The Barbiecore trend has been taking over. Pink is officially the color of summer 2022. Here, we explain how this came to be and offer pink pieces to shop.

That's exactly what "Barbiecore" aims to embody. The pink is a specific color, but the ubiquitous of the hue is almost as important as the shade.

According to Axios, searches for the term “Barbiecore aesthetic room” rose over 1,000 percent between May 2022 and May 2023, reflecting consumers’ craving for as-pink-as-possible interiors.

But as far as pink goes, that’s just the beginning. It’s a color with a storied history, and some pretty quirky trivia behind it.

An off-white color like beige will look even better when paired with earthy shades, but there are many different colors that can work well including green, red, blue, brown, gray, and even light pink.

The accessory's bright pink coloring plays into the Barbiecore trend perfectly, and if you're looking for something more muted, it comes in an additional black color as well.

Pink has been a popular color for tech ever since. Just this past February, Samsung also released phantom pink and phantom violet models of its flagship Galaxy S21, with a more metallic sheen than ...