Tarina Tarantino’s Barbie doll debuts

Tarantino’s sales staff embraces the campy vibe in vintage dresses and pieces from the designer’s sparkly jewelry collection.  (Alex Gallardo / Los Angeles Times)

Actress Illeana Douglas pairs a Tarina Tarantino statement necklace with wide-leg jeans and a red top. The designer erected a makeshift Barbie Dream House in the store’s rear parking lot.  (Alex Gallardo / Los Angeles Times)

Linzie Vincinty, who works in Tarantino’s showroom, in the sassy dress she made for the occasion.  (Alex Gallardo / Los Angeles Times)

Actress Debi Mazar — standing in front of Barbie’s bed — looks chic in a flutter-sleeved Max Mara dress with Tarantino baubles.  (Alex Gallardo / Los Angeles Times)

Tarantino, who wore a black slip dress trimmed with pink lace, poses with Lisa Edelstein of “House M.D.”  (Alex Gallardo / Los Angeles Times)

Partygoer Harold Kuhn bucks the pink trend in a black-and-white ensemble featuring an oversized bow tie.  (Alex Gallardo / Los Angeles Times)

Ten-year-old Rosie Ryden, daughter of artist Mark Ryden, donned an adorable cowgirl-goes-to-prom look.  (Alex Gallardo / Los Angeles Times)

Alexis Johnson, an editor at Angeleno magazine, and Kathryn Romeyn, an editor at Riviera magazine, look chic in short skirts and strappy heels.  (Alex Gallardo / Los Angeles Times)

Brittany Garrett serves mini hot dogs.  (Alex Gallardo / Los Angeles Times)

TV host Amanda Luttrell Garrigus with her sister Erica Luttrell.  (Alex Gallardo / Los Angeles Times)

Publicist Mike Vargas wore Marc Jacobs for Vans shoes, distressed jeans, Grey Ant sunglasses and a cool, eco-minded tote.  (Alex Gallardo / Los Angeles Times)

Tarantino specially designed dolls and toy cars that were auctioned to raise money for local charity Clothes Off Our Back.  (Alex Gallardo / Los Angeles Times)