Barbie: A Fashion Fairytale -

But cue the record scratch: Barbie gets fired.

If you need a pick-me-up after a bad job review, a creative block, or just a gray Tuesday, watch this movie. Let the pink sparkles wash over you. barbie: a fashion fairytale

Barbie assumes it’s a vacation. Instead, she lands in the middle of a fashion emergency. When Barbie arrives at Aunt Millicent’s atelier, the magic is gone. The once-legendary fashion house is dusty, dark, and about to be repossessed by a snooty banker. Millicent has lost her creative spark because she lost her belief in "The Glimmer"—a magical, shimmering substance that represents imagination and self-confidence. But cue the record scratch: Barbie gets fired

Just when things hit rock bottom, her eccentric Aunt Millicent (Delilah K. in a campy, brilliant performance) sends a mysterious message: Come to Paris. Urgent. Barbie assumes it’s a vacation

For a direct-to-DVD movie, A Fashion Fairytale had no right serving this hard. The color palette moves from Malibu’s sunny neons to Paris’s deep lavenders, antique golds, and midnight blues.

If you were a child of the late 2000s or early 2010s, there is a 99% chance that Barbie: A Fashion Fairytale (2010) lived rent-free in your head—specifically, living in a pink, glitter-dusted loft in Paris.