When Christian Dior unveiled his historic Corolle collection in Spring 1947 the rounded shoulder and hourglass silhouette was such a refreshing change from the austerity fashions of WWII that Carmel Snow– Harpers Bazaar‘s fashion editor- christened it the New Look. In 1997, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the house of Dior, Mattel dressed Barbie in her own Bar suit. Now it looks as though Barbie is revisiting the New Look in her Afternoon Suit.

See an original Bar suit in the Metropolitan Museums’ collection:

http://www.metmuseum.org/Collections/search-the-collections/80002618

http://www.barbiecollector.com/