Another shot captured the actress posing in a fuchsia Versace minidress with black floral embellishments, a midsection cutout, and cone-shaped cups. We of course would want to honor the 60-year legacy that this brand has, but we have to acknowledge that there are a lot of people who aren’t fans of Barbie. Robbie accessorised tonight’s dress with 18K white gold and diamond earrings, a brooch, and ring all by Chanel.

For Vogue's Summer 2023 issue, Margot Robbie is giving the people more of what they want to see — her Greta Gerwig's "Barbie" persona, which she fully embraces in vivid colour and high-end designer pieces, and even without trousers. We are a couple of blocks from the Venice boardwalk, at Great White, an Australian-​owned restaurant, and I have asked Robbie what compelled her to produce and star in a live-​action Barbie movie, due out this July. The more she thought about it, the more the multiplicity of Barbies suggested “an expansive idea of self that we could all learn from. Even travel days were chic: Robbie arrived in Sydney wearing an archival Chanel blazer originally seen in 1995 on Claudia Schiffer.Mattel didn’t introduce a Black Barbie until 1980, and a forthcoming documentary, Black Barbie, explores this legacy. Starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling, the film promises to be a nostalgic dose of emotion, plus a dash of director Greta Gerwig's signature ethereal-yet-realistic wonder. In the pictures that went viral from the Venice shoot, there are some of Robbie and Ferrera Rollerblading side by side, holding hands.

With wavy blonde locks and a classic red lip to complete the look, Robbie was all smiles as she walked the red carpet. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.

The arc is partially inspired by something Gerwig read when she was a kid, in the 1994 bestseller Reviving Ophelia. Robbie attended November’s Gotham Awards dressed as “Black Magic” Barbie—if Barbie wore custom Prada, that is. Once production was underway, LuckyChap hosted weekly movie screenings at the Electric Cinema in Notting Hill. My mom would check out books from the library about parenting, and then I would read them,” Gerwig says.