Really interesting how the older dresses are the epitome of poise and sophistication and the newer ones look like they came straight out of a Target discount sale
for real. it's like they've stopped putting thought/care/detail into the dresses :/ edit: it's like they just slam hot pink and glitter on a dress and call it a day. kinda sucks to see the downgrade T-T
They all take place in modern times, which is a shame. I hate how we've completely abandoned fairytales and magic in animation nowadays. Everything has to be contemporary.
I know, right? There's this timeless quality to the older dresses that the newer ones don't. The new ones also seem to have way more saturated colours that probably doesn't age as well. Also, unrelated but omg is that Jaina Solo on your pfp? I love her T__T
@@naomisathyendra6973 you can make things modern without them seeming tacky, like Fashion Fairy Tale was really good with their outfits for the late 2000s
@@amymarieorla no i mean outfits from 2020 movie can be easily recreated by kids with what they have so they can feel like a princess before they had to buy costumes because of how detailed dresses were
Kznz IMAGINE THOUGH THAT WOULD LOOK SO SICKK I remember that I used to have the doll and I do still love the og but a peacock feather train would be sick
OH MY GOD YES! i was never a big fan of the dress even tho i love the movie and i found the biggest part about the dress i didn't like was the feathers (sorry azul) i just found it threw the whole thing off, looked bulky and took too much attention away form the actually dress, but if we were to get a light and very flowy train at the back that's kind of transparent or something, that would be so cool
"It just really bugs me when people hate on things that kids are clearly enjoying, and that's why I try really hard not to hate on these movies but instead give my own valid criticism towards them." *QUEEN*
I had to do a double take because as she was finishing up I started to read the comments and got to this one at the exact same time she started saying the quote and I had to be like wait a minute... this isn't what the voice in my head sounds like lol
I've noticed that almost all the "modern" barbie movie dresses keep using the same shade of hot pink/ magenta, while the classic barbie movies weren't afraid to use other colors (Annika's dress was purple, Ro's dress was blue, Genevieve's dress was a very unique strawberry pink mixed with a lighter pink, Odette had a beautiful pastel color scheme going on). I personally prefer the soft pink shade of Annaliese's dress over the gaudy hot pink modern barbie wears. Don't get me wrong, its a nice color and a lot of the magenta barbie dresses are pretty, but none of them give me that feeling of "wow. That is gorgeous and iconic" that the other dresses do. You don't have to turn the saturation up to 100 for something to look eye-catching and memorable Edit: ive also noticed the more recent barbie dresses are significantly less detailed? Which is odd considering the technology to model them has improved so much. They seem to be getting simpler in design, probably to look more like the dolls... But its still a bit disappointing to see all that potential being wasted
i completely agree, i don't like that hot pink color at all and i honestly think barbie looks better in blue [erika disguised as annalise, rosella, odette]
I absolutely agree with you the modern Barbie movies are all using the same color scheme and the dresses look the most basic out of all the older movies me and my sister love watching Barbie but when the the newer version of the princess switch came out me and my sister were very disappointed with the dresses the looked like the were from target (no offence to anyone) just low in quality the animation was really good but the character's were just boring I still prefer the older barbie movies
Agreee. We have far too many hot pink/magenta dresses. Also, the decline in detail i think has to do with the decline in doll quality. Mattel is putting nowhere NEAR the same amount of effort in their barbie movie dolls for the past like, 9 years maybe? Just look at the old fairytopia dolls, they had ROOTED EYELASHES! And elaborate hairstyles. Since the barbie movies are basically made to sell dolls, the design of the movie dress has to work on a doll and they’re made with that heavily in mind, and since the dolls have lowered in quality and detail, so have the movie dresses.
@@memethyst I agree, I think most blondes in general look goood in literally any shade of blue, whereas pink is a bit harder to pull off. And the fact they feel the need to make everything a specific shade of garish hot pink/magenta just limits their design options.
It is, with you look closely, even a fairy princess dress, as Odette wears literally wings. No one is actually kind of realizing it, but this makes Odette the only fairy princess marrying a prince...
I love that dress and I think the blue suits her really well. I'm just not a fan of the peacock feathers because the color is kinda off and it doesn't fit the silhouette well. But without them it would probably be in my top 3.
@@justawaterdrop i feel like the feathers are great cause it was a gift from azur to her and represented where shes from😭✋🏻 just my personal opinion tho
@@user-bt5js9jj4n Yeah, that's the only reason I tolerate them. I would've liked them if they had stayed in their original form instead of them glued onto that strange pink cardboard, but I understand where you are coming from. I don't even think this is the movie makers fault since the movies are made with a specific doll design already given and not the other way round. Still, in terms of just regarding the dress (without the emotional background) the feathers aren't really fitting.
Kinda off topic, but I love seeing someone my age show interest in the same things as me, especially when that something that isn't meant for people our age. It makes me feel more secure in my interests and hobbies :) I always have such a fun time watching your videos and admire the time and love you put in them
The argument that Barbie is only meant for young/little girls is absolutely stupid. Barbie has always strived for women empowerment, just because girls grow up doesn’t mean that they can’t feel empowered by Barbie either. Those people who make claims like this are the same people who say that boys can’t like Barbie.
Agreed, Barbie movies are for all age and gender groups, and it shouldn't matter when you started to watch them either. I'm 23 (turning 24 this year), and I still love these movies and own all of them - except the netflix release ofc - on dvd. I have loved these movies since childhood, and still watch the new releases. I don't care if someone judges, it doesn't matter. I find joy in them. and That's what should Mattel. (😂)
The old Barbie movies used more muted and elegant colours (and designs) and that made them look more dream-like if you know what I mean. The new movies use too many bright colours and aggressive pinks haha. It’s just too harsh in my opinion. Bring back the pretty pastels🌸✨❄️
@@rexbesong2157 i think they mean that we're getting a lot more slice of life barbie films, or even if they are fantasy theyre still modern day. and again the colour scheme doesnt help, some older barbie films had poor animation but the newer ones are so flashy it doesn't rlly help anything
Just to let you know, they already did. Especially with Rock 'N Royals. The first few Barbie movies, they're not able to just yet. When 12 Dancing Princesses was released, they updated the animation for the skirts though. It moved smoother in comparison to prior films (Magic of Pegasus, Princess and the Pauper, etc.).
