Barbie Looks ‘Life-Sized’ for 60th by Unique Vintage

Los Angeles-based Unique Vintage, one of the largest apparel designer and manufacturer of vintage-inspired clothing, has collaborated with Mattel for Barbie’s 60th anniversary. Predominately an e-commerce company, Unique Vintage espouses vintage remakes for “real women with real careers” — and real curves. Unique Vintage is a privately held company founded in 2000 by chief executive officer Katie Echeverry in Burbank, Calif., with the intention to design a full offering of sizes for women. The company designs directly from “iconic female heroines,” including Audrey Hepburn, Eartha Kitt, Marlene Dietrich and now Barbie. Showcasing a size run from XS to 4/5XL and casting models of “every size, shape and color,” Unique Vintage aims to serve an underserved market while championing “body positivity and fashion inclusivity.” The spring collection will be inspired by the Barbie dolls of the Sixties through the Eighties in collaboration with Mattel, the multinational toy manufacturing company founded in 1945 in Hawthorne, Calif., responsible for the creation of the Barbie doll, among other inventions. This is not the first collection to be released with Mattel, as the two brands have been collaborating for over a year. In creating a 12-piece spring collection running a size range of 2 to 26, original Barbie looks are made

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