Remember dressing up your barbie when you were younger? A short skirt, a cropped tee, pink stiletto’s (that would always fall off); hair either tied up, or brushed out. There where special options sometimes too – Disco Barbie, Rollerskating Barbie and Princess Barbie. But 29 year old designer Lu Wei Kang has taken Barbie dress up to the next level . . .

A 29 year old man – yes, man – playing dress up with his Barbie collection may be slightly disturbing, but his freakish obsession with dressing up his dolls has certainly paid off, as he has found global fame in recent months thanks to his Lady GaGa inspired Barbie outfits – which I am loving by the way. Kang has spent the past year working on these creations, and they’ve been a worldwide hit.

Not only has the chap designed all the minature outfits, he has even gone GaGa on Barbies hair – from the big blonde bow, to the crazy purple . . . I can’t even describe it – the crazy purple updo??

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Does anyone else find it annoying flying from meeting to meeting all day long in central London, followed by a workout at the gym in West London (or in my case stopping by your mates house for a game of Wii sports), followed by dinner with friends in East London, followed by meeting the boyfriend in North London – all the while carrying several different outfits in your bag, and changing into them in stinky coffee shop toilets.

Well I do, I find it quite annoying, and it seems Charlotte Dutton felt the same. The international model is also a professional snowboarder; two professions that couldn’t be more opposite. Charlotte was to wear practical athletic (more…)