Mattel - Barbie Pink Collection

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We sat with all these different kinds of pinks and we were like, ‘What is the pink and how do the pinks interact? Over 200 outfits have represented the fictitious persona's many impressive career paths, including doctors and nurses, astronauts, air force pilots, and beyond. Although Barbie was first introduced to the world wearing a black and white swimsuit, matching sunnies, gold hoops, and black pumps, it wouldn't take long for her to shed that swimwear for the over one billion looks donned across the franchise. We also saw many glimpses of the trend sprinkled throughout the 2010s: Nicki Minaj often sported some serious Barbie-inspired looks after her own Barbie doll hit the market in 2011 (and you'll still catch the rapper wearing her signature diamond Barbie nameplate necklace to this day).

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Still, even as Barbie added to her resumé and her look evolved (Mattel now has a much more inclusive offering in terms of body type), part of the draw was still the doll's bold fashion sense.For 2022, as we head back to the office and regain our social lives, it's Barbie's authentic playfulness and bright, bold color palette that people are trying to inject into their daily routines.

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Especially millennial women who grew up with Barbie — specific aesthetic lines are blurred more and more every day," Johnson tells InStyle. In many cases, Barbie served as a child's first experience with "grown-up" style, and was the inspiration they needed to experiment with clothes outside their world of play pretend. complete with a matching hairdryer clutch, cat-eye sunglasses, chandelier teardrop diamond earrings, and shiny silver pumps from Aldo. Pastels are among the Y2K aesthetic that's coming back with a vengeance in 2023, and what better way to incorporate pastels into your life than to dress up your nails with them?If you would like to comment on this story or anything else you have seen on BBC Culture, head over to our Facebook page or message us on Twitter .