Well, Barbie® officially turns 50 today, and I have to say she’s still looking about half her age!
In honor of the milestone birthday/anniversary, Mattel is rolling out the pink carpet at a big celebration happening tonight at her “Real” Life-Size Malibu Dream House®. With help from style gurus like event-planner-to-stars Colin Cowie (the brains behind the bash) and designer Jonathan Adler (who decked out the Dream House) – this is sure to be one fabulous party!
A few hints of what Cowie has planned for the party include:
• 146 pounds of pink candy to line the dessert table
• custom-made lucite tables filled with thousands of tiny shoes, mini handbags, and Barbie® sunglasses
• 3,000 pink roses, 100 hydrangea and 300 ranunculus for the centerpieces
• themed signature drinks like Barbie® Doll-icious!, Ken’s Caiprirosca, Strawberry Blonde (see image below) and It’s a Pink Thing
I’m covering the party as press tonight, so there will be a full recap later this week – along with drink recipes, decor ideas, and a few tips from Mr. Cowie himself(!) on how to host a Barbie-themed party at home. I’m also just planning to tweet from the event, so feel free to follow me for pink carpet updates!
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I am so unbelievably jealous of your press pass! I’m not much of a Barbie girl, but like pretty much every woman, I had some as a girl and I loved dressing them up.
My happy thoughts are just swarming with the thought of how fantastic such a party would be. Have extra fun on my behalf if you would!
Aleta – I will make sure to have extra fun just for YOU!! ;)
those drinks look absolutely delicious! i can’t wait for the full recap from you!! :)
Wow! The details sound absolutely fabulous. Can’t wait for your live tweeting :)
love the pinkness!
I followed you on Twitter yesterday while you were on the Pink Carpet! I hope you had a wonderful time! Pink was surely the “it” color for the evening. KLG
Pretty in Pink! Lets drink-a-drink-a-drink to Lilly the Pink! (Good ole British Folk Song)..
Wow, I can’t wait to see the details those drinks look interesting.
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I just posted the cookies I did for Mattel on blog…the new Barbie images are just gorgeous!
ooo i can’t wait for details and pics!
Where o where do i go to get drink recipes for barbie 50th party?
Recipes are up – sorry for the wait! ;)
http://www.hostessblog.com/2009/04/barbie-licious-pink-drinks-barbies-birthday-party-recap-part-2/