FTBC Hellas Barbie giveaway

FTBC Hellas and Barbie have joined forces in targeting breast cancer (Barbie must be a size D, no?). It's a Sunday giveaway and it's a cute hot pink one:
To win this rather meaningful tank top email me at aleccarox@windowslive.com with your name until Thursday, June 3rd (midnight as usual). Put 'Barbie' in the subject area to help me fish out the winner from my inbox chaos when the times comes.

*It's an FTBC Hellas competition so only entries from Greece this time please.

**This tank top is absolutely valid for FTBC's competition offering a trip to Milan so I'll make sure it's in the post the next day;)

Lady Gaga is a doll

Lady Gaga-like dolls inspired by doll-like Lady Gaga. I knew it was coming. This time Mattel was too slow though. Veik, a 29-year-old Gaga fan from Beijing, got there first and the result is stunning! (source & source)

The Gaga-glam style could find no better artist to reflect it on Gaga worship Barbie versions, pictures of which could be easily mistaken for shots of the eccentric singer.

His Gaga-concert doll even includes a step-by-step tutorial of how he managed to get this:

To look like this:
Whether a Gaga fan or not, do visit his flickr portfolio here. "Kermit the frog" outfit and McQueen's "alien" shoe are only a couple of the miniature takes guaranteed to impress you.

Some things change, some never will

Back. (told you I'd be quick)

And whilst we're at a Barbie mood, here's one of the first commercials ever made and one of the latest, back-to-back, for the sake of stirring things up (rhyme was not intended).

Half a century ago, we would be impressed by miniature hangers. Now it's miniature credit cards. Oh aren't we nortured to consume...

Kartell <3 Barbie <3 Moschino

It's more than furniture at the Furniture Fair in Milan at the moment. Design giant Kartell loves Barbie, who loves Moschino and they've all joined the festivities for plastic babe's 50th.

Oversized She and eternal beau Ken have made themselves at home at the windows of the local flagship store, dressed in Moschino and standing alongside Kartell's special edition chairs, Louis Ghost and Lou Lou Ghost .

The plastic purveyor home items featuring Barbie's face come in both real and miniature size in a fun, celebrational limited edition. The profits from the Barbie boxed, doll-house size items will go towards the good causes of Save the Children Foundation.

With my very own birthday just a sneeze away, I wouldn't mind a "Barbie-goes-design" gift in the post. (Come on Barbie, I've always been nice to you) (Ok, sorry for what I did to your hair back in the '80s...)

Ce Que J'Aime Chez Barbie

Quick post: This season's badge is pink. So cute. What is even better, is the special exhibition across the main hall, celebrating "Les Accessoires De Barbie". These are some of my favourite.