Margot Robbie continues to paint the world pink as she takes her Barbie global movie tour to South Korea, days after completing a promotional blitz in her native Australia.
Just like she did when here Down Under, Robbie – who plays the titular role in the highly anticipated film – channelled the iconic doll’s most classic looks. For her Seoul outing, the Aussie actress embodied 1985 Day-to-Night Barbie in two custom Versace looks, changing outfits mid-event.
The star arrived at the venue in a daytime ensemble that comprised of a hot pink pencil skirt and matching blazer, which she accessorised with two-tone Manolo Blahnik heels, a white wide-brimmed hat and retro-style brick phone covered in rhinestones.
Much to the delight of the crowd, Robbie then did an outfit switcheroo, changing into a metallic bodice and pink midi-skirt made with layers of silk tulle.
Her stylist, Andrew Mukamal – who has been nailing every look on this promotional tour – shared a photo on Instagram of the original Barbie rocking the looks decades ago.
Robbie – who attended the fanfare alongside Barbie director Greta Gerwig and co-star America Ferrera – also celebrated her 33rd birthday at the event. She was touched when a Barbie-themed cake arrived onstage for her to blow out the candles.
She, Gerwig and Ferrera were also gifted hanboks, tradition Korean clothing, part of which they wore over their outfits.
Experiencing different cultures and ways of life is how Robbie wanted to portray Barbie in the film – and the actress made sure her character did not fall into stereotypes.
“I definitely didn’t want to portray Barbie as being vapid in anyway,” she said last week during an event in Sydney. “The thing about how our story is constructed is that Barbie can be anything – Barbie can be president, Barbie can be a Nobel prize winner, you see all this stuff at the beginning of the movie that sets up how intelligent Barbie is.”
“It was a fine line between playing naivety without it coming across as unintelligent. I didn’t want her to seem ditzy because, a) that’s not interesting to play and b) that’s not interesting to watch either.”