Yeah, I'm blonde and I love wearing the colour blue since I think it looks better on me than pinks do. Blue is also just one of my favourite colours in general lol
Honestly depends on how you look at it. Im not blonde but I understand why pink looks good on blondes. The face is usually the focal point and the warm tone of pink with the rest of the warm tone of blonde hair helps the face be the focal point. Depending on eye color if a blonde hair blue eyed person wore more blue it'd take away from the eyes.
my favorites: - Rapunzel's modern art dress from the painting montage - Elina's mermaid form (gotta respect the childhood Halloween costume) - All twelve dancing princesses, especially Ashlyn and Genevieve (sucker for bright colors and family theming) - Duchess Rowena's killer Rococo outfit (how come Mattel never made villain dolls?) - Alexa and Liana's peasant outfits( so much cuter than the gaudy princess gowns) - Eden's red dress (regal, Christmassy, modern, and again, gotta respect the favorite girlhood toy) - The three Christmas Ghosts, especially Future - Catherine's pink dream which looks more Barb-etic than Eden's outfit (again, why no doll Mattel?) - All four musketeers, one of the rare transforming gimmicks I actually really like - Snow Queen. Sweet mama that's a crazy villain design! - Hailey, just everything to do with Hailey - Kristyn's Giselle, Swan Queen, and battle tutu outfits. It really kinda sucks that movie couldn't stick the landing for the big, "slapped on a million toys" outfit, but it's still great and probably my second or third favorite Barbie movie overall - Barbie's hover boarding outfit - Sal-Lee's hover boarding outfit and any scene where she's wearing her natural hair - Isla's mermaid form and her adorable blue dress with the sea creatures along the hem
Skipping Erika’s dress because you knew it was a 100/10 and would made the other dresses awful in comparison was a clever move. (It’s only reason I see you not talking and ranking Erika’s dress)
the one she wears when she's pretending to be anneliese is so pretty. i love that it's still a baby blue (erika's color) despite anneliese's color being pink. don't know if they did it on purpose but it's so cute to think that either she saw it and picked it because it was light blue or julian thought she might like that one.
@@lilenwasnothere6867 maybe a bit of both? In my head I always though Julian picked the dress to make Erika feel a little more comfortable given the situation she was in
@@mayanblossom My head cannon exactly. Also, a bit off topic, but i can never listen to Julian talk/sing without hearing L from Death Note. I makes me laugh.
...am I the only one that likes rapunzel first dress that she paint? Like not the pink dress, I mean like the grey dress....sure it looks simple but for some reason I like it
Although I actually had the Rapunzel doll as a kid, and maybe I still do but I don’t know, I do agree I like the first dress better. I feel like it maybe worked best for the time period while the official one is a bit too sparkly for me
Yeah I always loved that one, I loved the colour too but even as a kid I thought that dress would be nice with the colours and the sparkles that her final dress had. I still love the final dress though cause nostalgia
Can I just say, I am kind of shocked at how many Barbie movies I have seen, and at the same time, it makes total sense considering my obsession as a child.
I feel like this should be almost 2 separate videos with the “end dresses” separate from the “main dresses.” I almost like the “main” dresses more sometimes. Like in Odette’s case.
Your nostalgia is showing because. The animation is miles better. It's like if bratz came back with miraculous level of animation. Then people say the old one is better. Guys we love the Barbie movies through nostalgia and nostalgia only. If you were to watch all over the Barbie movies. For the first time. You wouldn't enjoy them as much.
@@zoe.3166 I genuinely think that at some points the newer movies animations are, while yes better, way too bright. As well as too smooth, as in it feels like it's missing the texture of some surfaces.
@@vortexwriting1026 I don't know. I think the newer movies are targeted heavily at kids. So of course it's gonna be really bright. But the reason the animation is smooth. Is because the newer generation wouldn't be able to handle the rough animation. It shall I say they aren't use to it.
@@zoe.3166 That sounds like a silly excuse as to why, if they can handle, neon it might as well be a sign, pink, I think they can handle looking at something that has wool textures. Plus in the real world you look at silk and know what it feels like just by seeing it.
@@vortexwriting1026 I said or it's because they're not used to it ( meaning Mattel wants recogniseable animation because the movies don't really have much artistic integrity )
@@adrianhuq I haven’t seen it in a while either 🤭😂 Mermaidia was one of my favorites growing up though. In Fairytopia, i see her as physically disabled, because she doesn’t have wings. Her whole story arc is her being able to save the world because she’s disabled! Then they go and giver her wings, which are beautiful, but sort of rubs me the wrong way. I’m glad that they point out in Mermaidia that they aren’t permanent, though. It’s almost as if they’re metaphor’s for prosthetics.
I always adored the giant peacock feathers on the Island Princess Dress. It's so majestic. Like she's some animal goddess. It's definitely a required taste. The colors blend so well together.
My grandma made me a version of Anneliese’s dress for Halloween one year and i still have it. Wish it wasn’t 8 year old sized because it was seriously so gorgeous and looked just like it was out of the movie
I think I understand what you're saying about mermaids. I like the idea of them but I was watching a H2O / Mako Mermaids marathon and I caught myself thinking why are their boyfriends just automatically so cool with it when they find out they're mermaids? If someone turned into a half fish in front of me i'd freak out at least for a little while.
I think what you're seeing with Swan Lake and Island Princess is that the dress really should be blue all throughout and the pink seems a bit shoe-horned into the designs. Like, I can imagine some kind of corporate meddling came in and was like "you can't do Barbie without pink!"
Some marketing teams thinks that certain colors would make young girls their key demographic not want to buy them so I’m guessing they could’ve added pink just so that little girls would buy them? Mattel doesn’t release much dolls in orange or green for monster high since they thought girls might not like it
Can i just appreciate you not shitting on the newer movies? A lot of ppl get into the "everything was better in my day" mindset which just feels toxic and judgy
@@omniomelet1472 many barbie movies can be summarized to be a dumb concept in general, also personally i liked it more than the princess and rockers movie lol
brunetteartist what I meant by dumb concept is that it was based on a movie they had already done before. I don’t hate it, but I wouldn’t categorize it as one of my favorites. I respect your opinion though. Also, I can see where you’re coming from with Barbie and the rockers lol.
