https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/not-your-daughter%e2%80%99s-barbiecore Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Tue, 14 Apr 2026 21:59:14 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/not-your-daughter%e2%80%99s-barbiecore#post-2286193 Fri, 14 Oct 2022 20:06:42 +0000 approprio 2286193@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><b>Runcarla, Helena, CarolS, Firecracker, DL</b>, thanks! This shirt needs to be earmarked for this jacket. <b>Angie</b>, the shoes will find their niche, for sure!</p> <p><b>Roxanna, kkards, </b>I share your ambivalence. I have nothing to say about Barbiecore that would not read as heresy on some portions of the Internet. Between us here on YLF though, I think Barbie may be jumping the gun. <b>Sally</b>, you’re right. This is not her color. <b>Star</b>, this is the color Debbie was wearing on the sleeve of Plastic Letters.</p> <p><b>Jaime,</b> Ryan Gosling is so Ken that it looks like stunt casting to me. He will still need to work very hard to surpass Michael Keaton’s turn in Toy Story 3 though.</p> <p><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pX82Q7Nf-5U">“No-one appreciates clothes here, Barbie!”</a></p> <p>I am firmly on Team Ken. GQ brings us an army of Kens, in all shapes and sizes. <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.gq.com/story/the-ken-doll-reboot-beefy-cornrowed-and-pan-racial">A Ken for every occasion.</a> </p> <p></p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/not-your-daughter%e2%80%99s-barbiecore#post-2286167 Fri, 14 Oct 2022 17:08:47 +0000 Roxanna 2286167@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I was all set to hate Barbiecore but that first outfit (that blazer!!!) may have won me over... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/not-your-daughter%e2%80%99s-barbiecore#post-2286161 Fri, 14 Oct 2022 16:55:52 +0000 Star (Lise) 2286161@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Loving your first outfit.&nbsp; A huge Blondie fan here.&nbsp; Was off pink for many years but now with the silver hair a bright pink really works, and very good with black. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/not-your-daughter%e2%80%99s-barbiecore#post-2286152 Fri, 14 Oct 2022 16:16:10 +0000 kkards 2286152@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Not &nbsp;sure how I feel about Barbiecore, but I love these outfits, especially &nbsp;#1! &nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/not-your-daughter%e2%80%99s-barbiecore#post-2286148 Fri, 14 Oct 2022 16:00:47 +0000 doggeh lover 2286148@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>LOVE the sock/shoe combo! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/not-your-daughter%e2%80%99s-barbiecore#post-2286045 Fri, 14 Oct 2022 04:39:17 +0000 Firecracker (Sharan) 2286045@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I really like the tee and blazer together, and the shoe and sock combo really adds a lot to it. The column of hot pink is so hip. Love it! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/not-your-daughter%e2%80%99s-barbiecore#post-2286029 Fri, 14 Oct 2022 01:51:40 +0000 CarolS 2286029@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh, those are fun!&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/not-your-daughter%e2%80%99s-barbiecore#post-2286023 Fri, 14 Oct 2022 01:40:57 +0000 Jaime 2286023@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>As a fan of bright pink even prior to the current iteration of Barbiecore, I am delighted. But wearing socks outside your shoes?! I am just revving up on the idea of wearing colored socks with sandals and you go all next level. Love the column of pink regardless. Now I must read your article before I say more, although I agree with you completely about Ryan Gosling. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/not-your-daughter%e2%80%99s-barbiecore#post-2286022 Fri, 14 Oct 2022 01:18:41 +0000 Sally 2286022@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Love the blondie tshirt and it goes so well in the first outfit. Is hot pink associated with Barbie? I would have thought it would be a softer pink, but I’m not an expert. Anyway the hot pink suits you and that would be a great outfit for a wear pink day which we do have.<br /> I like ballet flats but can’t keep them on my feet. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/not-your-daughter%e2%80%99s-barbiecore#post-2286020 Fri, 14 Oct 2022 01:00:37 +0000 Carla 2286020@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>#1 kills me! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/not-your-daughter%e2%80%99s-barbiecore#post-2285992 Thu, 13 Oct 2022 22:30:50 +0000 Angie 2285992@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>ooooh! A lovely classic flat,<b> Liz</b>! Thanks for the pic. Love them with wide pants, and yes to cute gauzy socks with them too </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/not-your-daughter%e2%80%99s-barbiecore#post-2285966 Thu, 13 Oct 2022 21:11:07 +0000 Helena 2285966@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Edgy Barbiecore - I love it! