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
Sasha Morgenthaler’s dolls have a certain elusive spirit that’s also present in the faces of the Fashion Doll Agency (FDA) models. There is a similar degree of sophistication in the way their features are simply realized with confident strokes, and a carefully chosen palette of colors. The FDA’s finely-sculpted faces Read more
Got mail? Is it a delight or a disaster? The Bold Doll goes postal and finds that all is not well in parcel land. Do your parcels pack a punch, and what is it about packaging? These days most doll collectors are far too familiar with Internet shopping. I was Read more
While rummaging in The Bold Doll toy cupboard, we found a few old friends from the past. They are not part of our current collecting habits, but nor are they quite ready for Marie Kondo – so we’ll be hanging on to them for a bit! They are shown in Read more
In a conflagration situation, is it burn, baby, burn, or will it be light my fire? The Bold Doll asked collectors a pertinent question… All doll collectors have a certain romantic attachment to their dolls, after all we’re sensitive artistic souls, but how far does this attachment go? I thought Read more
Take back your paints, take back your curls. What made you think I was one of those girls? Unless you have a modicum of accomplishment in this area, please put away your tints, pastels and varnish. It’s so not makeover time. The Bold Doll recalls some of the horrors in Read more
Simply a collection of head shots of dolls we found in The Bold Doll archives. There’s no particular link between any of them except that they are all head and shoulder portraits. Some are pristine and others show plenty of age and wear. There are links to any relevant story, Read more
There is nothing like the thrill of opening a box-fresh doll for the first time. But have you ever felt that this new beauty was not quite what you wanted… if only you could adapt her to match your vision rather than the manufacturer’s? A collector based in San Francisco, Read more