I wouldn’t be surprised if the majority of you who read this have already booked your tickets to see Barbie’s journey into the real world. She swaps her heels for flats and embarks on a life-changing adventure. But does it work the other way around? As someone who’s already blonde and blue-eyed, I consciously stray away from anything too girly in fear of not being taken seriously.
But just as Barbie must face her own fears in the human world, so must I. What would it be like to go from flats to heels, from my comfortable Scandi-minimalist wardrobe to figure-hugging head-to-toe pink, and from introvert to turning heads on the street? Would it lead to a realisation about my femininity? Would it make me embrace it or push it away even further? Or will it just be a bit of fun? I spent a week as a Barbie girl to find out.
