New York Fashion Week has celebrated Barbie's 50th birthday with a catwalk debut for the famous doll.
Organised under tents in Bryant Park, and attended by model Heidi Klum, the weekend event drew throngs of fans of the fantastic plastic model, many of them young girls brandishing their pink invitations in a bid to cut through the crowd.
Shrouded in pink extravaganza, the podium gave way to real-life models showing off specially-designed outfits by top designers and coifed "a la Barbie" with a high pony tail or hair draping their shoulders. Designers included Michael Kors, Calvin Klein and Badgley Mischka.
Models showed off twinkling outfits, tiaras and the black and white bathing suit the first Barbie wore in 1959. A young woman wearing a T-shirt that read "everyone needs a Ken" strutted her stuff while holding the hand a man bearing a striking resemblance to Barbie's plastic fiance.
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