For Barbie’s 50th birthday, she received the best gift any woman could ever imagine (almost): a pair of Louboutins:) Mattel has teamed up with the illustrious shoe designer. The project includes the Barbie-pink, red-soled Louboutin shoes that premiered in Barbie’s birthday runway show during New York Fashion Week in February, a Barbie doll and accessories collection customized by the designer and a diary filled with images of Louboutin and Barbie as they explore the cobbler’s favorite things. The designer created three Barbie dolls: a jewel thief-themed Barbie, which will release in December, a safari-themed Barbie for February, and a Barbie that goes to the Cannes Film Festival for May.

The $150 dolls will be sold through BarbieCollector.com and at Net-a-porter.com. Both sites also will offer a Christian Louboutin Barbie shoe collection of 12 pairs for $40 a set. The diary, which comes with the jewel thief Barbie and is also sold separately for $40, is titled “My Year in Paris With Christian Louboutin.” Launching in December, it features photos of the doll shopping with Louboutin in his boutique, on a journey down the Nile, performing at the Moulin Rouge and in a cafe with a male doll that is decidedly not Ken.

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So we all know that Barbie is celebrating her 50th birthday this year, which has so far been full of great projects and events commemorating her half-century run. One of the latest news is that they’ve gone and made a Barbie doll in the form of Heidi Klum, which will hit stores in September. The doll is part of the Blonde Ambition collection, which consists of other Barbies in the likeness of such iconic names as Marilyn Monroe and Goldie Hawn, and aims to pay tribute to famous blondes. I used to be a HUGE Barbie fan, and for some reason, I think I could still play around with these on a quiet afternoon:)

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The celebrations for Barbie’s 50th birthday have moved to Colette for a while. From March 9th until the 30th, a whole room on the first floor has been created paying homage to the birthday girl. A whole bunch of goodies will be for sale including the collection designed by Jeremy Scott. Karl Lagerfeld’s series of Barbie and Ken photographs will also be on display, and prints will also be made available for purchase. Playing the role of Ken is model Baptiste Giabiconi, and Barbie is playing, uh, well, herself:) .

Check out some photos as well as some special items that will be for sale.

A few days ago, the runway show celebrating Barbie’s 50th birthday was held at New York Fashion Week. As we reported, a total of 50 designers’ creations were on display.

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She still looks absolutely fabulous, doesn’t she? Barbie celebrates her 50th anniversary this year, and to celebrate there will be events all around the world. In January, they opened the ‘House of Barbie’-t in Shanghai, Jeremy Scott is designing an entire collection for the birthday girl that will be revealed March 12th at Colette. And let’s not forget about the Christian Louboutin shoes she’ll be getting. These, however are not the biggest celebrations. That will be upheld for February 14th, when - as part of New York Fashion Week - a runway show will be held to reveal the Barbie-inspired creations of 50 designers.

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For her 50th birthday, Barbie will be getting her very own pair of shoes from Christian Louboutin. The designer chose Pantone 219 Pink, and will be debuting the creations during Mattel’s fashion show in February.

pic and info: Vogue UK