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It’s not easy being pink.
Below, Durran walks EW through just a few of the stylish film’s most memorable looks.
Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling, and Kate McKinnon in ‘Barbie’.Warner Bros. Pictures (3)
“There was so much white and gold,” Durran recalls.
“It seemed like a real Barbie choice for a party.”
Both jumpsuits were modeled afterretro jumpsuitsmanufactured betweenthelate 1960s and early ’70s.
Ryan Gosling and Margot Robbie in ‘Barbie’.Jaap Buitendijk/Warner Bros.
“We did interpret and change things slightly,” Durran says.
Durran once again mined from Mattel history, drawing inspiration from1994’s Hot Skatin' Barbie.
“The actual way that Barbie wears it then [was] slightly different,” Durran says.
Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling in ‘Barbie’.Atsushi Nishijima/Warner Bros.
“When they arrived in America, what would they wear?
Does she become a Malibu girl?”
“There were lots of different versions of it, with a waistband, without a waistband.
Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling in ‘Barbie’.Dale Robinette/Warner Bros.
It took a long time just to work, to get the exact details of it.”
“This evolved in the fitting,” Durran explains.
“There’s always something kind of extra in everything that they wear.
Ryan Gosling in ‘Barbie’.Warner Bros. Pictures (2)
Ken’s all-American male headband that references his love of horses is also one of Durran’s favorites.
“It seemed so extreme and over the top, but also just so brilliant.
We were really wanting to get that in as a Ken image.
Pink Birkenstocks; Kate McKinnon in ‘Barbie’.Nordstrom; Warner Bros. Pictures
The lining of the fur coat once again nods to Ken’s love of horses.
“That’s one of my favorite things.”
Turns out, the shoe choice stemmed from the brain of Gerwig rather than Durran.
Barbieis in theaters now.
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