I agree. Same thing with Disney channel. People always say the wizards of waverly place and Hannah Montana time period was the best time for Disney Channel. I disagree because both times are good, people are just covered with nostalgia and bias. I grew up with both time periods for Barbie and Disney and they both are fine.
It’s really just a casual outfit, but I adore Merliah’s blue and pink dress/cover up with the hood. It’s adorable and I want to wear it. These videos are loads of fun!
Same, tho it being a childhood Halloween costume for me might make me biased. I just love the 18th and 19th century mix of styles and that shade of blue is everything to me, get rid of the tacky feathers and it’s beautiful.
watching this video all I could think about was "Barbie movies get progressively more pink" My favorite definitely is Anneliese's dress, but the older movies dresses have a special place in my heart as well.
The dress is really tacky and way to glittery and pink. There is literally only one shade of pink. There was another dress that I liked that was pink, purple, and blue.
I totally agree... also the yellow/ pink (i guess) glowing star on her stomac in the end, when the fairies did their magic on the catwalk - In my opinion this was too over the top
I honestly think it woulda been okay if it didn't have that giant speech bubble or whatever on the boddice. It wouldn't of been a favorite, but it woulda been better.
I had a swan lake one when I was little. It’s now with my 3 year old niece and it’s soo pretty. I can’t find any other princess dresses now except for Disney princesses
i think that mattel also loved Genevive's dress (am i spelling that right?, i don't think i do) because they used that dress on some side caracters in the movies that comes after
I loved the island princess dress, I mean the peacock feather thing did look a bit awkward like she said, I felt like the peacock feathers could’ve been incorporated better, I do also love the Diamond Castle since I grew up with that, I loved Melody’s dress and the purple dress, pink is alright, but I just love when Mattel strays from their everything pink motto, I feel like they overuse pink with their dresses and it makes the pink dresses almost look the same, there’s only so much you can make in pink. But that beautiful dark blue and the purples and anything just not pink, don’t get me wrong, I don’t mind pink, but I would like it if main barbie movie dresses weren’t always pink
the gown from swan princess is my favourite! i don't think I actually watched the movie as a kid, but I had the doll and it was so pretty. I just loved big ball gowns I think, it was sparkly and fun to put on the doll
@@caitlinmckillop I always tried to find an outfit like the one Violetta wore because it looked bomb but could never find anything close enough within a decent price range haha
i don't like it at all but i think i would like it slightly better if it was red and white, the pink and yellow don't go together at all and don't look very christmassy to me
@@stayinthebob8664 Do it, but only if you have the time and resources. And when you do, please tell me where to find it. I don't have a lot of the popular social media apps so I might have to look it up. And also your username. No pressure.
Your rankings are so hilarious it made this video pretty fun. I personally love the nutcracker dress the best. It’s classic, iconic, magical, simple, ball gown , ballet, totally Barbie, and shown off really well.
I totally agree with your ratings of Elina’s dresses. I do love how they stay simple and not over the top, because Elina as a character is not overly dramatic. She’s caring and humble.
can i just say i’m so happy barbie movies have been getting so much attention on social media recently, they deserve so much more appreciation, the stories, costumes, songs are on a whole other level and disney just never hit the same
One of my fav barbie dress that i still remember until this day is the barbie and the swan lake dress. I just love that mix of blue, pink, feather-like dress. Soooo pretty~
Roe's blue dress is the reason why I love the color blue and in that exact shade and whenever I try explaining that shade of blue to my sisters I tell them "think of barbie in the island princess!"
Is it just my opinion that the best barbie’s dress ever is the Alexa’s dress from sekret door at the end of the movie?? That dress is just perfect, it’s incredible
i feel like they could’ve done a lot with the color palette of the island princess. like the turquoise, navy and purple could’ve been SO GOOD but it kinda flopped
Idk, I personally loved the sharper blue and purple tones in the dress. Although I think the feathers were extremely tacky, I loved the dress by itself. As a girl with black hair, I've always thought blondes looked better on those bright blue colours. Like the very cool colours. For example Princess Aurora's blue dress in Sleeping Beauty was 10x more pretty than her pink dress.
I had the Annika doll when I was little and I only found out recently that her dress was supposed to transform. I still think her dress was beautiful, but it was a pain to get on and off the doll because of how tight it was.
I LOVE the older Barbie dresses, The newer ones are just “Neh” if I had to water one dress for the rest of my life it will be Princess Annalise’s dress
I also loved mermaid designs. They’re simplistic but elegant usually. Also for real I’m in love with 2015 fashion. I know it’s outdated but it’ll probably come back in some form in the future as all fashion does.
The Genevieve doll was one of my favorite! It had the little gold sparkles on it and little magical lights under when it would spin🥺🥺🥺 best doll hands down
I love that mermaid Peral look, it is amazing. Best design for a mermaids and I love the skirt thing. Gonna pretend all the pearl are white cuz it look yellow in the film. 10/10
I was in LOVE with the swan lake dress but not at the end were she has wings and stuff i dont like that one but i think the one that she first transforms into with her hair down and without the wings and also the one she dances in with the short skirt, i think those were iconic
Watching this brings back so many memories from movies I haven't watched in years, so nostalgic 🙈. I watched every single barbie movie and JUST realized how good this makes me feel. Tyyy
I had rewatched all the ones I have (which is most of them lol) and the ones that were on Netflix around when Princess Adventure came out. I had been having a rough time with my depression and the Barbie movies helped me feel better. It was so fun to see different references and characters pop up in other movies. And I hadn't realized how funny Pearl Princess is!! It made me remember how much I loved the movies and I think most still hold up pretty well.
