In celebration of Barbie’s 50th birthday, we held a contest here at Scheuer Linens in San Francisco (www.scheuerlinens.com) to see who could make the best Barbie using unclothed craft doll forms of various sizes (as well as actual Barbie forms) and recycled materials and discontinued products from our store. Needle and thread was not allowed, allowed glue, tape, clips, and tacks. Our staff of ten outdid themselves, as you can see from the pictures. Louis Cortellesso made the Bonwit Teller scene (see picture above) with 15 members of the Barbie family shown. He handmade the clothes on the mannequins in the windows after painting four Barbies black. This is truly museum quality work.
Ten other Barbies were submitted, including: (second row, from left), detail from Bonwit Teller scene, made by Louis Cortellesso; Robo Barbie, made by Mark Scheuer; (third row, from left), Barbies by: Janet Scheuer, Vichhana Leng, Helena Bui; (bottom row, from left), by: Pamela Nelson, Cindy Wang, Vanessa Arreola. A prize of a day off was to be given to the person making the best Barbie, but they were all so good, everyone who made one was given a day off.
The Barbies up will remain on display in our store for about three weeks, so please come in and enjoy our handiwork. We’re at 340 Sutter St. in downtown San Francisco, right around the corner from Union Square.
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