Sybarite Sloane models "Nursery"

"Nursery" is a Superdoll Salon made chiffon gown with a limited edition of 16. It was sold on the superdoll homepage in May in celebration of London'd Chelsea flower show. It came with a pair of shoes and a miniature letter of invitation which are not shown in the pictures (the beret hat was included). Thes shoes are from an older Salon outfit (Sweet) sicnce the shoes made for generation three Sybarites will not fit Sloane.

Superdoll "BRLN" luggage set for Sybarites

This is exactly the detailing and fabulous quality of production that many manufacturers say cannot be produced any more without sky high retail prices :) These were not cheap but I am very happy with the value and I am sure to give them a very special place in my collection. I also did not have to sell any organs to get these.
The green "BRLN" set has been sold out for a while- there was a black version called PRS, too, which is also sold out by now. However, there might be more color variations coming (on the back cover of the latest Haute doll, there was an advertisement featuring this luggage in several colors like white, black, green, cold and orange). However, there is no way of truly knowing ;)

Sybarite Fidele wearing "Supernova" from Superdoll

Hi everyone!

As some of you might know I am an astrophysicist by education so when Superdoll released an outfit called Supernova, I knew that it basically had my name written all over it :) I am very happy with this outfit, it has a very cool and elaborate design and I think it will look awesome on a lot of different dolls. It also comes with some nice accessories (shoes, handbag, purse) which is always a big plus in my book and I am willing to shell out more money for more accessories, personally.

I love it on Fidele even if she cannot wear the crown that comes with the outfit due to her big hair.

The absolutely only thing that bothers me a bit is that there is a seam in the lowest third of the dress where apparetly the part with the train and the rest of the skirt were sewn together. I wonder why it could not be made in one piece. I am sure there is probably a reason but since I realized it I cannot stop looking at it. But somehow I am sure I will un-see it too once I get used to it ;)

Travel plans, anyone? (Upcoming Superdoll events)

As much as my health might have suffered from another Paris adventure... This card was handed out at the event and makes me think about my next trips. 

Milan is undortunately completely booked, I tried to register a few weeks ago. LA sure sounds exciting but it's a long trip especially if there is no convention as such with a doll that everybody could take home... 

London would be splendid for sure but it's always at a bad time for me work-wise. But who knows? It's still some time until then. 

Paris Fashion Doll Festival 2014 Recap (features Sybarites, Barbie doll, Inamorata)

Dear all,

Another installment of the Paris Fashion Doll Festival (PFDF) has come and gone. As every year, I have traveled back with mixed emotions, I guess that is natual considering all collectors are just human after all and events always bring out the best and worst behaviours in them (and I am a person to whom a certain standart in treating other collectors is important). I swear that almost all events that I ever attended, I wanted to quit collecting or at least stop actively participating in the (online) communities.

But, I definitely want to focus on the postive aspects of the festival here and so we best start with the fabulous Sybarite items that I was able to acquire:

Ming is a Salon made gown in a limited edition of 12. It features a wonderful shape that is reminiscent of a Chinese porcelain vase from that period and thefabric has a wonderful blue color and feels very smooth and silky. I hope to be able to try this on a doll soon! The gown also arrived packed in a fab garment bag:

The welcome gift from the Friday event was a hose set packed in a cute little golden bag:

The doll for Friday is called Etiquette. I love her laser cut dress except for the fact that the material used for it sparkles but I think I will get used to it. Her face, hair and shoes (with little Eiffel tower heels!) are fabulous. I am not sure about her edition size. I know it is supposed to be smaller than the previous years but I am not sure how large or small exactly. I heard rumours that it is supposed to be 50 but as I said, I am not sure:

I wanted to try to buy the limited Sunday doll but could not go early enough due to Personal reasons. She features a cocoa colored Cocktail frock version of Etiquette’s dress with long orange gloves and shoes with a large buckle. Her hair is brunette and around shoulder length (in waves) and her make up is toned down except for bright red lips. She is very pretty but missing out on her hurt not as much as with Fidele Blond (altough in that case it was also the circumstances). Her edition size is 25. One of these days, I will get one of the Sunday dolls.

I think the Saturday barbie doll was a disappointment for many who are seriously interested as she is the exact same doll as handed out at another convention in Japan. If I was a Barbie collector, I would be bummed. Since I am not, this just means that it is significantly harder for me to sell the doll than last year which is also kind of a bummer but not as emotional:

There was another Sybarite gown available on Saturday but I missed out, It was a cocktail length dress with a butterfly print, coming with matching shoes and a hat in the shape of a butterfly.

For me personally, another highlight was getting to know in person my friend Emilia Nieminen who has been featured on this blog a few times with her repains and her own doll line, Inamorata. Emilia is absolutely the sweetest person you are ever going to meet and her love for dolls and the work she is doing is amazing. She displayed a limited edition doll (Chara Charmeuse, LE 5) as well as a OOAK (Predatrice) which she both made exclusively for the Festival on Sunday along with a range of items currently available on her online shop. The display which she had created for her dolls was incredible and atracted a lot of viewers- it features a Burlesque club with a stage and a dressing room. My photos are unfortunately bad cell phone pictures but I am sure that better pictures will soon show up and flickr.

Superdoll displayed a set of 2OAK dolls that looked absolutely amazing but photos were not allowed. The dolls features the Fugu sculpt in a very dark skin tone. They had Mohair wigs in an intricate hairstyle split to both sides with a hair garment inclduing a colorful head scarf. Furthermore they wore embeliished red jackets, a short golden corset ending just below the bust, golden panties and suspenders with colorful stockings. They had very long, bright red and sharpened finger nails. I loved them! One of my biggest hopes in doll collecting is that I can one day bring home such a special doll.