I used to be obsessed with these movies as a child lol. I've seen The Nutcracker, Rapunzel, Swan Lake, The Princess and the Pauper, Fairytopia, Mermadia, The Magic of Pegasus, The 12 Dancing Princesses (God all those dresses are just gorgeous), The Island Princess, The Diamond Castle, The Christmas Carol, Thumbelina, The Three Muskateers, Mermaid Tale, Mermaid Tale 2, A Fairy Secret, Princess and the Popstar, Barbie in the Pink Shoes, A Pony Tale, The Pearl Princess, The Secret Door, Princess Power, and Rock n' Royals
I still wish that Barbie Fairytopia became a series. Like it definitely seemed like they were heading in that direction after releasing Mariposa but didn’t go anywhere with it
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Really interesting how the older dresses are the epitome of poise and sophistication and the newer ones look like they came straight out of a Target discount sale
It’s so they are easier to make and sell as children’s costumes
for real. it's like they've stopped putting thought/care/detail into the dresses :/
edit: it's like they just slam hot pink and glitter on a dress and call it a day. kinda sucks to see the downgrade T-T
They all take place in modern times, which is a shame. I hate how we've completely abandoned fairytales and magic in animation nowadays. Everything has to be contemporary.
I know, right? There's this timeless quality to the older dresses that the newer ones don't. The new ones also seem to have way more saturated colours that probably doesn't age as well.
Also, unrelated but omg is that Jaina Solo on your pfp? I love her T__T
@@naomisathyendra6973 you can make things modern without them seeming tacky, like Fashion Fairy Tale was really good with their outfits for the late 2000s
why do the older barbie dresses look much more detailed than the newer ones when it should be the other way around
cause now theyre either trying too hard to be modern or they just care about money
Ikr
I think it's to allow kids to recreate outfits in real life
@@papkinn yea cheaper to mass produce for kids
@@amymarieorla no i mean outfits from 2020 movie can be easily recreated by kids with what they have so they can feel like a princess before they had to buy costumes because of how detailed dresses were
I always felt that the dress from the Island Princess should have had the peacock feather as a train rather than up...
Kznz IMAGINE THOUGH THAT WOULD LOOK SO SICKK
I remember that I used to have the doll and I do still love the og but a peacock feather train would be sick
Yeah but peacock feathers are supposed to be up, not rly down
Cait they made a trailer btw
14 hours ago
If ya wanna watch it of if u have
OH MY GOD YES! i was never a big fan of the dress even tho i love the movie and i found the biggest part about the dress i didn't like was the feathers (sorry azul) i just found it threw the whole thing off, looked bulky and took too much attention away form the actually dress, but if we were to get a light and very flowy train at the back that's kind of transparent or something, that would be so cool
I know but it’s a legit pretty though!
"It just really bugs me when people hate on things that kids are clearly enjoying, and that's why I try really hard not to hate on these movies but instead give my own valid criticism towards them." *QUEEN*
I had to do a double take because as she was finishing up I started to read the comments and got to this one at the exact same time she started saying the quote and I had to be like wait a minute... this isn't what the voice in my head sounds like lol
I respectfully disagree, Roe’s blue dress was stunning and the blue really made her stand out. It gave her the wow factor
Absolutely!!!
THANK YOU
My jaw dropped when I saw that blue dress as a lil kid and I still love it to this day
YESS
i agree, but i also grew up on that movie so i'm not sure if my love for it is just nostalgia
I've noticed that almost all the "modern" barbie movie dresses keep using the same shade of hot pink/ magenta, while the classic barbie movies weren't afraid to use other colors (Annika's dress was purple, Ro's dress was blue, Genevieve's dress was a very unique strawberry pink mixed with a lighter pink, Odette had a beautiful pastel color scheme going on). I personally prefer the soft pink shade of Annaliese's dress over the gaudy hot pink modern barbie wears. Don't get me wrong, its a nice color and a lot of the magenta barbie dresses are pretty, but none of them give me that feeling of "wow. That is gorgeous and iconic" that the other dresses do. You don't have to turn the saturation up to 100 for something to look eye-catching and memorable
Edit: ive also noticed the more recent barbie dresses are significantly less detailed? Which is odd considering the technology to model them has improved so much. They seem to be getting simpler in design, probably to look more like the dolls... But its still a bit disappointing to see all that potential being wasted
i completely agree, i don't like that hot pink color at all and i honestly think barbie looks better in blue [erika disguised as annalise, rosella, odette]
I absolutely agree with you the modern Barbie movies are all using the same color scheme and the dresses look the most basic out of all the older movies me and my sister love watching Barbie but when the the newer version of the princess switch came out me and my sister were very disappointed with the dresses the looked like the were from target (no offence to anyone) just low in quality the animation was really good but the character's were just boring I still prefer the older barbie movies
Agreee. We have far too many hot pink/magenta dresses. Also, the decline in detail i think has to do with the decline in doll quality. Mattel is putting nowhere NEAR the same amount of effort in their barbie movie dolls for the past like, 9 years maybe? Just look at the old fairytopia dolls, they had ROOTED EYELASHES! And elaborate hairstyles. Since the barbie movies are basically made to sell dolls, the design of the movie dress has to work on a doll and they’re made with that heavily in mind, and since the dolls have lowered in quality and detail, so have the movie dresses.
@@skeetulrich6988 i vividly remember running my thumb through elina's rooted eyelashes
@@memethyst I agree, I think most blondes in general look goood in literally any shade of blue, whereas pink is a bit harder to pull off. And the fact they feel the need to make everything a specific shade of garish hot pink/magenta just limits their design options.
The Swan Lake dress is an iconic dream, that doll and movie were EVERYTHING TO ME lol, you can fight me on it😭
It is, with you look closely, even a fairy princess dress, as Odette wears literally wings. No one is actually kind of realizing it, but this makes Odette the only fairy princess marrying a prince...
It has such an indescribable beauty.
Girl same!
right?! i was so surprised she didn’t give it a 10/10 i mean it’s opinion but i honestly thought it was such a gorgeous outfit
Yes one of my iconic faves
i don’t know why people didn’t like the island dress, I loved that dress when I was a child
I love that dress and I think the blue suits her really well. I'm just not a fan of the peacock feathers because the color is kinda off and it doesn't fit the silhouette well. But without them it would probably be in my top 3.
@@justawaterdrop i feel like the feathers are great cause it was a gift from azur to her and represented where shes from😭✋🏻 just my personal opinion tho
@@user-bt5js9jj4n Yeah, that's the only reason I tolerate them. I would've liked them if they had stayed in their original form instead of them glued onto that strange pink cardboard, but I understand where you are coming from.
