Terri G. posted an article on Collecting Fashion Dolls by Terri Gold - Nov 25, 2009, 11:30 am
The Dollystyle Convention just took place in Tokyo on November 21-22. Attendees were presented with a stunning Amelie (Misaki's friend) dressed all in pink. Her fashion is a a throw back to the fi...
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Terri G. posted an article on Collecting Fashion Dolls by Terri Gold - Nov 24, 2009, 9:22 pm
The newest girl in my collection is Marcella. This young lady arrived directly from Paris and the Fashion Doll Agency created by Nunzio Carbone and Jayro Bustamante. The team has created five dolls so...
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Terri G. posted an article on Collecting Fashion Dolls by Terri Gold - Nov 24, 2009, 9:19 pm
This past week I had the opportunity to photograph two Poppy Parker dolls, Reluctant Debutante and Holiday in the Hamptons. My one word review is 'cute.' I'm not a fan of the Misaki body w...
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Terri G. posted an article on Collecting Fashion Dolls by Terri Gold - Nov 22, 2009, 1:00 pm
I am happy to feature the work of France Briere today. France aka Bijou Doll is an uber-talented repaint artist. I have not seen one doll she has worked on that I wouldn't add to my collection. I ...
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Terri G. posted an article on Collecting Fashion Dolls by Terri Gold - Nov 19, 2009, 5:43 pm
This is a very attractive, clever and fun-looking collection! Barbie Basics Collection #001 consists of twelve different dolls dressed in a different little black dresses. Each doll's description ...
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Terri G. posted an article on Collecting Fashion Dolls by Terri Gold - Nov 18, 2009, 10:35 pm
One week ago it was announced to members of the W Club that the Poppy Parker Giftset (described in the preceding post) would go on sale - first come, first served - on November 18 at 10AM CST. Within ...
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Terri G. posted an article on Collecting Fashion Dolls by Terri Gold - Nov 18, 2009, 10:00 am
This is the soon-to-be released Poppy Parker Giftset called Holiday in the Hamptons. One lovely red-head Poppy doll and three fashions for day, play and evening wear make up the contents of the set. O...
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Terri G. posted an article on Collecting Fashion Dolls by Terri Gold - Nov 17, 2009, 12:59 pm
Just when I thought I was safe from the temptations of other 16" dolls, I succumbed to the Fashion Doll Agency line. When I saw their first offering Kaori, in Haute Doll, I thought she looked like th...
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Terri G. posted an article on Collecting Fashion Dolls by Terri Gold - Nov 14, 2009, 11:01 pm
This week's photograph will stop you in your tracks! The photographer is Michelle Blankenship aka Visibly Vintage. Pictured are two Sybarites, Avalon and Karma, showing off their curvaceous bodie...
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Terri G. posted an article on Collecting Fashion Dolls by Terri Gold - Nov 14, 2009, 6:12 pm
Along with Ashton-Drake, Integrity Toys is working on a project to produce characters in 1/6 scale from the Dark Hunters' series by Sherrilyn Kenyon. I have to admit that I never even heard of thi...
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Terri G. posted an article on Collecting Fashion Dolls by Terri Gold - Nov 14, 2009, 11:17 am
There will be a big going away bash for Gene Marshall to be held by Integrity Toys. This event being called the Gene Stardust Convention and will take place in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from June 3-5...
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Terri G. posted an article on Collecting Fashion Dolls by Terri Gold - Nov 12, 2009, 8:53 pm
This Avantguard doll is eye candy. The face screening is gorgeous and she looks beautiful in her fashion. No Exaggeration is all about color and style; now we need to add some engineering.   The...
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Terri G. posted an article on Collecting Fashion Dolls by Terri Gold - Nov 9, 2009, 5:47 pm
For those of you with a few hundred to spare right before the Holiday Season, the remaining Anniversary dolls have gone on sale at Tonner Direct. First up is the beautiful "It was a Very Good Decade."...
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Terri G. posted an article on Collecting Fashion Dolls by Terri Gold - Nov 8, 2009, 12:02 pm
This is the event doll we received at the anniversary celebration on Saturday, November 7 at the Wiltwyck Country Club in Kingston, NY. My jaw dropped and I sat in awe when I opened the box. Her face,...
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Terri G. posted an article on Collecting Fashion Dolls by Terri Gold - Nov 8, 2009, 12:01 pm
The Award this week goes to Carol in Texas. I am drawn to this image for many reasons: the speckled lighting, the composition, the posture of the doll and the overall sense of "something's going t...
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Terri G. posted an article on Collecting Fashion Dolls by Terri Gold - Nov 6, 2009, 1:44 pm
Hello Everyone; I wanted to take the opportunity to thank Mel Odom and all of the Gene collectors for the opportunity to "take care" of your favorite star over the past few years. It has truly been...
