Design Museum’s Barbie: The Exhibition

Now open night’s star studded launch event, the highly anticipated Barbie: The Exhibition charts the 65-year design evolution of the world’s most famous doll, Barbie.

Wednesday 3rd July saw a star studded event held in honour of Barbie: The Exhibition, The Design Museum’s major new show which opens to the public today, 5th July.

On display is a rare first edition Barbie from 1959 – known by collectors as the ‘Number 1 Barbie’. The doll is one of 250 objects on display. Over 180 of the exhibits are remarkable dolls, including a custom miniature Swarovski crystal-embellished Richard Quinn attired doll displayed next to the original full-length gown from his autumn/winter 2021 show. Visitors can also gaze upon a one-of-a-kind Barbie role model doll made in the likeness of Adwoa Aboah, as well as the Samantha Cristoforetti Astronaut Barbie which actually travelled to space and flew on the International Space Station.

Guests entering through the museum’s pink bathed fountains included: Lady Amelia Windsor, Lady Mary Charteris, Robbie Furze, Yasmine Finney, Dame Zandra Rhodes,  Bianca Bustamanti, Christopher Kane, Stephen Jones OBE, Sarah Mower MBE, Dennis Okwera, Astile Doherty, Connie Naysmyth, Bishi, Connie Constance, Daisy de Villeneuve, Daniel Lismore, David Sassoon, Deborah Ababio, James Corbin, Lily Nova, Philip Sallon, Princess Julia, Sohee Park, Darkwah Kyei-Dakrwah, Maximilian Reynor, Toni Ibekwe, Michael Halpern, Charley Dean Sayers and DJ Zara Martin.

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