I don't even think this is the movie makers fault since the movies are made with a specific doll design already given and not the other way round. Still, in terms of just regarding the dress (without the emotional background) the feathers aren't really fitting.
I loved it. The color story is genius and it is simply beautiful.
I know right I loved it too
Kinda off topic, but I love seeing someone my age show interest in the same things as me, especially when that something that isn't meant for people our age. It makes me feel more secure in my interests and hobbies :) I always have such a fun time watching your videos and admire the time and love you put in them
The argument that Barbie is only meant for young/little girls is absolutely stupid. Barbie has always strived for women empowerment, just because girls grow up doesn’t mean that they can’t feel empowered by Barbie either. Those people who make claims like this are the same people who say that boys can’t like Barbie.
I’m an army and I like barbie as well 👀
Agreed, Barbie movies are for all age and gender groups, and it shouldn't matter when you started to watch them either.
I'm 23 (turning 24 this year), and I still love these movies and own all of them - except the netflix release ofc - on dvd. I have loved these movies since childhood, and still watch the new releases.
I don't care if someone judges, it doesn't matter. I find joy in them. and That's what should Mattel. (😂)
@@maija000 same
And also what is a mullet skirt?
I'm 20 and I still love Barbie too!!
I forgot how beautiful the nutcracker dress was!
Ikr
I've always just had the doll but I never knew what it was for until my little sister told me
It’s ethereal!
ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS
That movie is all I’ve watched for a week and I’m in love with that dress
Micarah Tewers made Anneliese's dress from Princess and the Pauper into lifesize. Thought you'd like to know❤
This needs more attention
@@amynewton774 thanks
Yeah! I like how Micarah made them historically accurate @crescentshay on insta also recreated the dresses
she also did erika! :)
Micarah is a fashion *goddess*
The old Barbie movies used more muted and elegant colours (and designs) and that made them look more dream-like if you know what I mean.
The new movies use too many bright colours and aggressive pinks haha. It’s just too harsh in my opinion.
Bring back the pretty pastels🌸✨❄️
I understand that
i agree, hot pink is one of my least favorite colors
Exactly. The old barbie movies are much more dreamy and imaginative while the newer ones are so focused on reality and aren’t magical
@@futuristiccat5636 dolphin magic had a literal mermaid huh? Hows that not magical
@@rexbesong2157 i think they mean that we're getting a lot more slice of life barbie films, or even if they are fantasy theyre still modern day. and again the colour scheme doesnt help, some older barbie films had poor animation but the newer ones are so flashy it doesn't rlly help anything
Barbie dresses had a glow down 😳
Yeah
Fs
i like them tbh
i think they kindaaa look like 3d anime characters and bc im an anime fan i’m not as opposed to huge eyes and small faces
so true bestie
If the Barbie animators can figure out how fabric moves that would be lovely
Lol
Princess charm school is one of my faves but god when the dress moves it looks like it’s been starched
They probably know how to, they’re just probably limited by budget and time restrictions
They probably could animate it to look realistic but barbie movies had a small Budget that's why most characters are reused in other movies
Just to let you know, they already did. Especially with Rock 'N Royals. The first few Barbie movies, they're not able to just yet. When 12 Dancing Princesses was released, they updated the animation for the skirts though. It moved smoother in comparison to prior films (Magic of Pegasus, Princess and the Pauper, etc.).
“now this one has to be one of my favorites” says that about most of the dresses 😭
listen
I've just got to say that Blondes look fantastic in blue rather than pink.
Yeah, I'm blonde and I love wearing the colour blue since I think it looks better on me than pinks do. Blue is also just one of my favourite colours in general lol
Most blondes look better in pastel pink rather than the bubblegum Barbie pink.
@@rachaelmow fr
Honestly depends on how you look at it. Im not blonde but I understand why pink looks good on blondes. The face is usually the focal point and the warm tone of pink with the rest of the warm tone of blonde hair helps the face be the focal point. Depending on eye color if a blonde hair blue eyed person wore more blue it'd take away from the eyes.
@@LamisonJamison As a blue eyed person myself I can say that wearing blue makes your eyes stand out a lot more.
my favorites:
- Rapunzel's modern art dress from the painting montage
- Elina's mermaid form (gotta respect the childhood Halloween costume)
- All twelve dancing princesses, especially Ashlyn and Genevieve (sucker for bright colors and family theming)
- Duchess Rowena's killer Rococo outfit (how come Mattel never made villain dolls?)
- Alexa and Liana's peasant outfits( so much cuter than the gaudy princess gowns)
- Eden's red dress (regal, Christmassy, modern, and again, gotta respect the favorite girlhood toy)
- The three Christmas Ghosts, especially Future
- Catherine's pink dream which looks more Barb-etic than Eden's outfit (again, why no doll Mattel?)
- All four musketeers, one of the rare transforming gimmicks I actually really like
- Snow Queen. Sweet mama that's a crazy villain design!
- Hailey, just everything to do with Hailey
- Kristyn's Giselle, Swan Queen, and battle tutu outfits. It really kinda sucks that movie couldn't stick the landing for the big, "slapped on a million toys" outfit, but it's still great and probably my second or third favorite Barbie movie overall
- Barbie's hover boarding outfit
- Sal-Lee's hover boarding outfit and any scene where she's wearing her natural hair
- Isla's mermaid form and her adorable blue dress with the sea creatures along the hem
I have never seen Pearl princess but I do like the dress around the tail ✨
Now I wanna watch this video.
God, Rowena's Rococo dress is stellar! Would love a doll for her!
I love the Barbie videos that you make! Thank you for this! 💖
Skipping Erika’s dress because you knew it was a 100/10 and would made the other dresses awful in comparison was a clever move. (It’s only reason I see you not talking and ranking Erika’s dress)
Erika's dress is so pretty, I would love to wear it💙
the one she wears when she's pretending to be anneliese is so pretty. i love that it's still a baby blue (erika's color) despite anneliese's color being pink. don't know if they did it on purpose but it's so cute to think that either she saw it and picked it because it was light blue or julian thought she might like that one.
