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Barbification

Obsession with the iconic children's doll makes for unique branding

Implications - Barbie has long been an icon among young children, but now the doll is being reinterpreted and paid tribute across all age groups--and in more unique forms than ever before. This obsession with Barbie has affected the branding and marketing of products from computers and cameras to fashion lines and magazine editorials.
Trend Themes
1. Barbie as a Fashion Icon - Barbie's impact as a fashion icon is inspiring designers to create customized designs, accessories, and jewelery, creating opportunities for fashion and design industries to boost their business by collaborating with Barbie.
2. Diversity in Barbie's Careers - Barbie's diversified career choices depict women empowerment, creating chances for tech-savvy women in the technology industry and other professionals in STEM fields, inspiring young girls to pursue their interests and encouraging adults to mentor young girls.
3. Reinventing Barbie - Artists and designers are reinventing Barbies in unique and creative forms, creating opportunities for artistic industries, pop culture, and collectors to create new products based on the Barbie franchise.
Industry Implications
1. Fashion and Design - Barbie's influence as a fashion icon and designers' collaborations with her present opportunities for businesses in the fashion and design industries to elevate their products and create new collections.
2. STEM - Barbie's diversified career choices encourage young girls to pursue careers in STEM fields and inspire professionals in these industries to mentor young girls, presenting opportunities for businesses and organizations in these fields to promote gender diversity.
3. Art and Culture - Barbie's impact as a pop culture icon and artists' reinvention of Barbie dolls provide opportunities for businesses and individuals in artistic fields and for collectors to create new products and generate new revenue streams.
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Megatrends
12 Featured, 38 Examples:
1,698,249 Total Clicks
Date Range:
Jan 10 — May 10
Trending:
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Featured Examples

Retro Barbie Makeovers
Retro Barbie Makeovers
Chrome Hearts Barbie Collaboration Will Rock Your World
The collaboration between Barbie and Chrome Hearts definitely has everyone’s head turned. Decked out in Chrome Hearts gear, the 12 individual dolls are over three feet tall, with their hair done up by… MORE
Spy Cam Dolls
Spy Cam Dolls
The Barbie Video Girl Records Those Special (or Secret) Moments
The folks over at Barbie are certainly busy people having just unveiled her 126th job and now Barbie Video Girl. If you’ve always wondered what it was like to be Barbie, now you can experience her life… MORE
Guerrilla Doll Faces
Guerrilla Doll Faces
Jocelyne Grivaud Superimposes Barbie on Her Idolized Artists' Works
Whether or not you have ever owned a Barbie, the impact the Barbie franchise had on every person’s childhood is undeniable. For Jocelyne Grivaud, her love for these dolls didn’t just stop there. In carrying… MORE
Juxtaposed Dolltography
Juxtaposed Dolltography
The Hair's How Soviet Barbie Makeover is Modernized
The 'Hair’s How' Soviet Barbie makeover is an interesting way to portray the past by using modern views and mediums. The Barbie dolls are juxtaposed with posters from the Soviet past as they’re modelling… MORE
Couture Chained Barbies
Couture Chained Barbies
Designers Upgrade the CFDA Barbie Basic Doll With Personal Style
Here is another example that Barbie is not only a toy but a fashion icon. Designers have customized the Barbie Basic Doll--an LBD-clad Barbie--with accessories, shoes, bags and jewelery as part of the… MORE
Rich Housewife Dolls
Rich Housewife Dolls
The Barbie Lounge is the Place to be for Sophisticated Dolls
The Barbie Lounge is the perfect place to be if you crave chic and elegant fashions for your beloved doll. The website Asos.com hosts all sorts of swank accessories for your high society dollie so that… MORE
'Women of the Cloth' Dolls
'Women of the Cloth' Dolls
Episcopal Priest Barbie Tells Secretary Barbie Who's Who
This little find just made me the happiest girl around. It seems that some genius out there has gone ahead and created Episcopal Priest Barbie, a true token of their devotion to Christ. Episcopal Priest… MORE
Bizarre Barbie Mods
Bizarre Barbie Mods
Ooak Barbies Takes the Much Loved Doll to New Places
I have an inappropriate sense of humor. I own it; it is who I am. So it goes without question that I love these inappropriate Barbies by OOAK Barbies (One of a Kind Barbies). Available through their Etsy… MORE
Barbie Netbooks
Barbie Netbooks
Korea Launches the Pretty-in-Pink Samsung X170 Barbie Edition Laptop
The Samsung X170 Barbie Edition Laptop adds to the already vast Barbie merchandise collection. Available in pink or black with the Barbie logo on its cover, the special edition laptops by Samsung include… MORE
Designer-Inspired Dolls
Designer-Inspired Dolls
Kartel Designs for Barbies ‘PLASTIC' Collectors Edition
Barbie has been a pop icon for decades, taking on various roles with the changing times. Mattel is launching Barbie’s PLASTIC Collectors Edition line which will showcase different designers and their interpretation… MORE
Computer Engineer Dolls
Computer Engineer Dolls
Mattel Reveals Barbie's 126th Job, and It's a Tech-Savvy One
As Barbie turns 50 this year, she made a decision that she’s going to pursue her career in the technology industry as a computer engineer. You’d think it’s a bit dull compared with her previous careers,… MORE
Designer Clothed Barbies
Designer Clothed Barbies
Christian Louboutin Designs Anemone Barbie Full of Hollywood Glamour
Christian Louboutin is arguably (or in my view, hands down) one of the best designers out there and who better to design for then one of the most iconic and well known figures ever? Barbie of course!… MORE

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