Barbiecore
Barbiecore noun: a style of fashion inspired by the fashion doll Barbie, characterized by hot pink colors and glamorous styling.
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Noun
Barbiecore (uncountable)
- A style of fashion inspired by the fashion doll Barbie, characterized by hot pink colors and glamorous styling.
- Ever since the first film stills of Greta Gerwig’s Barbie (set for release summer 2023) were revealed in June, featuring a neon pink lycra-clad Margot Robbie flirting with her Ken (Ryan Gosling), a new super-saccharine summer aesthetic has entered the fray: Meet Barbiecore.2022 July 18, Chloe Street, “Think pink! Everybody get ready for Barbiecore”, in Evening Standard, page 9
- While she’s testing, Pink Sauce is trending on Twitter, mostly with people posting memes about how they or anyone else will surely perish if they eat the forbidden Barbiecore condiment.2022 July 21, Samantha Cole, “Let Me Eat the TikTok 'Pink Sauce'”, in Vice
Examples of Barbiecore in a sentence
- You probably don’t need to know about the clean-girl esthetic, or fashion trends like kidcore, pearlcore, Barbiecore or Dark Academia.2022 October 11, Saleema Nawaz, “TikTok craze for heatless curls has changed my life”, in Montreal Gazette, page A4:
- Vibrant pinks have already been enjoying a moment, as spotted in the Barbiecore home design trend and the myriad shades of magenta that have recently sashayed down runways.2022 December 5, Rachel Kurzius, “The Pantone 2023 color of the year is bold and very ’90s”, in The Boston Globe, volume 302, number 158...
- By now you’ve likely spotted the Barbiecore trend on celebs and runways.2022 December 18, Laura White, “The Sparkliest, Spangliest Holiday Frocks At Target”, in HuffPost:
- This look also ties in well with the current Barbiecore trend.2023 January 14, “French connection: Inspired by Emily in Paris? There are plenty of ways to get the French look with your hair…”, in Irish...
Origin of Barbiecore
From Barbie + -core.
Questions about Barbiecore
- What does Barbiecore mean?
- Barbiecore means a style of fashion inspired by the fashion doll Barbie, characterized by hot pink colors and glamorous styling.
- How do you use Barbiecore in a sentence?
- You probably don’t need to know about the clean-girl esthetic, or fashion trends like kidcore, pearlcore, Barbiecore or Dark Academia.
- What part of speech is Barbiecore?
- Barbiecore is a noun.
Words near Barbiecore in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Barbiecore (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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