@@lilenwasnothere6867 maybe a bit of both? In my head I always though Julian picked the dress to make Erika feel a little more comfortable given the situation she was in
@@mayanblossom that's so cute 🥺🥺🥺
@@mayanblossom My head cannon exactly. Also, a bit off topic, but i can never listen to Julian talk/sing without hearing L from Death Note. I makes me laugh.
...am I the only one that likes rapunzel first dress that she paint? Like not the pink dress, I mean like the grey dress....sure it looks simple but for some reason I like it
I also liked it as a child.
i agree, the classic rapunzel dress is too poofy in my opinion
Although I actually had the Rapunzel doll as a kid, and maybe I still do but I don’t know, I do agree I like the first dress better. I feel like it maybe worked best for the time period while the official one is a bit too sparkly for me
Rapunzel’s final dress seems very 80s/2000s fusion
Yeah I always loved that one, I loved the colour too but even as a kid I thought that dress would be nice with the colours and the sparkles that her final dress had. I still love the final dress though cause nostalgia
Can I just say, I am kind of shocked at how many Barbie movies I have seen, and at the same time, it makes total sense considering my obsession as a child.
I feel like this should be almost 2 separate videos with the “end dresses” separate from the “main dresses.” I almost like the “main” dresses more sometimes. Like in Odette’s case.
i think the doll had the long dress with the wings, but i like the shorter dress a lot
The diamond castle main dresses are better than their final dresses
the new movies are really cute, especially their sister relationship but visually they dont compare...i hope we get more fairy tales again
Your nostalgia is showing because. The animation is miles better. It's like if bratz came back with miraculous level of animation. Then people say the old one is better. Guys we love the Barbie movies through nostalgia and nostalgia only. If you were to watch all over the Barbie movies. For the first time. You wouldn't enjoy them as much.
@@zoe.3166 I genuinely think that at some points the newer movies animations are, while yes better, way too bright. As well as too smooth, as in it feels like it's missing the texture of some surfaces.
@@vortexwriting1026 I don't know. I think the newer movies are targeted heavily at kids. So of course it's gonna be really bright. But the reason the animation is smooth. Is because the newer generation wouldn't be able to handle the rough animation. It shall I say they aren't use to it.
@@zoe.3166 That sounds like a silly excuse as to why, if they can handle, neon it might as well be a sign, pink, I think they can handle looking at something that has wool textures.
Plus in the real world you look at silk and know what it feels like just by seeing it.
@@vortexwriting1026 I said or it's because they're not used to it ( meaning Mattel wants recogniseable animation because the movies don't really have much artistic integrity )
I just realized why I’ve always loved Alina from Fairytopia: she was the ace/aro and disabled representation I was always missing!
do you see her as disabled as in physically or neurodivergent? sorry i haven't seen the movie in a while
Lol same
@@adrianhuq I haven’t seen it in a while either 🤭😂 Mermaidia was one of my favorites growing up though. In Fairytopia, i see her as physically disabled, because she doesn’t have wings. Her whole story arc is her being able to save the world because she’s disabled! Then they go and giver her wings, which are beautiful, but sort of rubs me the wrong way. I’m glad that they point out in Mermaidia that they aren’t permanent, though. It’s almost as if they’re metaphor’s for prosthetics.
omg i totally see that !!
wait u might be right about them being prostetics...
I always adored the giant peacock feathers on the Island Princess Dress. It's so majestic. Like she's some animal goddess. It's definitely a required taste. The colors blend so well together.
My grandma made me a version of Anneliese’s dress for Halloween one year and i still have it. Wish it wasn’t 8 year old sized because it was seriously so gorgeous and looked just like it was out of the movie
I think I understand what you're saying about mermaids. I like the idea of them but I was watching a H2O / Mako Mermaids marathon and I caught myself thinking why are their boyfriends just automatically so cool with it when they find out they're mermaids? If someone turned into a half fish in front of me i'd freak out at least for a little while.
I think what you're seeing with Swan Lake and Island Princess is that the dress really should be blue all throughout and the pink seems a bit shoe-horned into the designs. Like, I can imagine some kind of corporate meddling came in and was like "you can't do Barbie without pink!"
I thought the pink looked nice. 🤷🏻♀️
Some marketing teams thinks that certain colors would make young girls their key demographic not want to buy them so I’m guessing they could’ve added pink just so that little girls would buy them? Mattel doesn’t release much dolls in orange or green for monster high since they thought girls might not like it
Can i just appreciate you not shitting on the newer movies? A lot of ppl get into the "everything was better in my day" mindset which just feels toxic and judgy
But still. Princess and the popstar was just a dumb concept in general.
@@omniomelet1472 many barbie movies can be summarized to be a dumb concept in general, also personally i liked it more than the princess and rockers movie lol
brunetteartist what I meant by dumb concept is that it was based on a movie they had already done before. I don’t hate it, but I wouldn’t categorize it as one of my favorites. I respect your opinion though. Also, I can see where you’re coming from with Barbie and the rockers lol.
Ikr. I see a lot of people say something like that. Like the newer ones aren’t that bad. Sometimes things need a glow/grow up.
I agree. Same thing with Disney channel. People always say the wizards of waverly place and Hannah Montana time period was the best time for Disney Channel. I disagree because both times are good, people are just covered with nostalgia and bias. I grew up with both time periods for Barbie and Disney and they both are fine.
It’s really just a casual outfit, but I adore Merliah’s blue and pink dress/cover up with the hood. It’s adorable and I want to wear it.
These videos are loads of fun!
The soy Luna shirt is everything
YES I TOTALLY. I WATCHED IT BECAUSE OF HER AND I FELL INLOVE WITH SOY LUNA .
@@Myprofilepicisamazing same!
LUTTEO FOREVER!!!!
@@kingpersassy3863 LUTTEO FANS UNITE lol
I didn't now Soy Luna had an English version, wow
My favorite dress is Roe's dress from Island Princess- other than the mermaids cause a mermaid always is best for me
Same, tho it being a childhood Halloween costume for me might make me biased. I just love the 18th and 19th century mix of styles and that shade of blue is everything to me, get rid of the tacky feathers and it’s beautiful.
watching this video all I could think about was "Barbie movies get progressively more pink"
My favorite definitely is Anneliese's dress, but the older movies dresses have a special place in my heart as well.
