BARBIE GETS ALL DOLLED UP.Dressing Barbie Barbie in full Barbara Millicent Roberts A plastic doll, 11.5 in. (29 cm) tall, with the figure of an adult woman that was introduced in 1959 by Mattel, Inc., a southern California toy company. has gone from childhood pastime to big-time career. To ensure the sexy Mattel doll will be dressed her best in the next century, Mattel offered a doll-dressmaking project to the senior students of Otis College of Art and Design The school's programs, accredited by WASC and National Association of Schools of Art and Design, include four-year degrees in the typical art school fare: illustration, fine arts, graphic design, architecture, landscape design, interior design, and fashion design as well as newer fields in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. . The designers were challenged to create original costumes inspired by famous artists, using historical research as well as design and drawing skills, Otis spokeswoman Karen Lustgarten said. After several fitting sessions supervised by the Mattel designers, the students recently finished the collection and will present it at the school's annual Critics Awards Fashion Show on April 20 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills Beverly Hills, city (1990 pop. 31,971), Los Angeles co., S Calif., completely surrounded by the city of Los Angeles; inc. 1914. The largely residential city is home to many motion-picture and television personalities. . Among the 21 fashions will be ``Tolouse-Lautrec Barbie,'' ``Dali Barbie'' and ``Warhol Barbie.'' Tickets for the black tie dinner and fashion event are $300 each and benefit the Otis Students Scholarship Fund. For reservations, call (213) 251-0520. SOURCE: - Barbara De Witt De Witt, uninc. town (1990 pop. 8,244), Onondaga co., central N.Y., a residential suburb of Syracuse. CAPTION(S): 5 Photos Photo: (1) For her ``Toulouse-Lautrec Barbie,'' Coren Ki m, 23, of Northridge dressed Mattel's fashion plate like a cancan cancan (kăn`kăn), a lively French dance marked chiefly by high kicking. It was developed in Paris in the 1830s and became a popular social dance there. By the mid-19th cent. it was incorporated into dance revues and stage productions. girl from the late 19th-century French artist's famous works. (2) Van Nuys student Rattiya Setvanich, 24, borrowed from surrealist paintings for her ``Dali Barbie'' entry in the Otis College of Art and Design project. (3) Tami Cohee, 23, of Granada Hills chose artist Maxfield Parrish as the inspiration for her couture design. (4) Mattel design critic Cassidy Park, left, critiques Chatsworth student Rosa Alva's ``Boucher Barbie.'' (5) The bold geometry of a certain turn-of-the-century Dutch painter inspired ``Mondrian Barbie,'' designed by Anna Mkhtarian, 22, of Shadow Hills. Phil McCarten/Daily News |
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