Mickey migh get the cute bow tie but Minnie gets the polka dot dress and though it is Mickey's 80th birthday this year, he isn't hogging the limelight as his girfriend Minnie is going to be given a wardrobe of 80 different outfits by various designers and artists. The fashion trade exhibition PRÊT À PORTER PARIS will be exhibiting the Minnie Mouse dolls dressed in all her 80 outfits (how wrong is it that I'm jealous of a fictional cartoon character...?) from 24th to the 27th January and then the exhibition will move to The Train in New York (another tradeshow), returning to Galeries Lafayette in Paris for public view from the 16th April to the 17th May, and then making more journeys to Milan, Tokyo and Berlin (sadly not London...). The dolls will then be auctioned off with proceeds going to Maison de Solenn, helping troubled adolescents.
The list of designers not shown below include...J C de Castelbajac, Vionnet, Cathy Pill, Burfitt, Leonard, Lutz, Lie Sang Bong, Tara Jarmon, Veronique Leroy and many other French designers....
I think Minnie's new wardrobe just about sums up the diversity that is going on in my own closet. I'd quite like to be balled up in peach chiffon one day and traipising about in a chic Heimstone getup the other. Damn... and I thought Minnie was just a polka dot dress one trick pony.....
From left to right: Heimstone, Paule Ka, Julliette Swildens, Manoush, Princesse Nomade, Agatha Ruiz de la Prada, Anne Fontaine, Cacharel, BA&SH, Antik Batik
Who would have seen that coming -Minnie as a style icon. But with those outfits I must admit that I'm jealous of her too. It's really a shame that the exhibition is not coming to Copenhagen either.
Posted by: Nerd Girl | 22 January 2008 at 13:33
oh gosh, minnie...how you've grown! me wants to be outfitted in peach chiffon as well.
Posted by: dreamecho | 22 January 2008 at 13:47
ha! she's so cute and funny in this peach chiffon you covet! although i cannot imagine noone else pulling it off so easily but Minnie :P
Posted by: Héloïse J. | 22 January 2008 at 13:52
lol. those are so cute! the second one is pretty and im actually quite jealous of minnie mouse now!!!
great blog, ive linked you in mine:)
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Posted by: kseniya | 22 January 2008 at 13:59
Absolutely adorable!!! Minnie's my new style icon:)
Posted by: bronwynb | 22 January 2008 at 14:26
Hmmm...the above comment came from me, I accidently signed in with my other blog!
Posted by: bronwyn | 22 January 2008 at 14:28
So cute! although I think the chiffon makes her look a little like a hamster.
Posted by: Chic and Charming | 22 January 2008 at 14:56
cute!! the fluffy ball one!!
Posted by: Cee-Cee | 22 January 2008 at 15:23
What a cute idea! I love the fluffy one - that is so sweet. And the plaid skirt...adorable!
Posted by: Jamie | 22 January 2008 at 15:32
Go Minnie! I was a bit of a cartoon obsessive as a kid, so I really like seeing this :)
Posted by: Drusilla | 22 January 2008 at 16:21
I never thought I would be jealous of Minnie's wardrobe.
Posted by: The Clothes Horse | 22 January 2008 at 17:00
This is ridiculously adorable. The Peach chiffon, the fur hat, the hat with the giant ears.. I want everything!
Posted by: miss woo | 22 January 2008 at 20:02
This is amazing!! Thank you for posting this...I must take a visit to this exhibit someday...it's the stuff of my childhood dreams haha.
Posted by: Noel | 22 January 2008 at 20:09
she is so damn cute.
Posted by: lady coveted | 22 January 2008 at 22:34
Oh that's not fair, I'm going to miss it in Paris. I love the Minnie Mouse look. Thanks Susie for the great pics!
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Posted by: Everybody Says Don't | 23 January 2008 at 14:15
eu acho a minnie muitoo lindaa e tambemm adoreii as roupas que ela esta usando nas fotos! ela e muitoo fofa! eu amo ela!
Posted by: natalia | 24 January 2008 at 14:23
I love seeing Disney being incorporated into fashion. Great post, thanks!
Posted by: Disneyland Expert | 29 January 2008 at 22:45