Karin ~ this one's for you!

[The Vintage Merchant]

i LOVE this, and immediately thought of Karin when it came across my facebook feed this morning, posted by Detroit Fashion Collective, sharing Mara Damiani's photo:

the caption (loosely) translates to:

AND GENTLEMEN ...... ATTENTION !!!!! WE HAVE A NEW COMPETITOR IN THE MARKET ... THE" BARBIE " HAS OPEN MODELING LABORATORY Gee thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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[poppysvintageclothing]

That is adorable! I love the bolts of fabric!

 

[The Vintage Merchant]

That is adorable! I love the bolts of fabric!

aren't they great!!????!! and anyone who's drafted patterns has to smile when they see, this, too! i just LOVE it!

 

[Midge]

Thanks so much, this is great!!! And it looks so realistic! I had a small display with a dressmaker's atelier some years ago, but mine was a bit more chaotic - and these gals had quite a penchant for any unhealthy food there is .

Karin

 

[thespectrum]

Karin, your atelier looks like a lot of fun!

 

[cmpollack]

I had no idea there was an art form involving Barbie tableaux... kind of like Joseph Cornell for the fashionista!

(Yours is wonderful, Karin!)

 

[Midge]

Carrie, that's at least half the fun of collecting for me... I have a few more on my blog from when I last redid them. And I've spent years looking for teenie-weenie accessories that are Barbie doll's size and that look realistic. The fax machine in my display above is actually a fridge magnet, there are some dolls house accessories etc. Instead of the designer's atelier I currently have a bridal salon - a neat way to display oodles of Barbie wedding dresses . I also have... a cocktail party with James Bond, a bedroom (all girls in pajamas), a perennial christmas party, a street scene, behind the scenes at a talent show, at the opera house... whatever comes to my mind. My displays are not for eternity though - every now and then I change them, or I change small things every now and then. And I have a lot of non-Barbie dolls in there as well. More fun and variety!

Karin

 

[cmpollack]

I also have... a cocktail party with James Bond, a bedroom (all girls in pajamas), a perennial christmas party, a street scene, behind the scenes at a talent show, at the opera house...

Awesome--what fun!

 

[sewingmachinegirl]

Oh I love that!!! I wish I had a poster size version of that image

 

[Better Dresses Vintage]

OK, I'm glad I'm not the only loony person around. And how funny, I have that exact tiny French-English dictionary that the Barbies have : ).

 

[foofoogal]

Scream..Just saw these. So fabulous and fun.

 

[Midge]

Liza - yes, that mini dictionary is so much fun. No idea where I picked that thing up...

Karin