Where to start
Barbie
2 versions · originally a film, 2023
Barbie explores the intersection of plastic artifice and human reality through vibrant, high-fashion aesthetics and existential self-discovery.
✦ Most fans start here
Barbie (2023)
The original movie
✦ Start hereBarbie
Greta Gerwig · Film · 2023
The 2023 movie Barbie provides a satirical, live-action journey that juxtaposes the perfection of Barbie Land with the complex, often messy emotional realities of the human world.
Inspired by
BARBIE: THE WORLD TOUR
Margot Robbie and Andrew Mukamal · Book
BARBIE: THE WORLD TOUR (2023) offers a visual deep dive into the film's high-fashion marketing, curating the specific, doll-inspired outfits that defined the global press tour experience.
Common questions
Is Barbie: The World Tour a sequel to the 2023 Barbie movie?
Barbie: The World Tour is not a film sequel. It is a book that documents the fashion and style choices featured during the press tour for the 2023 Barbie movie, providing a behind-the-scenes look at the outfits worn by the cast.
What is the connection between the book Barbie: The World Tour and the movie Barbie?
The book Barbie: The World Tour serves as a companion piece to the 2023 Barbie movie. It showcases the specific wardrobe and fashion inspirations that defined the aesthetic of the film's global promotional circuit and red carpet appearances.
Should I read Barbie: The World Tour before watching Barbie?
You can watch the 2023 Barbie movie and read Barbie: The World Tour in any order. The book is a visual chronicle of the film's promotional fashion, so reading it after watching the movie provides context for the style choices made during the press tour.
Does Barbie: The World Tour contain the plot of the movie Barbie?
No, Barbie: The World Tour is not a novelization of the 2023 Barbie movie. It focuses exclusively on the fashion and design elements of the film's promotional tour rather than the narrative plot or the story events depicted in the movie.