Are Project Runway judges too harsh? Nov 13, 2009
When the fourth-placer came to the EW offices for Project Runway Talk, she explained how hard it was to relive Heidis glare while watching the Bob Mackie episode. She also talked about much she envied the supportive brand of judging that the So You Think You Can Dance contestants enjoy each week. (MSNBC -- News)
Designers work on stage presence on Runway Oct 17, 2009
Shirins Carmen Miranda moment fails to impress Bob Mackie, judges ... The Sultan of Sequins Bob Mackie could not have been clearer: This is not precious fashion, kids ... It is, after all, impossible not to hear Bob Mackie's name and not think of that belly-baring porcupine get-up that the woman once married to Sony Bono wore to the 1986 Oscars. (MSNBC -- News)
50 and still fabulous Apr 12, 2009
"That would be my Scarlett O'Hara Barbie with a gown designed by Bob Mackie.". Scott's favorite Barbies bear a striking likeness not to the famous blonde but rather to an even more famous redhead. (Sioux City Journal, IO)
Today in History Mar 24, 2009
Today's Birthdays: Fashion and costume designer Bob Mackie is 70. Actor R. Lee Ermey is 65. (Yahoo News)
Katy Perry knows she wont have megastardom Mar 13, 2009
Its Lucille Ball meets Bob Mackie, she said of her style. Its about innuendo. (MSNBC -- News)
A doll for the ages Mar 8, 2009
The first Barbie doll dress designed by Bob Mackie was called "Gold." 32. Totally Hair Barbie is the best-selling Barbie of all time. (Montana Standard, MT)
Muse to designers is on cutting edge Mar 8, 2009
Barbie always has been on fashion's cutting edge, whether in her original black-and-white zebra-striped bathing suit, a Jackie O.-inspired overcoat with matching pillbox-style hat, a big-shouldered power suit that transforms into evening wear or a Bob Mackie gown. More than 1 billion fashions have been created for Barbie, her friends and family, since she burst on the scene in 1959, Mattel reports, and more than 100 people collaborate to create a single Barbie outfit. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
'Barbie Wouldn't Wear That!' Feb 17, 2009
From titans Calvin Klein, Michael Kors, and Vera Wang to up-and-comers like Rag and Bone and Three Asfour, the Barbie outfits ranged from jeans and tee-shirt casual (Anna Sui) to over-the-top gowns most appropriate onstage at a Las Vegas casino (Bob Mackie). While skeptical of Barbie wearing said outfits, Kern-Kensler and her three-year-old sister, Olive, also a Barbie devotee, still gave high marks to several designers, with Bob Mackie's glittering gown winning their grand prize (shiny goes a... (Fox News)
Barbie struts her stuff at Fashion Week Feb 15, 2009
Bob Mackie returned to the runway with a gold Egyptian goddess getup with feather headdress that made you wish he'd make other cameo appearances just to see his outrageous, fun costumes. Wang and Monique Lhuillier both styled Barbie in over-the-top bridal gowns, but Kenneth Cole was the only one to give her a Ken-doll mate on the catwalk. (North County Times)
