So, Disney
has agreed to partner with Barneys in the 2012 Holiday collection, but after the
collaboration, the Tunes are looking….well.
a little looney, to say the least. According
to Women's
Wear Daily, Barneys collaborated with Disney to take their characters into
a realistic fashion world for their "Electric Holiday" campaign, set
to debut at their Madison Avenue flagship store on November 14. The highlight
is a film, also debuting about Minnie Mouse's fantasy to attend Paris fashion
week. As such, our favorite animated characters have ditched their signature
garments for high-end clothing to wear down the runway.
Barneys'
creative director Dennis Freedman said their makeovers were a collaborative
effort with Disney. "The animator and I sat next to each other and went
over every detail of the clothes - how they're made, what material, how they
would move - to get them as accurate as we possibly could," Freedman told
WWD. He even brought in a model so they could study her movements and facial
expressions and apply them to the illustrations. "When we got to the
moment when all Disney characters walk on the runway, there was a discussion.
The standard Minnie Mouse will not look so good in a Lanvin dress."
All I can
say is, really?! Do we really live in a
place where even the cartoons need to be 5' 11" with their heads out weighing
their bodies? What happened to the lovable Minnie and sassy Daisy that can
work that waddle? I think it is really
unfortunate that Barneys feels that the need turn a childhood favorite into something
that does not even resemble a shadow of that memory. What are they telling everyone out there,especially young children, by
photo shopping even the cartoons. Shame on Barneys for not letting Minnie and
Daisy be who they really are!
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