Pictures Allan’s stripes of neutralityĪudiences already know from the movie’s trailers to expect Allan (the historical friend of Ken male doll) to be a running punch line. Later on in the battle, they morph into a dance sequence, wearing all black with hot pink socks and black leather loafers, a nod to the vintage looks out of “Grease” or “West Side Story” that says a lot about midcentury stereotypical masculinity. They come armed with the only gear they have: tennis rackets, lacrosse sticks and golf clubs, and they are outfitted in their best country club attire. The Kens turn on each other and announce a sunrise battle on Malibu Beach. To distract the Kens from ratifying a new constitution that would confirm Barbieland as a patriarchy, the Barbies make their doll boyfriends jealous by texting with unnamed parties and flirting with other Kens on the beach. Ken’s emotional progress culminates in a teary-eyed goodbye to Barbie while wearing a tie-dyed, self-affirmation hoodie that reads “Kenough.” We hope it catches on. The Kens learn their own lessons in the film, much of which have to do with the role that toxic masculinity plays in preventing the Kens from feeling, identifying and expressing their own emotions, and not adhering to the stereotypical expectations of masculinity. He replicates the look in a full-length mink coat, bandana, Adidas boxing shoes and leather fanny pack decked out with “Ken” in a Metallica font - all of which we see as he takes over Barbieland with his “Kenergy” and uber-masculine “Mojo Dojo Casa House.” Ryan Gosling as Ken in his patriarchy era. While in the real world, Ryan Gosling’s Ken discovers not just the idea of patriarchy but a look that he pinpoints as the visual definition of it: Sylvester Stallone in his “Rocky” heyday of overt machismo. Robbie in Sydney during the “Barbie” press tour, in a look replicating the original Barbie, complete with Manolo Blahnik heels.įor many of the looks, Robbie and Mukamal teamed up with Manolo Blahnik to recreate the most perfect, human-sized versions of those “Barbie shoes.” There were the designer’s classic BB pumps - an already perfect interpretation of the doll heel - done in hot pink, white, and a pink-and-white, plus the peep-toe Jada mule done a black, pink and clear PVC. From Original Barbie in a black-and-white striped swimsuit to Totally Hair Barbie in a Pucci mini dress, the looks were completed with what everyone who has ever played with the doll knows as “Barbie shoes”: high-heel pumps and sandals that are molded to her famously permanently-arched feet. to Sydney to Seoul to Mexico City and beyond (with Mukamal still revealing new looks that were shelved from the red carpet due to the actors’ strike). Robbie and her stylist Andrew Mukamal unveiled a parade of historical Barbie looks as she jetted from L.A. The Birkenstock message also casts a sense of irony on the marathon of a press tour that Margot Robbie did, up until the SAG-AFTRA actors’ union strike was announced last week. That director Greta Gerwig and partner Noah Baumbach (the couple wrote the screenplay together) chose footwear as an allegory to explain the exhausting complexities and body and beauty politics that come with living as a woman shows just how powerful a pair of shoes can be in this real world. Kate McKinnon as “Weird Barbie,” offering Margot Robbie’s “Stereotypical Barbie” a shot at the real world by way of a pair of Birkenstock Arizona sandals. And maybe better to nix the “Barbie feet challenge” and give it a go wearing sensible shoes. Barbie’s journey teaches her about value of true self-discovery and self-acceptance once the veil of patriarchy and objectification is lifted, but it also teaches her about how striving for feminism is still worthwhile even if it doesn’t achieve perfect results. And the choice Barbie makes to wear them helps to cement the film’s central message, which is expectedly about feminism but also about the reality of feminism existing in an imperfect world that is not the happy-go-lucky, girl-power bubble of Barbieland but instead a complex environment still centered on patriarchal standards that are unaccommodating to women and to feminism (and increasingly so, though the film shied away from any politic statements on women’s bodies). Billie Eilish Brings Back Iconic Outfits & Miniature Barbie-Sized Sneakers in ‘What Was I Made For’ VideoĪs it turns out, those Birkenstocks become Barbie’s happily ever after.
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