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Terri G. posted an article on Collecting Fashion Dolls by Terri Gold - Nov 6, 2009, 10:38 am
Mel Odom just sent out the news. The Gene Marshall line will retire! This is the letter from Mel: Hey Kids, This is a letter I've been writing in my head for quite some time, but have not been ab...
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Terri G. posted an article on Collecting Fashion Dolls by Terri Gold - Nov 5, 2009, 6:57 pm
W Club members were surprised to be offered another Club exclusive. This time it's a Mini Gene doll called Hometown Hollywood Mini Gene. She is based upon the original Ashton-Drake manufactured "H...
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Terri G. posted an article on Collecting Fashion Dolls by Terri Gold - Nov 5, 2009, 6:51 pm
Today a new Gene Marshall doll was announced. She is called It's A Cinch! and will be available from your regular doll dealers during the 1st quarter of 2010. LE 200. To read the description in f...
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Terri G. posted an article on Collecting Fashion Dolls by Terri Gold - Nov 4, 2009, 12:32 pm
I'm just sick of getting dolls and doll fashions that smell from cigarette smoke. Last week it was two NRFB fashions and today it was a doll. The fashions were from an eBay seller with a lot of...
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Terri G. posted an article on Collecting Fashion Dolls by Terri Gold - Nov 3, 2009, 6:40 pm
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Terri G. posted an article on Collecting Fashion Dolls by Terri Gold - Nov 3, 2009, 6:25 pm
This is the promotional photo that was advertised for the Michele Obama Inaugural doll. I blogged about it on June 1, 2009. A fellow collector sent me these pictures of the actual doll that she recei...
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Terri G. posted an article on Collecting Fashion Dolls by Terri Gold - Nov 1, 2009, 8:42 pm
One of the moderators over at the BFC Board stated, "What a week! As you have seen, we sneak peeked the BFMC Palm Beach line. One of the concepts in the line was a Ken doll. We posted the photo with t...
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Terri G. posted an article on Collecting Fashion Dolls by Terri Gold - Nov 1, 2009, 9:25 am
The spotlight this week goes to Paul Pham's photograph of his own creation. This is the IDEX Grey prototype. Paul posted this on Prego during a week of Halloween themed images, thus the ghostly fi...
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Terri G. posted an article on Collecting Fashion Dolls by Terri Gold - Oct 29, 2009, 5:58 pm
I have a really cool witch hat I am going to wear. Hahahaha.....I'll get you my pretty and your little dollies too! October 31, 2009 3-5PM Tonner Company Store Halloween Costume Contest, Join ...
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Terri G. posted an article on Collecting Fashion Dolls by Terri Gold - Oct 28, 2009, 9:21 pm
Bloggers and collectors are cracking up and cracking jokes over this delicacy of a Ken doll. One asks if Mattel has lost its fucking marbles. Actually I was wondering that same thing when I heard abou...
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Terri G. posted an article on Collecting Fashion Dolls by Terri Gold - Oct 28, 2009, 11:14 am
To the delight of many collectors in the W Club, we have been offered a new fashion for the Fashion Royalty body. It's called Wrapped in Decadence. Apparently they had to call it something. I don&...
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Terri G. posted an article on Collecting Fashion Dolls by Terri Gold - Oct 27, 2009, 7:01 pm
My darling son delivered a glass door Ikea cabinet. I put it together and somehow it was immediately full. How does this happen? My Silkstones, once all on one shelf, can now be enjoyed without climb...
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Terri G. posted an article on Collecting Fashion Dolls by Terri Gold - Oct 26, 2009, 2:38 pm
Maddie's Dolls has just posted the Ladies of the '80's collection of dolls from Mattel. Prices have not yet been determined. If these dolls were articulated, or pivotal as Mattel calls the...
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Terri G. posted an article on Collecting Fashion Dolls by Terri Gold - Oct 25, 2009, 11:44 am
This doll looks as if he's breathing! I knew immediately that I would have to feature this image on the blog. The artist is Jennifer Sutherland. I asked her to write a little about her process. He...
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Terri G. posted an article on Collecting Fashion Dolls by Terri Gold - Oct 22, 2009, 10:23 am
At 9:00 AM Pacific Time on October 21, Pop Life Ken by Bill Greening went on sale on the Barbie Collector website. This is a Platinum Label Collection doll which means "sequentially numbered editions ...
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Terri G. posted an article on Collecting Fashion Dolls by Terri Gold - Oct 22, 2009, 10:13 am
I love this picture that was posted on the W Club board yesterday. It is the convention mini Avantguard wearing an MFD Kio wig. I assumed it was done in Photoshop. Karon told me that she did it with P...
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Terri G. posted an article on Collecting Fashion Dolls by Terri Gold - Oct 22, 2009, 9:33 am
There is another anniversary special Signature Style Tyler Wentworth doll. This one is exactly like the blonde in the post below but she is a brunette and is an edition of 300. I think the brunette is...
