.RuPaulsDragRace star TrixieMattel on the power of America's most famous doll.
Brian Michael Firkus lives in a house filled with dolls. Firkus is better known to the world, and to the superfans ofthe show on which she competed, as Trixie Mattel. The stage name pays an homage to her favorite brand of toys, specifically her affection for Barbie, which began when she was “a little gay boy” growing up in Milwaukee and continues, to this day, with her vast collection of dolls from nearly every decade since its inception.
Barbie is great for a lot of different reasons. From the beginning, she represented the American Dream and changed the way that children develop. Before this doll existed, the best things that little girls had to look forward to were paper dolls or baby dolls, because at that time little girls were told that the only thing they were allowed to pretend-be was a mom.
But I wish I had my own as a kid. I thought I was getting a Barbie one Christmas when I saw a package that was an 11-inch box; in my head, I was thinking,.
All of my Barbies still inspire me as Trixie. When I am coming up with new costumes, I always send pictures of dolls to the designer instead of runway images. Mostly, my style is driven by the Mod Barbies, the Twiggy-inspired dolls in the Pucci minidresses. I grew up poor and went to school for theater and didn’t know anything about fashion, and she was the one who really taught me what head-to-toe dressing was all about.
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