When Jacqueline Durran was crafting the costumes for the Barbie film, which whipped the world into a hot-pink frenzy last summer, she first worked out all of Barbie's outfits and then she fitted Ken in. He is, says the British costume designer perhaps best known for her work on period dramas, the accessory to what she's wearing.
But Ken's second-fiddle role is not being reflected in the real world. As Durran speaks to me via video from a nondescript room at Shepperton Studios, wearing a normcore navy blue jumper and thick-rimmed glasses while drinking from a mug with a blue tit on it, it is not long since the Oscar nominations were announced. Although Durran is nominated for her work on Barbie, her eighth Oscars nod, Gerwig was omitted from the best director category and Margot Robbie from the lead actress nominations.
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