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Terri G. posted an article on Collecting Fashion Dolls by Terri Gold - Oct 21, 2009, 10:55 am
Collectors who will be attending Tyler's 10th Anniversary Event on November 7th have been offered the opportunity to purchase an ultra-limited (100) edition of a Tyler Wentworth Signature Style Bl...
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Terri G. posted an article on Collecting Fashion Dolls by Terri Gold - Oct 20, 2009, 6:21 pm
The second 2009 W Club doll has been announced. It is called Agnes Von Weiss "Festive Decadence." For the first time Agnes will be produced in the pale skin tone that was used only once on Tatyana. Th...
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Terri G. posted an article on Collecting Fashion Dolls by Terri Gold - Oct 19, 2009, 6:10 pm
This week the award goes to the hairdresser of the minions - Susan Korba. With all the amazing re-rooting this collector has done it's a wonder that she has time for her own dolls and her own fami...
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Terri G. posted an article on Collecting Fashion Dolls by Terri Gold - Oct 19, 2009, 2:39 pm
I sent Mr. Kennard a link to my blog post and another request that he send me the refund for my return shipping. Apparently the blog post caused him to have time to respond with more blame and excuse...
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Terri G. posted an article on Collecting Fashion Dolls by Terri Gold - Oct 16, 2009, 1:21 pm
I don't like to do this but I have little choice. I ordered a set of figurines from Hobby Link Japan in July, 2009. When they arrived I inspected each of the 12 figurines and 3 were broken. I noti...
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Terri G. posted an article on Collecting Fashion Dolls by Terri Gold - Oct 15, 2009, 10:47 am
Tune in next week for some reporting. For now you can check out the schedule at http://www.moderndollcollectors.com/
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Terri G. posted an article on Collecting Fashion Dolls by Terri Gold - Oct 13, 2009, 5:07 pm
This is Part III of my review. See below for Parts I and II. To the dismay of many, Adele did not make an appearance. Where is Adele? If only Dominique could talk. Hopefully Dominique is at the ortho...
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Terri G. posted an article on Collecting Fashion Dolls by Terri Gold - Oct 13, 2009, 4:27 pm
This post is Part II of my review. See below for Part I. SUCCESSFUL ASCENSION - CONVENTION FASHION At first I thought the fabric was reminiscent of Tatyana's giftset or the handbag from the 2008 ...
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Terri G. posted an article on Collecting Fashion Dolls by Terri Gold - Oct 13, 2009, 2:01 pm
I was lucky enough to have had a surrogate attend the convention in my place and also purchase the entire collection for me. In addition, one of the the centerpiece dolls, Dania, now resides in my ho...
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Terri G. posted an article on Collecting Fashion Dolls by Terri Gold - Oct 10, 2009, 11:01 pm
With so many wonderful images of the new Fashion Royalty dolls being posted this week, it was too difficult to pick just one. Therefore I have chosen two images to feature as Picture of the Week. Fr...
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Terri G. posted an article on Collecting Fashion Dolls by Terri Gold - Oct 10, 2009, 1:45 pm
I've heard many people wonder what the attraction is about vampires. Tonner's Zombie-like dolls have appeared on the scene in the last few days. Have we become a culture that worships the dead...
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Terri G. posted an article on Collecting Fashion Dolls by Terri Gold - Oct 9, 2009, 4:59 pm
"Stunning in the Spotlight" is the last Barbie Silkstone of 2009. Here is what the BC.Com site says about this doll: The "Since 1959" Collection commemorates famed vintage fashions, re-invented for a ...
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Terri G. posted an article on Collecting Fashion Dolls by Terri Gold - Oct 9, 2009, 11:11 am
The 2009 Gold Label Hard Rock Cafe doll has been revealed. She's different. I've learned not to judge Barbie dolls by their promotional photos which are almost always much better than the real...
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Terri G. posted an article on Collecting Fashion Dolls by Terri Gold - Oct 8, 2009, 8:44 am
Just when you thought it was safe to sleep in your doll room TDC releases Fashion Zombies™! These two creatures are part of Tonner's Re-Imagination line and are truly knockouts. My favorite is ...
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Terri G. posted an article on Collecting Fashion Dolls by Terri Gold - Oct 4, 2009, 9:05 pm
The centerpiece at the W Club luncheon was called Vanishing Point. The giftset doll was finally revealed to be a light skinned version of Natalia. The name of the set is Power Game. Saturday night&#...
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Terri G. posted an article on Collecting Fashion Dolls by Terri Gold - Oct 3, 2009, 11:01 pm
Our picture of the week was made by Stephan Drouin aka DollDude on the boards. I asked Stephan to describe the doll, the photograph and to offer us any other relevant information. This doll is w...
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Terri G. posted an article on Collecting Fashion Dolls by Terri Gold - Oct 3, 2009, 9:50 am
The centerpiece was a Monogram doll called Curiosity. The convention fashion is called "Successful Ascension."
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