Article: MAC BUILDS A DOLL'S HOUSE.(MAC Cosmetics)

Byline: Julie Naughton and Pete Born

MAC Cosmetics, the revolutionary brand that detonated the traditional definition of feminine beauty with RuPaul as an icon and raised a banner in the fight against AIDS, is once again dipping into the collective psyche. By building its spring color story around an 11 1/2-inch doll, MAC is trying to strike a chord of long-forgotten childhood fantasies driven by dreams of being Barbie.

"There's a great fantasy to Barbie," observed James Gager, senior vice president and creative director for MAC Cosmetics Worldwide. "There's a classicism to Barbie that will never go away." While designers like Diane von Furstenberg, Anna ...

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