My dolls No 13

Today i'll share quite unusuall doll for me...

It was new and in a box - i got her from my non-husband because she had this amazing hair

and i am an everchanging in this aspect in red-pink-purple-blue range...

The longest and softest AMETHYST hair I have ever seen! and the bluest eyes ever...

/and cheap solid, hard plastic legs - didn't know such a dolls exist even/

Here she is in an original shot

Hairtastic Barbie

and with all her friends / clones

and here are some of my photos

and a collage where she is wearing, by all means, VINTAGE dress

made by my late mother with pure sky blue silkand vintage, at the time, lace <3

TBC

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Breaking News indeed:-)

This is hysterical and i haven't see  it coming browsing 'ending soonest', 'used', 'good played condition' and mostely 'ethnic' or 'afro-american' barbies on-line:-)

The Barbie Evolution is a true revolution. Thanks Dog I dob't shop for new ones - i'd need to find a job at last and could never decide...

The only downside is the fact that it's not that special to boycott The Blond Barbie - not Caucasian and ones with colorful hair seem to be the mainstream now;-)

...what I love most about them is the absolute lack of make-up - lip-gloss, eyeliner, that's all <3

 <<<<<<<<((((((( 2016 eye candies )))))) >>>>>>>>

all from the official site 

Head-hunter

...so I got so inspired last night that going tothe charity shop was the first thing to do in the morning...

I was lucky - this waisted couple was waiting for me...

Miserable but perfectely slutty,half-nakedand tanned Bratz 2001 

and Peter Rabbit who had few adventures troo many...

I'll keep you updated...

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Oh dear! / the current mood...

<3

bright future in front of me..

so excited!

my dolls vol.12

Today one of my lucky charity shop find...

I guess she was between 75 p and £1...

You  know i have a soft spot for dark-haired dolls and i never had a Skipper kind of doll in my life...

and yes - these green eyes..

here is my new-old doll close-up and haircare process:

Here she is dressed in only one matching item i lanaged to find:

                                    

 Then i moved to 'collector' and 'researcher' work... little did I know...

                            The dark-haired Skippers are actually called 'Courtney' /yet mold is the same/

When i searched for the green-eyed one she turned out to be rather vintage 

1990 model of Baby Sitter Courtney <3 :-)

after: Annalisa Bianca Fornasier

http://www.barbieworld.altervista.org/Skipper%20friends.html

 

 

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Gift Idea - Rag Doll Portrait

The Christmas season is upon us. 

As for hand-made gifts it might be a good idea to start to order them now.

One of the most exciting and inspiring things I have ever done were these portrait dolls made to order from a picture.

Order yours asap writing to: office (at) roroism (dot) eu

ToyStory?

When you watch ToyStory2 with your children...
...a true doll collector's horror movie about forgotten, unwanted, unplayed dolls...

I felt so guilty i have spent all evening taking care of my collection - dressing up all the poor naked dolls locked in shared box...
Now they all look great - slutty blondes look very classy and so called' ethnic' dolls wear the finest vintage silk, handmade ball gowns:-) Now they just need to be photographed...

Black Dolls in American Culture

Amazing article on Black Dolls in American Culture by Brit Benett for The Paris Review.

So interesting for a cultural anthropologist and /unofficial/ doll collector like me :-) 

                                  Dr. Kenneth Clark conducting the Doll Test with a young male child, gelatin silver print.                                    Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress

http://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2015/05/28/addy-walker-american-girl

My dolls /vol. 11/

Today another one of my "Etnic/Folk" Barbies collection -

another 'hairy', massive earrings, wasp-waisted yet vintage at this point:

Dolls of the World^® — Europe

Spanish Barbie 1991, 2nd edition

not so properly stylised photos from me yet...

(brown eyes, yay!)

offical Mattel session (oh dear, I'm missing mantilla):

source: http://www.barbiecollector.com/shop/doll/spanish-barbie-doll-2nd-edition-04963

and in original packaging:

source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/41594821@N03/3859064631/

p.s. limited storage space ethnic identity issues:
my South African Barbie in Spanish shawl somehow...

p.s.2. the Spanish Barbie mold is called 'Steffie' /link/

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My dolls vol.10

Long time no see... 

my real life dollsdon't leave me much if any space for my hobbies recently...

Anyways - I'm back to catalogue my mini collection of not-so-obvious /to me/ Barbies :-)

Here is yet another ofthe least platinum Barbies possible - Esmeralda!

Gypsy Dancer (Mattel 1995) from Disney's Hunchback of Notre Dame

...amazing extra long crow blackhair, crazy sooo 90's ninety degrees arms, crazy waist and... 

fancy red permanent panties...

3rd edition with curly hair and contemporary arms is soo much better - 

but I'll make her work /at some point/

here are first photos by me:

and in original outfit and context:

source: http://tpod2.rajce.idnes.cz/Disney

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