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6 photos show how Margot Robbie's 'Barbie' outfits compare to the vintage Mattel dolls that inspired them

  • Some of Margot Robbie's outfits in "Barbie" are inspired by the doll's most iconic looks.
  • Robbie wears a bathing suit akin to the one worn by the first-ever Barbie doll in the opening scene.

In "Barbie," Margot Robbie's character changes her outfit in almost every other scene, and many of her outfits reference iconic Barbie dolls throughout history.

Costume designer Jacqueline Durran told British Vogue that she wanted to "reference the history of Barbie" through Robbie's wardrobe.

"Where that came unstuck is that in the modern era, it's more difficult to find looks that are recognizably Barbie," Durran explained. "Because there's so many looks. I asked Mattel to tell me the most popular Barbie costume of the last five years and they told me it was a Barbie in a yellow dress. It turned out that it probably wouldn't be recognizable if I did an iteration of it."

Not all of Robbie's looks, then, take inspiration from the Mattel toy line — but here are six outfits that do.

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