‘Barbie’ Film’s Dreamhouse Caused A Global Shortage Of Pink
Video screenshot via Warner Bros. Pictures
Sorry, Mean Girls—no pink on Wednesdays for you.
For a while, the world faced a shortage of pink paint because much of it went into the life-size Barbie set, creators of the upcoming Margot Robbie-starring film told Architectural Digest.
To translate Barbie’s toylike aesthetic into the real world, set designers looked to Palm Springs’ mid-century modern architecture, which was “spot-on” as a muse for the iconic Dreamhouse, said the movie’s production designer Sarah Greenwood.
Director Greta Gerwig also wanted an “authentic artificiality” for the set, with very bright pinks, to faithfully emulate the Barbie she loved when she was a little girl.
But this is the real world, where scarcity exists. With all the over-the-top fuchsia dolling up the Dreamhouse’s walls and fixtures, there left a low supply of this shade of Rosco paints internationally.
“The world ran out of pink,” Greenwood proclaimed.
The real-life Dreamhouse was constructed at the Warner Bros. Studio in Leavesden, a short distance from London. Fans can have a closer look at it when the Barbie movie hits theaters July 21.
[via Insider and Architectural Digest, video and screenshots via Warner Bros. Pictures]
