Wednesday, December 3, 2014

The (Anti) Barbie Trend

In Meghan Trainor's hit single "All About That Bass", she emphases the goodness and beauty towards curves and her dismissal against the "Barbie" look.



 In Nicki Minaj's hit song "Anaconda" she also raps about almost the same concept as Meghan Trainor, but more explicitly. Both of these songs are and seem to be "anti-barbie" themed, putting curvy woman more into the light of the media with their songs. This seems to be a common trend in the music industry at the moment.


WARNING: EXPLICT


Now, in the fashion industry, the opposite has occurred. In Wild Fox's 2014 Barbie Collection : Dreamhouse, their theme and inspiration is well...Barbie! They had Merethe Hopland (@merethehopland) and Kirby Griffin (@kirbygriffin21) pose as real life barbies in their 2014 lookbook on their site.






 Even in Moschino Spring 2015 Ready-to-Wear Collection, their theme and inspiration was Barbie as well.








It's interesting how the fashion and the music industry are currently representing opposite sides of this trend.

Did you recognize this trend before now?
*None of the photos in this post belong to me*