New York photo agency Trunk Archive has partnered with streetwear brand Anti Social Social Club to drop a limited edition “Ellen von Unwerth x Anti Social Social Club” artist collaboration.
The result is a collection of tees and hoodies (released 22 July) that commemorates leading fashion photographer Ellen von Unwerth’s iconic 1994 “Real Barbie” shoot with iconic supermodel Claudia Schiffer as the doll personified.
On using Barbie dolls as inspiration for the 1994 “Real Barbie” shoot from which the new collaboration pulls, von Unwerth recounts, “I was obsessed with Barbie as a little girl. Claudia is kind of the original Barbie with the perfect figure, blonde hair, and wholesome smile. For the shoot we bought a Barbie doll and Claudia studied how you can make it move. We had lots of fun creating those images in a kind of tongue in cheek way.”