Barbie movie dresses are iconic 😉
as a fashion fairytale stan: you are right that last dress is tacky which sucks considering it's a movie about fashion lmaoooo
The dress is really tacky and way to glittery and pink. There is literally only one shade of pink. There was another dress that I liked that was pink, purple, and blue.
I totally agree... also the yellow/ pink (i guess) glowing star on her stomac in the end, when the fairies did their magic on the catwalk - In my opinion this was too over the top
@@Hi-ky2wd I was obsessed with that dress as a child, absolute icon
I honestly think it woulda been okay if it didn't have that giant speech bubble or whatever on the boddice. It wouldn't of been a favorite, but it woulda been better.
I am only now realizing that I have watched every single barbie movie.
Props to you!
Why does my 20 year old self enjoy this kind of nostalgia so much
Because you’ve got good taste. 💕
The pearl princess look was the best mermaid look out of the three personally
Immediately my brain goes: Barbie and the Twelve Dancing Princesses. I love the rose on the bodice and the sparkles on the skirt.
YES! I'm an adult but I would jump at the chance to wear that dress, in long or ballet form
is it bad that I want to wear every one of these dresses 😂
Honey, you ain't alone
Lol saaammee
Same
Every dress came up and i thought "I want to make this" 😹
Same 🥺❤️
I had a swan lake one when I was little. It’s now with my 3 year old niece and it’s soo pretty. I can’t find any other princess dresses now except for Disney princesses
the island princess movie and dress is my favorite and you keep roasting it lmaoo
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i think that mattel also loved Genevive's dress (am i spelling that right?, i don't think i do) because they used that dress on some side caracters in the movies that comes after
genevieve's dress is sooo gorgeous. it's so elegant & pretty i love it.
Can you rank every BARBIE MOVIE WEDDING DRESS?✨🙌🏼
It would be rather short since only Rapunzel, Anneliese, Erika, Genevieve, and Rosella get married on screen
@@Rosegirl398 it’d be interesting to watch though!
@@yinhannasjournal Agreed. Not saying she shouldn’t maybe make it in the future, I’m just saying that there wouldn’t much to rate
and erika's would be dead last oh my god i can't believe they did the best barbie character so dirty with that dress
@@memethyst They really said "she's not Barbie so let's mistreat her" smh do better Mattel.
Also can we talk about how the cover for tumbelina had her in long curly hair?!
Why do the covers rarely match the actual movies? 😭
@@yinhannasjournal Because the Covers are modeld after the Doll and not the Animated Charatcer in the Movie
@@lunaris7342 That’s weird.
The cover is representing the movie and not the doll, isn’t it?
@@yinhannasjournalThe Movies exist to sell Dolls
Noooo girl, you can't rate Diamond Castle above Island Princess and Swan Lake! Everything else was spot on tho-
literally 😭 i LOVE the island princess' and swan lake's dress
THIS
I hate Barbie's dress in Diamond castle but her friends purple dress is gorgeous.
@@ZeroOhClock always liked teresea better in that movie anyways ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I loved the island princess dress, I mean the peacock feather thing did look a bit awkward like she said, I felt like the peacock feathers could’ve been incorporated better, I do also love the Diamond Castle since I grew up with that, I loved Melody’s dress and the purple dress, pink is alright, but I just love when Mattel strays from their everything pink motto, I feel like they overuse pink with their dresses and it makes the pink dresses almost look the same, there’s only so much you can make in pink. But that beautiful dark blue and the purples and anything just not pink, don’t get me wrong, I don’t mind pink, but I would like it if main barbie movie dresses weren’t always pink
the gown from swan princess is my favourite! i don't think I actually watched the movie as a kid, but I had the doll and it was so pretty. I just loved big ball gowns I think, it was sparkly and fun to put on the doll
I always loved the blue/purple-themed side character's outfits so much more than the main character's lmao - never been a fan of pink
I loved Ro's dress in Island Princess. So nostalgic.
Also, puppy adventure, the outfit looks like the outfit vilu wore in código amistad
Yes!
@@caitlinmckillop I always tried to find an outfit like the one Violetta wore because it looked bomb but could never find anything close enough within a decent price range haha
What a crime, the Christmas carol dress is beautiful! And historically accurate for the 1880's, it's a beautiful night dress!
11/10
The mermadia outfit is by far Alina's superior outfit. I was so bummed when she got her rainbow dress.
Same I adore that dress and those wings so much
Same. I was like: NOOOO! They ruined it!!!
Caitlin: “it’s very pretty and it has sparkles so I really like that.. so 9/10”
also is a perfect christmas, they’re all so casual and then their is barbie.
RIGHT
i don't like it at all but i think i would like it slightly better if it was red and white, the pink and yellow don't go together at all and don't look very christmassy to me
@memethyst i agree
She’s legit wearing the lesbian flag in diamond castle
yes i love that for her! i wanna make pride-themed barbie movie art so bad...
@@stayinthebob8664 Do it, but only if you have the time and resources. And when you do, please tell me where to find it. I don't have a lot of the popular social media apps so I might have to look it up. And also your username. No pressure.
SAMEEE AND THE OTHER DRESS IS THE BI FLAG
@@user-bt5js9jj4n YESSS SO TRUE! these barbies are wlw and in love and there’s nothing u can do abt it. good for them
@@stayinthebob8664 DEFINITELY GOOD FOR THEM
Your rankings are so hilarious it made this video pretty fun. I personally love the nutcracker dress the best. It’s classic, iconic, magical, simple, ball gown , ballet, totally Barbie, and shown off really well.
So I learned that our fashion preferences are totally different LMAO
it’s always bothered me how in Island Princess she comes with a bouquet:p
Me, too. It was way too much and blocked your view of the dress.
And then they dont have one at the wedding???
The puppy adventure one looks like something Liv from Liv and Maddie would wear
Yeah that is true. I can see that. 🤔
Girl u better rank Barbies character in her films (example: Clara or Anneliese) please
I totally agree with your ratings of Elina’s dresses. I do love how they stay simple and not over the top, because Elina as a character is not overly dramatic. She’s caring and humble.
