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‘Ryan Gosling asked me if he could have Ken underpants’: Barbie costume designer Jacqueline Durran spills her secrets
She is the wardrobe maestro every star craves – and her pink-infused genius on Barbie could bag her yet another Oscar. From Margot Robbie’s jazzy jumpsuit to that Keira Knightley green dress, the British legend relives her finest creations
Her IMDb page reads like a module on modern film and TV, with credits including Sam Mendes’ 1917, Richard Ayoade’s surreal 2013 head-scratcher The Double, Kristen Stewart’s take on Lady Di in biopic Spencer, and the 2017 Beauty and the Beast. Photograph: Alex Bailey/© 2006 Universal StudiosHaving grown up in London, Durran studied at the Royal College of Art, before finding her way into costume design via selling vintage clothes at Camden and Portobello Road markets. With vintage expertise and so many British period dramas under her belt, the all-singing, all-dancing, all-day beaching, all-American Barbie could be seen as a departure – and Durran is quick to note that, particularly as she had no particular nostalgia for the toy, she probably wouldn’t have said yes had it not been for Gerwig’s involvement.
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