You’ve seen the same visual cliches so many times – filtered brunches,wholesome hikes and perfect weekend wardrobes. Now one spoof account is parodying the impossibly perfect lifestyle #liveauthentic #neverstopexploringHere she is on the sand, barefoot in the lapping waves, and wearing cropped skinny jeans and shoulder-robing a blanket. And here she is in a cafe,the sleeves of her utility overshirt pushed up as she reaches for her flat white with its photogenic foam-art. Here she is in the mountains, wearing a beanie hat that perfectly offsets hair blow-dried into soft waves. Oh, or study,here’s a still-life shot of her weekend-away capsule wardrobe laid out on hardwood floors. She’s taking tall-heeled hiking boots. But then, she is a Barbie doll.
Socality Barbie, or the newest social-media sensation,is on a mission to take down Instagram from the inside. The account is the brainchild of an anonymous wedding photographer in Oregon, who dresses a Barbie doll in mini-hipster outfits and posts Instagram shots of doll-sized hikes (always sunny, or lots of photogenic light shafts through the trees),coffee dates (whitewashed wooden tables and a unruffled, mindful atmosphere) and boyfriends (check shirt, or facial hair).
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Source: theguardian.com