Barbie designers Mario Paglino and Gianni Grossi die in a tragic Italy crash; Barbie pays tribute to the legendary creators of Magia 2000.

M ario Paglino and Gianni Grossi, a 52- and 55-year-old same-sex couple who designed custom Barbie dolls for the toy company Mattel, died alongside their 37-year-old passenger Valerio Giurni, in a car ...

A memorial is planned for Friday for the fashion designer Mario Paglino and the graphic art director Gianni Grossi, who created Magia2000 and who have been killed in a car accident in Italy. The ...

In 2016, the couple was honoured with the Barbie Best Friend Award by legendary Mattel designer Carol Spencer.

They transformed dolls into one-of-a-kind pieces that sold for thousands of dollars. A married couple, they died in a car crash in Italy.

A car driving the wrong way on a highway in northern Italy caused the head-on collision that killed the longtime Barbie doll designers and collectors.

Madonna paid tribute to Barbie designer superfans, Mario Paglino and Gianni Grossi, who died in a car accident in Italy on ...

In a devastating accident, celebrated Barbie doll designers Mario Paglino and Gianni Grossi were killed in a car crash in Italy on Sunday, July 27. The car collision occurred on the A4 Turin-Milan ...

Mario Paglino and Gianni Grossi, founders of custom doll company Magia2000, began their work in 1999 and were celebrated within the Barbie community for their celebrity-inspired dolls ...

The two business and romantic partners died after an 82-year-old, reportedly driving the wrong way on Italy’s A4 Turin-Milan highway, collided head-on with their car ...

That creation was the “Barbie Film Noir.” They also whipped up one for the 2012 convention with a wedding dress like ensemble for the “Barbie Is Eternal” keepsake. More recently, Magia2000 was said to ...