PHILIPP PLEIN rocks Barbie®

In 2009 Fashionicon Barbie® is celebrating 50th anniversary worldwide - PHILIPP PLEIN designs Birthday Barbie for Germany Nürnberg, February 2009: Karl Lagerfeld, Zac Posen, Juicy Couture or Dior – Barbie® is very choosy when it comes to deciding who designs for her glamorous wardrobe. In the last five centuries some of the biggest names in the fashion industry put their creativity into giving the most famous doll in the world the perfect look. From now on, also young star designer
Philipp Plein is among those names - he was selected to create the birthday dress for the 50th anniversary Barbie®. World Premiere of the dress was on the 4th of February at the world biggest toy fair in Nürnberg, Germany. “We love the combination of Fashion & Rock´n Roll – and what could be more Rock´n Roll than a PHILIPP PLEIN Barbie®? We feel very honored to be chosen out for designing the 50th anniversary Barbie®”, says Philipp Plein.The occasion is one of a kind, therefore it was the aim of PHILIPP PLEIN to give Barbie® a glamorous and noble appearance, underlining her timeless beauty but still making a statement for an high end fashion queen. The dress is made out of precious Jakob Schlaepfer Haute Couture fabric from Switzerland, decorated by hand with CRYSTALLIZED™ – Swarovski Elements
Soon the PHILIPP PLEIN Barbie® will be available as a 500 pieces limited edition, only distributed at selected high end fashion retailers worldwide. In context of the cooperation PHILIPP PLEIN also launches an exclusive PHILIPP PLEIN Barbie collection this Fall, including a leatherjacket, T-Shirt and leatherbag with complex Barbie stitching.

ROCK & LUXURY - a night of contrasts: PHILIPP PLEIN opens Shop @ Fishers Vienna

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Special live performance: two Fans get PHILIPP PLEIN Logo Tattoo

Vienna, November 2008:

It was THE night to celebrate the new Fashion Hot Spot in town: At Bauermarkt 2 in the city centre of Vienna FISHERS in cooperation with VOGUE proudly presented the new PHILIPP PLEIN Flagship Store. The Opening Party started under the topic LUXURY: classical music, living dolls in precious PHILIPP PLEIN evening dresses and champaign and oysters spoiled the guests in a sophisticated atmosphere. With the arrival of most special guest of the night, Designer Philipp Plein, the second party location of the night opened it´s doors and the time was ripe for Rock ´n Roll: Live Band “The Gods of Refill” moved the crowd on the dancefloor. Highlight of the night: VIP Tattoo Artist Claus Fuhrman (also does Tattoos for Jean Paul Gaultier) gave a live performance in the shop window – two fans of PHILIPP PLEIN got themselves a PHILIPP PLEIN logo tattoo. The designer himself was amazed: “This is real Rock´n Roll, tonight Vienna showed us, that it rocks!”