High Heels High Hopes
‘High Heels, High Hopes’ depicts Barbie as the icon of glamour and consumption that she is - inviting consumers young and old to fantasize with her imagined reality.
High Heels High Hopes: Yellow
50 x 38 in | Original Hand Pulled Screenprint
High Heels High Hopes: Blue
50 x 38 in | Original Hand Pulled Screenprint
High Heels High Hopes: Purple
50 x 38 in | Original Hand Pulled Screenprint
Life in Plastic Has Never Looked More Fabulous
About
Barbie, with her closets full of fashionable outfits and accessories, teaches young girls in particular the importance of how you dress and what you own. The doll is an aspirational figure – with her tiny brand-name outfits and goods, she helps to instruct children how to function in the adult world of consumption, with an unquenchable desire to “appear” a certain way. But as the age of the influencer evolves, our relationships with the Barbies of our lives do too.
By now, we’re all familiar with the degree of artifice that public images and personal brands require, yet we’re still lured by the most effective purveyors of make-believe. As Barbie has taught us, it doesn’t have to be real to feel relatable. As long as the persona in question can strike some ineffable heartstring within, we’ll gladly give ourselves over to play-acting our fantasies through whatever photogenic totem has our attention. “High Heels, High Hopes” depicts Barbie as the icon of glamour and consumption that she is – inviting consumers both young and old to fantasize with her imagined reality.
