is a very particular factor, and one thing I can add to my record of my favorite achievements; changing into a Dame of the British Empire, having an Oscar, having a star on the Hollywood Stroll of Fame – and having my very own Barbie!”
Dame Helen has worn many an iconic outfit over her 60-year profession, from her cottage core costume and snake print heels that she wore to the 1993 BAFTAs, to her 2002 Oscars costume, however her Cannes pageant 2023 look was a vogue and sweetness bonanza that may do down in crimson carpet historical past.
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Jennifer Lopez’s ‘JLo Barbie’ was born in 2014, carrying the Zuhair Murad costume she wore to the Oscars in 2012.
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© GettyThe Princess of Wales’ Barbie recognises her marriage ceremony to Prince William in 2011
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© GettyZendaya’s doll wore the Vivienne Westwood costume she donned on the 2015 Oscars.
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© GettyKarl Lagerfeld’s Barbie (nicely, Ken) embodies his signature costume code: a black go well with with a crisp white shirt, a black tie and naturally; fingerless gloves.
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