Margot Robbie Plundered the Vivienne Westwood Archive for a Glittering ‘Pirate’ Gown

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of “Enchanted Evening” Barbie that Andreas Kronthaler’s atelier whipped up for the actor in July, the designer invited Barbie herself into the archives to pick a look worthy of…wait for it…Surfers Paradise.

To make a splash at the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards, chose a glittering remake of a silver corseted gown from spring/summer 1998 collection.This content can also be viewed on the site it from.While much will be made of the shimmering comparisons between Margot Robbie’s throwback look and disco ball Barbie, surely we can put the endless bubblegum doll comparisons to bed.

For Andrew Mukamal’s sanity at least.We imagine the stylist, who has fashioned a book of , was simply captivated by Westwood’s Tied to the Mast ’98 edit, and the direct references it made to the provocateur of punk’s legendary debut Pirate presentation in 1981—which Westwood later said was the real beginning of her career as a fashion designer.Surfer-girl chic meets pirate cool?Worn by models, including Helena Christensen, decked out in eye patches and hats pieced together with maps, the edit of sun-bleached and salt-stained evening wear evoked Westwood’s ability to stitch the avant-garde and counter-cultural with the wildly romantic.