I LOVED Clara’s Sugarplum Princess dress. And the doll version was soooo pretty. And the Nutcracker is just my favorite Barbie movie.
can i just say i’m so happy barbie movies have been getting so much attention on social media recently, they deserve so much more appreciation, the stories, costumes, songs are on a whole other level and disney just never hit the same
One of my fav barbie dress that i still remember until this day is the barbie and the swan lake dress. I just love that mix of blue, pink, feather-like dress. Soooo pretty~
11:25 "Ooh Mariposa!"
Caitlin, you just hit me with a wave of nostalgia. I love the Mariposa movies
Roe's blue dress is the reason why I love the color blue and in that exact shade and whenever I try explaining that shade of blue to my sisters I tell them "think of barbie in the island princess!"
I actually like the Swan Lake and Island Princess dresses the most, because I just love the colors! I love the blue and purple ones in general.
def wouldve given mariposa an 11/10 cause i love butterflies so much and also its just so pretty
I am seriously in love with all of Eden's looks.
Odette’s dress in Barbie of swan lake when she dances with the fairy queen because her outfit is just beautiful
I absolutely love the old dresses!! It feels so nostalgic seeing them
So the six 10/10s are Clara, Anneliese, Genevieve, Mariposa, Liana, and Corinne
Is it just my opinion that the best barbie’s dress ever is the Alexa’s dress from sekret door at the end of the movie?? That dress is just perfect, it’s incredible
i feel like they could’ve done a lot with the color palette of the island princess. like the turquoise, navy and purple could’ve been SO GOOD but it kinda flopped
So true!
Idk, I personally loved the sharper blue and purple tones in the dress. Although I think the feathers were extremely tacky, I loved the dress by itself. As a girl with black hair, I've always thought blondes looked better on those bright blue colours. Like the very cool colours. For example Princess Aurora's blue dress in Sleeping Beauty was 10x more pretty than her pink dress.
I had the Annika doll when I was little and I only found out recently that her dress was supposed to transform. I still think her dress was beautiful, but it was a pain to get on and off the doll because of how tight it was.
Caitlin's videos are so fun to watch!!!
Swan Lake didn't get 11/10, my disappointment is immesurable and my day is ruined.
barbie dream house adventure Very pink, very bright, very casual and looks like a kid's birthday dress
in my opinion
I always LOVED Clara’s purple gown in Nutcracker
I LOVE the older Barbie dresses, The newer ones are just “Neh” if I had to water one dress for the rest of my life it will be Princess Annalise’s dress
Did you mean to say “wear one dress?”
I also loved mermaid designs. They’re simplistic but elegant usually. Also for real I’m in love with 2015 fashion. I know it’s outdated but it’ll probably come back in some form in the future as all fashion does.
If I could, I would definitely wear Anneliese's dress from Barbie Princess and the Pauper for my prom
I loved your rankings, but you did the mermaid looks bad man, especially pearl princess, my heart😭
I freakin loved the "mullet" skirts they're so cool I can't believe how much you dissed them xD
The Genevieve doll was one of my favorite! It had the little gold sparkles on it and little magical lights under when it would spin🥺🥺🥺 best doll hands down
I love that mermaid Peral look, it is amazing. Best design for a mermaids and I love the skirt thing. Gonna pretend all the pearl are white cuz it look yellow in the film. 10/10
The Barbie movie dresses are pretty much always amazing! I think I stare at them the entire movie lol
excuse you!! Island Princess is the best dress out of every one!! Second only to the 12 dancing princesses!
ISLAND PRINCESS SLANDER
@@pleejithoj1712 not allowed
I was in LOVE with the swan lake dress but not at the end were she has wings and stuff i dont like that one but i think the one that she first transforms into with her hair down and without the wings and also the one she dances in with the short skirt, i think those were iconic
Watching this brings back so many memories from movies I haven't watched in years, so nostalgic 🙈. I watched every single barbie movie and JUST realized how good this makes me feel. Tyyy
I had rewatched all the ones I have (which is most of them lol) and the ones that were on Netflix around when Princess Adventure came out. I had been having a rough time with my depression and the Barbie movies helped me feel better. It was so fun to see different references and characters pop up in other movies. And I hadn't realized how funny Pearl Princess is!! It made me remember how much I loved the movies and I think most still hold up pretty well.
@@Laura-ql4mg Barbie movies have everything necessary to make someone feel better and at home, especially if u grew up with them
My favorites are the island princess one and the diamond castle ones and then the ones from three muskateers and Mariposa
I used to be obsessed with these movies as a child lol.
I've seen The Nutcracker, Rapunzel, Swan Lake, The Princess and the Pauper, Fairytopia, Mermadia, The Magic of Pegasus, The 12 Dancing Princesses (God all those dresses are just gorgeous), The Island Princess, The Diamond Castle, The Christmas Carol, Thumbelina, The Three Muskateers, Mermaid Tale, Mermaid Tale 2, A Fairy Secret, Princess and the Popstar, Barbie in the Pink Shoes, A Pony Tale, The Pearl Princess, The Secret Door, Princess Power, and Rock n' Royals
For the Perfect Christmas dress, it’s a trumpet cut. A mermaid cut is lower
My favourite dress from Rapunzel was the lavender waterfall looking dress, tbh I just loved that scene
YESSSS!! id put it on par with the Main dress (because sparkles), it's just so gorgeously elegant!
mariposa is hands down my favorite dress. Even the ball gown and the flower crown at the end too.
Cait wearing a Soy Luna shirt
All latin american watchers: ✊😖
Sí👊😖
Me who lives in America and has an obsession with soy Luna
😐😑
But my dad is from Barranquilla and I speak Spanish fluently sooooooo
@@kingpersassy3863 same
@@kingpersassy3863 well I don’t speak Spanish but the first part same
Barbie movies always remind me of the barbie video games I used to own😔
I still wish that Barbie Fairytopia became a series. Like it definitely seemed like they were heading in that direction after releasing Mariposa but didn’t go anywhere with it
i love barbie videos, glad someone is still doing! this girl deserves all the love she gets, because ICONIC
I really prefer the soft, sparkly pink of the older movies over the hot pink of the newer dresses.
you should rank all the barbie movie villains too