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/not-your-daughter%e2%80%99s-barbiecore#post-2285960 Thu, 13 Oct 2022 20:57:22 +0000 approprio 2285960@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You are all way too kind with the Grace Jones comparisons, which I have done nothing to deserve. The last time I saw Grace, she was wearing nothing but body paint and an enormous headdress. I know when I’m outclassed. </p> <p><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.loudandquiet.com/short/grace-jones-primavera-sound-2017/">https://www.loudandquiet.com/s.....ound-2017/</a></p> <p><b>Synne</b>, I’m trying not to look too hard! I’ve no opinion on Barbie’s legitimacy as a feminist icon, but one of my favourite colours went viral. Now it’s loaded with semantics that have nothing to do with me!</p> <p><b>Janet</b>: I know, the very idea, right? <b>Slim cat, Nikki</b>, Thank heavens for Debbie Harry, is all I can say.</p> <p><b>Olive Green</b>: I keep in mind the Schiaparelli descriptor “shocking pink” whenever I wear it. I will add to that “tough but pretty”.</p> <p><b>Cardiff girl</b>, I loved the Valentino collection (above) memorably worn by Erykah Badu, who is even further from the Barbie aesthetic than Grace Jones.</p> <p><b>RobinF, Eliza, Bijou, Lesley, Joy,</b> thanks!</p> <p><b>Angie</b>, thanks for the K! This excellent jacket is pulling its weight this season, although there are a couple of new contenders waiting in the wings for when the weather cools.</p> <p>Sadly the dickie is not quite the same shade of pink as the shirt, and not different enough to make a contrast. Nevertheless, I will be stalking COS at sale time for more of the same. Not everything has to match.</p> <p>Added a pic of the other pumps from my phone. They are phenomenally comfortable. I’m thinking under wide leg pants or with socks under skirts. Both pairs are from Marks &amp; Spencer, the kind of footwear they have always done really well.</p> <p><b>Jessikams</b>, I may yet do that, although it depends on what shape the pumps are in when we next throw a party. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/not-your-daughter%e2%80%99s-barbiecore#post-2285953 Thu, 13 Oct 2022 19:55:16 +0000 Cardiff girl 2285953@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yes pink was big for winter &nbsp;on the runways apparently so you are super on trend.Can’t see Barbie &nbsp;in this though ,you look far too stylish(sorry Barbie!) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/not-your-daughter%e2%80%99s-barbiecore#post-2285947 Thu, 13 Oct 2022 19:28:36 +0000 Anonymous 2285947@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Awesome ensembles! Excellent blazer and Blondie combo. Your hot pink rendition has a wonderful science-fiction vibe </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/not-your-daughter%e2%80%99s-barbiecore#post-2285918 Thu, 13 Oct 2022 15:42:06 +0000 slim cat 2285918@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Amazing fun - love the use of pink and of course your perfect graphic tee ( envy )! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/not-your-daughter%e2%80%99s-barbiecore#post-2285910 Thu, 13 Oct 2022 15:13:57 +0000 Anonymous 2285910@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Very creative. I can’t wear pink so know there is nothing to go diving for in the closet. Certainly nothing to make a head to toe outfit, except a pink trench for breast cancer awareness. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/not-your-daughter%e2%80%99s-barbiecore#post-2285908 Thu, 13 Oct 2022 15:11:12 +0000 Lesley 2285908@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love these looks! That first one is amazing! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/not-your-daughter%e2%80%99s-barbiecore#post-2285903 Thu, 13 Oct 2022 15:02:54 +0000 Bijou 2285903@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Beautiful and very chic! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/not-your-daughter%e2%80%99s-barbiecore#post-2285894 Thu, 13 Oct 2022 14:28:17 +0000 Angie 2285894@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>#1 is KILLER - my favourite jacket of yours! Barbie Star Trek. Perfect with the Blondie tee! Loving you in bright lipstick too :)</p> <p>The column of shocking pink is DIVINE! Pop your dickie over the top, maybe. Can we see the shoes beneath the socks?&nbsp;</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/not-your-daughter%e2%80%99s-barbiecore#post-2285891 Thu, 13 Oct 2022 14:17:54 +0000 Janet 2285891@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like this a lot more than I thought I would when I read “Barbiecore”! :-D</p> <p>Those lace up flats are so good! I haven’t worn ballet flats in a decade, but if I did, those would be a contender. Love how you styled that outfit with the jacket and tee! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/not-your-daughter%e2%80%99s-barbiecore#post-2285886 Thu, 13 Oct 2022 13:37:56 +0000 Jessikams 2285886@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love the socks over shoes as an experiment! You’re right, it could work for hosting an event at home perhaps. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/not-your-daughter%e2%80%99s-barbiecore#post-2285879 Thu, 13 Oct 2022 12:36:11 +0000 Eliza 2285879@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Love the looks you’ve created! Clever, powerful and dapper, indeed. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/not-your-daughter%e2%80%99s-barbiecore#post-2285876 Thu, 13 Oct 2022 12:22:49 +0000 RobinF 2285876@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You look good in pink! I love how the black ones look with socks, adds a whole new dimension to them. Dapper indeed!</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/not-your-daughter%e2%80%99s-barbiecore#post-2285873 Thu, 13 Oct 2022 12:01:07 +0000 Olive Green 2285873@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What Synne said, in enviable English!<br />Grace Jones, what an amazing woman. Impossible to ignore. Very brave.&nbsp;<br />That hot pink is lovely, been so attracted to it lately. Like an in-joke, indeed. Tough, but pretty.&nbsp;<br />Used to wear hot pink karate accessories to teach the little karate kids. No one commented.&nbsp;<br />My little horse girl friends are into pinking their ponies and outfits. Glitter on hooves, I laugh so hard.&nbsp;<br />Tough, but pretty.&nbsp;<br />You look like that.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/not-your-daughter%e2%80%99s-barbiecore#post-2285869 Thu, 13 Oct 2022 11:12:56 +0000 Synne 2285869@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>How fun! I just stumbled across the term "barbiecore" myself, in the context of it being a feminist statement. </p> <p>Your looks bring Grace Jones to mind. The cuts are androgynous and power-suity, albeit shocking pink and unapologetically femme. Killer!</p> <p>(And shrug at my own phrasing, it's been forever since I've attempted to write English. Hope that wasn't too cringe inducing!) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/not-your-daughter%e2%80%99s-barbiecore#post-2285868 Thu, 13 Oct 2022 10:19:10 +0000 approprio 2285868@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Two pairs of ballet flats have emerged from storage. I can see why I held on to them, even though this is a style I never seriously embraced. Inexpensive but solid and comfortable, a good fit for my feet. One round toed pair with laces, one pointed pair with a low vamp. Multiple seasons in lightweight sneakers has given me a taste for minimal footwear. I resolve to give them a try.</p> <p>Taken in tandem with the resurgent trend for hot pink, I am horrified to learn that Fashion has a name for it. This is not something any self respecting grown up should have anything to do with. Besides which, a shameless appropriation of Little Lolita. Does nobody have any original ideas these days? Not me, for sure.</p> <p>None of this can prevent me from dumpster diving my own closet for the purposes of generating frivolous content. Behold, my stuff. I’m pink, therefore I’m spam.</p> <p>With bright socks, the round toes can almost pass for wingtips. I like that. My neighbor said I looked very dapper, even though all I’d done was coordinate and put on lipstick. Let nobody say I wear my heart on my sleeve. I wear it printed on a t-shirt. Long live the new flesh.</p> <p>The pointed pair fits so snug that I can wear them inside socks, finally making possible that column of hot pink. I am only doing this to prove that I can. These shoes are too good not to wear outdoors, and I do not want to trash my nice pink socks. However, I am surprised to see it work so well. I may wear it with different footwear if and when the mood strikes. Over Christmas, perhaps?</p> <p>Side note: chinos were one of my go to styles to accommodate weight gain. Now that my waistline is receding, I have more pairs of trousers than I know what to do with.</p> <p><b>ETA:</b> I pledge to stay well away from any further commentary on Barbiecore until I can think of a really good joke. For the time being, suffice to say, the <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.vogue.com/fashion-shows/fall-2022-ready-to-wear/valentino/slideshow/collection#39">Valentino collection</a> is genius.&nbsp;Particularly when worn by <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.wmagazine.com/fashion/erykah-badu-paris-fashion-week-style">Erykah Badu</a>.&nbsp;Everything else is <a rel="nofollow" href="https://mashable.com/article/barbie-barbiecore-trend">Fashion’s deranged echo chamber</a>.&nbsp;Apropos of nothing, Ryan Gosling is the epitome of Ken.</p> </p>