One of the most anticipated reveals at Lakmé Fashion Week came wrapped in pink. Aneeth Arora’s design label Péro unveiled Dream Dress-Up, its Spring Summer 2027 collaboration with Barbie, bringing together two worlds that have long treated clothing as a form of play. The Péro Barbie collaboration brings a fresh perspective to Indian designer fashion, combining the label’s textile-led aesthetic with Barbie’s enduring relationship with self-expression.
The collaboration was facilitated by Dream Theatre, Mattel’s licensing agency in India, in partnership with Mattel, Inc. The Péro x Barbie collection spans dedicated ranges for women, men and children. At its heart is a simple idea: the freedom to dress without instruction. Be soft or bold, playful or powerful, feminine, masculine, both or neither. Change your mind, change your look, change the story.
Shared Vision of Self-Expression
Clothing has always been a language of individuality, spoken through colour, craft, texture and unexpected combinations for Péro. Since Barbie’s debut in 1959, the brand has used fashion to represent the freedom to explore, express and imagine. The Péro x Barbie collection finds common ground between these shared values, making the Barbie fashion collaboration a meeting of playful imagination and Péro’s distinctive design sensibility.
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“Barbie has always represented the freedom to dream beyond what is expected, to dress up, play with identity and imagine all the different ways of being,” stated Arora in the news release, Péro’s founder and creative director. “That spirit feels very close to Péro. I have always believed that clothes should leave space for curiosity, joy and individuality, rather than tell us who we should be,” she added.
Mattel sees the partnership as a fresh lens. “Collaborating with Péro gives us a new way to extend that relationship through a distinctive Indian design perspective, bringing together craftsmanship, colour and storytelling,” shared Kathy Shek, Director, Consumer Products at Mattel in the news release.
Jiggy George, founder and CEO of Dream Theatre, calls Péro “the perfect partner that celebrates being Barbie while bringing India’s rich fashion heritage and textile tradition to the world.”
Nothing Is Fixed
The collection turns that philosophy into relaxed silhouettes that invite movement and ease. Nothing is body-bound and nothing is prescribed. Familiar regional craft inspirations are reimagined through playful prints, lace and bows. Péro’s signature handmade details connect the brand’s nostalgic, textile-led universe with Barbie’s instantly recognisable world. The result is a wardrobe made for mixing, layering and dressing up purely for the joy of it.
Pink is everywhere, but on Péro’s terms. Here, the colour belongs to everyone, whatever their age or gender. The Péro Barbie runway show brings this idea to life, placing self-expression at the centre of a collection that challenges conventional ideas of who can wear what.
Even Barbie’s iconic pink box takes on new meaning. It is no longer something to keep sealed. Instead, it becomes a metaphor for freedom: a box made to be opened by anyone ready to dress up and dream.
A Global Stage
Péro was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in New Delhi. Today it retails in 35 countries through 350 stores, including pérodise, its flagship in Delhi’s Lodhi Colony Market. The label designs for women, men and children (through chota Péro), as well as home furnishings. It is known for a design vocabulary that is “lavishly simple and staggeringly complex”, quietly blurring the lines between genders, ages and geographies.
Among the Lakmé Fashion Week designer collections, this collaboration offers a playful take on fashion as a form of personal expression. Péro Barbie Dream Dress-Up releases worldwide in Spring 2027.
