Pelham Puppets made marionettes, glove, rod, and ventriloquist puppets. The quality of the toys was high, they were sturdily manufactured and featured hand-crafting in their production, including individually hand-painted faces. The factory was based in Wiltshire until it was sold in the early 1990s when it moved to Gloucestershire and Read more…
Mdvanii is a fashion doll for adults conceived by BillyBoy*. This “effigy” as BillyBoy* called the doll was made in a limited series as a new concept and was launched on February 14, 1989. The 25 cm tall doll was originally made in a matte Caron make-up toned hard resin. Read more…
What set Tressy apart from other fashion dolls was her ‘Secret Strand’, a long, thick tress of hair that came out of the hole in the doll’s head. The strand could be adjusted in length by means of push belly button and a key. The selling point was that Tressy’s Read more…
One of my earliest inspirations, combining a love of puppetry and fashion dolls (in the form of the delectable Lady Penelope) was Thunderbirds. This became a must-see series in our household and we followed the astonishing adventures of the Tracys in wonderment – marveling at the technical innovations of the Read more…
Bild Lilli was a German fashion doll produced from 1950 to 1964, based on the comic-strip character Lilli in the Bild-Zeitung newspaper. She first appeared in print on June 24, 1952. The cartoon was an immediate success and a new one appeared every day. The Lilli doll held three patents Read more…
Sometimes it’s forced upon us, sometimes it’s our own choice, but whatever the circumstances, the upheaval of moving is rarely welcome. The Bold Doll helps you to pack up and move on out. It happened in 2012, but I was thinking back to an enforced removal that made me re-evaluate Read more…
The Bold Doll explores the world – join us in a culinary adventure with the artist of miniatures, Elaine Langley. Her tiny epicurean delights look mouthwatering. They are good enough to eat for even the most figure-conscious of dolls, and she offers an astonishing array of mini foodstuffs. Click here Read more…
Should you go for one in preference to the other? There are pros and cons for both materials. The Bold Doll puts on a lab coat and lights the bunsen burner … Fashion is fickle, and it’s a foolhardy collector that chooses their fashion dolls for investment value. As with Read more…
The first doll from Jason & Dimon, Mizi, is described by the designers as a 19-year-old model from the 1930s. According to her backstory, after college in the United States, she returned to her home city, Shanghai, and became a top model. Her uniquely beautiful face was ideally suited to Read more…
Two things I love: the influence of men’s bespoke tailoring on women’s fashion, and saving money. Not natural bedfellows – but please bear with me and I’ll try to pull it together. For the male tailoring, nothing wrong with that – it worked for Coco Chanel and Yves St Laurent Read more…