The Bold Doll YouTube Channel

View our very own Bold Doll videos, from our boutique studio. They take ages to make, but we’ll be adding more as we create them.

Reference

Action Man HQ for lots of vintage images and information

Billy (the first gay doll) has his own definitive reference site The Billy Concept by his original artists, John McKitterick and Juan Andres

Fashion Sleuth reveals how designers of Gene Marshall’s outfits may have been inspired by vintage fashions

Modern fashion doll body size comparison – a very handy chart from Brodjam, a well-known eBay seller specializing in fashion dolls

The Pavlova Project – by artist & dressmaker Peggy Turchette – a “visual biography” of the ballerina, Anna Pavlova (1881-1931), using costumes meticulously recreated on Tonner dolls

Pedigree Sindy dolls’ definitive reference point is The Sindy Museum

Peggy Nisbet – a collectors’ illustrated guide

Pelham Puppets by David Leech, the marionettes’ official historian

Vintage Doll Repair, an invaluable resource that shows you how to mend broken dolls and bring them back to life

Woodsky is a comprehensive reference point for Integrity Toys, Modsdoll, and Dollcis/Numina. Or try this Integrity Toys’ fan page reference site.

Blogs

Dolldom – Life de luxe in a smaller scale

Collecting Fashion Dolls by Terri Gold

The Fashion Doll Chronicles by Stratos Bacalis

Yatabazah! for unique doll insights and bespoke hand-made wigs

The Doll Years by Linda Thyssen

Shopping

Hayes Valley Girls for color-safe doll hairnets, and other doll-related items

Dolly Delectables by Elaine Langley – astonishing miniature food

Matilda Pink by Diana Lemieux – fashion, just tiny. Doll dress-making patterns from the Lemieux Doll Boutique.

Restore Doll for doll re-rooting supplies and information

Zipper that Doll for zippers, buttons, velcro®, for doll sewing and crafting

Resources

Tab Danforth – your go-to voiceover guy. Warm and friendly, serious and to-the-point, or a calming voice for your narration. Tab Danforth, the pre-eminent American male voice actor, has got your voice talent needs covered.

Fashion Doll Quarterly Magazine a treasure trove of dolls and fashion

Duncan Willis’ SuperProReplication for replica Thunderbirds puppets and lots of information

Vintage Barbie restoration by Lolaxs

Videos

Take a trip along the boulevards of Paris in the 1960s with this mini-documentary about Edmond Kiraz and his mod French fashion dolls

Travel back in time to Italy in the 1950s for the video documentary on Sonia Ottolini dolls, as well as the elusive Ellen

Now let’s take a trip to 1960s Italy in this Furga Alta Moda mini documentary featuring Simona

Fashion Doll Agency models animated for the catwalk premiere of the Collection Noir

Let’s move and groove with the BMR1959 dolls

The Italian fashionista, discovered in Rome, and with worldwide appeal – Modella

Puppets! Fashion! Moschino! What more could anyone want? A catwalk show in miniature – with strings.

Fans of Gene Marshall will love this inspirational mini-documentary on vintage Hollywood fashions created by Adrian

For more classic Hollywood style, check out this overview of Edith Head’s work at Paramount

In the spirit of movies of the 1940s, Thanos Samaras created a surreal ghost story in Mes poupées Mdvanii

Behind the scenes on Thunderbirds 1965: a project to produce three new episodes of the classic television show Thunderbirds – exactly the way it was done in the 60s!

Don’t miss this UK TV ad from 2017 featuring Lady Penelope and Parker! It’s from the team behind Thunderbirds 1965.

Here’s the latest from the guys behind Thunderbirds 1965: a new Supermarionation adventure series: Nebula.75.

For more 1960’s-style fun, check out Nav Sikand’s video La poupée mannequin Anouk: East meets West and don’t miss the groovy video for Anouk, Series 4, or the Salon de Coiffure.

Russia with BFMC collection 2011, a meticulously-created diorama

Behind the Scenes of the Atelier: an astonishing look at the 2012 Silkstones

Set Sail with the Barbie Fashion Model Collection, 2013

Principessa, with Luciana, and Dulcissimia, BFMC 2014, Italian high fashion in a wonderfully-detailed setting

By Invitation Only, a feast for the eyes at the 2015 BFMC Collection

The Photoshoot for BFMC, 2016. Inspiration for building dioramas and doll photography

Who hasn’t been inspired by the work of Coco Chanel?

A thoroughly modern take on classic silhouettes on the Moschino S/S 2019 catwalk

Todd Haynes formerly banned movie on the life of Karen Carpenter filmed using Barbie dolls, Superstar : The Karen Carpenter Story

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