{"id":556,"date":"2014-08-14T14:12:16","date_gmt":"2014-08-14T03:12:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.airtasker.com\/blog\/?p=556"},"modified":"2024-01-03T19:16:02","modified_gmt":"2024-01-03T08:16:02","slug":"inspiration-barbie-fancy-dress-costume-via-airtasker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.airtasker.com\/blog\/inspiration-barbie-fancy-dress-costume-via-airtasker\/","title":{"rendered":"Inspiration: Barbie Fancy Dress Costume via Airtasker"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s true you can get almost anything made with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airtasker.com\/discover\/\">Airtasker<\/a> and I decided to put it to the ultimate test. I had a fancy dress party for my local surf club coming up and the theme was <em>&#8216;When I grow up, I want to be&#8230;.&#8217;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Being quite tall I struggle to fit in the usual costumes that you can buy online and I wanted to have the ultimate wow-factor. I had a great idea to go as packaged Barbie dolls* and even convinced a friend to be my ken doll. Here&#8217;s what we were aiming for:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-563\" src=\"https:\/\/www.airtasker.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_8475-e1407984533316.png\" alt=\"barbie and ken costume inspiration\" width=\"259\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p>So I put up a task on Airtasker to <a title=\"make fancy dress costume -alterations\" href=\"https:\/\/www.airtasker.com\/au\/services\/alteration\/\">make fancy dress costume<\/a>. The Airtasker only had 10 days to complete the task and needed to get their own supplies e.g. cardboard boxes, print outs and work out how we would hold it up.<\/p>\n<p>I assigned <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airtasker.com\/users\/-79eb7d6c-033a-4391-b18b-771e1e3cbd7e\/\">Jennifer S.<\/a> who hadn&#8217;t completed a task before but did live near me in Bondi and also uploaded photos of past costumes that she has made. Jennifer was super excited about the project and was a great communicator, making some excellent suggestions along the way. I gave her full creative control and asked for her to provide me some photo updates on the progress.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-560\" src=\"https:\/\/www.airtasker.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_8620-e1407984893196.jpg\" alt=\"barbie costume making\" width=\"399\" height=\"377\" srcset=\"https:\/\/airtasker-seo-wordpress-blog-assets-prod.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/24065657\/IMG_8620-e1407984893196.jpg 399w, https:\/\/airtasker-seo-wordpress-blog-assets-prod.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/24065657\/IMG_8620-e1407984893196-300x283.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 399px) 85vw, 399px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-561\" src=\"https:\/\/www.airtasker.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_8621-e1407984756670.jpg\" alt=\"barbie costume supplies\" width=\"700\" height=\"327\" srcset=\"https:\/\/airtasker-seo-wordpress-blog-assets-prod.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/24065656\/IMG_8621-e1407984756670.jpg 700w, https:\/\/airtasker-seo-wordpress-blog-assets-prod.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/24065656\/IMG_8621-e1407984756670-300x140.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On the day of the party I had to pick them up and I have to admit this was the hardest bit. They couldn&#8217;t be flattened but luckily I had access to a 4WD car, otherwise it would of been an interesting walk down Bondi road. We did however have to walk past a number of restaurants on the way to the party and we bought a smile to many diners faces, even asked to pose for photos.<\/p>\n<p>Better yet, we WON BEST DRESSED!! Here&#8217;s our final look:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-558\" src=\"https:\/\/www.airtasker.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_8666-e1407985001132.jpg\" alt=\"barbie and ken fancy dress costume done by Airtasker\" width=\"700\" height=\"477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/airtasker-seo-wordpress-blog-assets-prod.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/24065658\/IMG_8666-e1407985001132.jpg 700w, https:\/\/airtasker-seo-wordpress-blog-assets-prod.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/24065658\/IMG_8666-e1407985001132-300x204.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-557\" src=\"https:\/\/www.airtasker.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/IMG_8665-e1407985046884.jpg\" alt=\"barbie tennis fancy dress costume done by Airtasker\" width=\"400\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>Now, what to get made for the next party? 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