Trixie Mattel Trades Barbiecore For One other Toy-Impressed Look

Trixie Mattel is rethinking pink…a minimum of for one night time.

The RuPaul’s Drag Race alum arrived on the Vanderpump Canine Basis Gala final Friday, Nov. 15, 2024 sporting a toy-inspired look, however not her normal Barbiecore type. (Her drag identify is Mattel, in any case).

As an alternative, the drag performer turned actuality TV and YouTube star, 35, donned a white Furby stole, which she joked was a tongue-in-cheek alternative for the charity occasion that benefitted Lisa Vanderpump’s canine rescue.

“Tonight is about loving animals, and I am gonna say that this Furby died of pure causes,” Mattel joked in regards to the animatronic toy that was vital within the late ’90s. “Its double-A batteries died.”

Mattel donned a shimmering sky-blue robe that matched the palette of her new Snow Bunny make-up assortment. Her signature sky-high, blond Dolly Parton-esque wig accomplished her wintery wardrobe.

“She’s all the time in there someplace,” Mattel mentioned of the legendary singer.

Mattel additionally weighed on her return to social media after a months-long hiatus.

“After I left social media, it was a dumpster fireplace, and now it is extra like a complete dump on fireplace.” she instructed PEOPLE completely after her self-imposed break final June. “However you understand, my break taught me one thing very worthwhile — that drag is enjoyable and gratifying, and it is not value stressing out about. Apart from, I stay on the enjoyable aspect of the web.”

Mattel additionally weighed in on how members of the LGBTQ+ group can thrive amid a altering political local weather.

“Nicely, you understand that factor, like, ‘Once they go low, we go excessive.’ I feel that additionally means hair.” Mattel mentioned. “So let’s examine the wigs. Let’s examine the extensions. Let’s examine the Bumpits.”

“I am by no means gonna go away the US,” she concluded. “I am gonna struggle for every thing that issues.”

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Mattel has had an extended friendship with Vanderpump, showing on the Actual Housewives of Beverly Hills alum’s entertaining present Overserved with Lisa Vanderpump. Vanderpump, 64, returned the favor by guest-starring on Mattel’s 2022 renovation sequence Trixie Motel.