Sybarite Super Salon gown "Halftone"

Hi everybody,

Here is another very special piece I was able to bring home from my Salon visit last winter- I was actually very lucky since another buyer seems to have backed out and so I was able to bring this gown home :) Model is Sybarite Onyx.

Sybarite Madame V and extreme edition Super Salon gown "Truffles"

Hi everybody,

I finally had some time to take a photo of this gorgeous dress that I was lucky enough to acquire just before Christmas- this is Truffles, an extreme edition of 6 dress that was sold through the Superdoll homepage and made in the Salon in London. Unfortunately it is a bid hard to catch in photos but one of the unique features of this gown are padded hips- very "Alexander Mc Queen" and they create a unique look!

 

Sybarite Madame V

Hi everybody,

Madame V is one of the dolls from the latest Sybarite collection "Enigma". While she is sold out now, the other two dolls from the collection which are equally gorgeous, named Wellington and Langtry, are still available at www.superfrock.com.

I had the chance to pre-order Madame V during my last Salon visit in November and I am really glad I did- she is growing on me even more every time I look at her. She seems to be a really fun fusion of different fashion stiles/eras to me, most prominently I see several trends from the 80's going on simultaneously ;) Her unique features include super long, thin pencil eyebrows. She also comes with a nice amount of clothing items, including a "leather" jacket with many studs and a really cool "fur" headpiece.

Here are some portraits of her!

A happy new year to everyone!

(Sybarites E_Ville (wearing Morpheme's outfit), Morpheme (wearing Salon outfit Samosa) and Lawn (wearing Sinatra, Rosa Gloriosa and Parsley))

Sybarite Monoglam Glamour

 

I thought it would be fun to take a photo of all my Monoglam collection items but mix them up a little bit! So, we have (from left to right) my Monoglam dolls, Lawn and Meadow, plus Gateau modeling Lawn's fashion, Sloane modeling Sour Pea, Lawn waring the outfit from Cadenza, Meadow wearing Flutterby and Onyx wearing dandylion. Love the candy colors, even if it is now time to start redressing for the holidays!! ;-)

New Numina Release for December: Ajuma "Stratus"

Hi everyone,

It is funny how many doll companies seem to cramp their final releases into the days just before Christmas! And of course, so many are gorgeous. I think all my family will have to be content with handmade presents- and I am unfortunately not very crafty, lol!

The final Numina release is an Ajuma sculpt in the dark tan skin tone (like my OOAK Devon, Cerise who has been featured on this blog). She is called Stratus, has an edition of 50 and is released on Paul's homepage on December 7th. Good luck everybody!

OOAK Numina Devon Cerise: Retro futuristic Space Girl

Doesn't everybody kind of miss the time when movie creators and pulp authors made us believe that cat suits, overknee boots and a giant visor were exactly the right outfit for traveling into deep space? ;-)

Sybarite Gateau "Lacy"

Here is beautiful Gateau modeling the lovely fashion from Sybarite Lawn! I think she looks like a real Monoglam girl ;-)
At least here is one new photo that I could snap in my appartment which looks like a giant doll warehouse at the moment since I have so little time to spend with anything bdesides work...

Emiliacouture Inamorata new releases: Basic doll "Cherub" and Vertebrata gowns

Hi everybody,

Due to my work, it is becoming harder and harder to keep up to date with new releases and also with my own new arrivals but I hope that nobody missed the fabulous second releases from Emilia's Inamorta line.
This release marks the debut of the line production of the Nnaji sculpt, previously used for OOAK releases. This basic doll is called Cherub with a limited edition of 20 (sold out as I type this).

Please note all photos in this post are Emilia's own promotional images. Visit her flickr page http://www.flickr.com/photos/emiliacouture/ to see these any many more in better size and resolution!

Next, there is a fabulous gown called Vetretbrata in two color variations: Nude in a LE of 10 (sold out as I type this) and Dust, LE 20, which still has a few available as I type this. You can see "Nude" on the left and "Dust" on the right in the following image:

The name of the gown comes from a metal embellishment on the back of the gown which is indeed a vertebrata. I think this idea is really fabulous, very sensual and still edgy.

Congratulations on this fabulous and successful new release, Emilia!!

Numina Ajuma wearing Cho:lo's OOAK "Prerna"

The always fab Ajuma is modeling a OOAK design from the outrageously talened doll philippino couture maker Cho:lo- I am sure almost everyone is familiar with his work, but if not, you absolutely have to visit his flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/becholo/) and facebook pages!
Prerna is a hindi word for "inspired" and the name Cho:lo picked for this fashion since it is loosely based on a design by Alexander McQueen (whom we both idolize). I gave it the nickname "The Peacock queen" due to the ornaments in the wig and the long train-like shape of the dress.
Last but not least I really want to say it was wonderful to be in a commission project with Cholo. He is not only an extremely creative person who works in lightning speed but also just a very funny and great person to be in contact with. Thanks! :)

Dollcis Numina Devon "Nimbus" arrival pictures

Hi everyone,

Nimbus is unfortunately not with me yet but with a friend who receives abd forwards/stores a lot of dolls for me thar originally come to me from North Merica but we can already marvel at her fabulous face now!

I think the level if detail reached in her face painting is pretty fabulous! I officially cannot wait! ;-)

Sybarite Onyx wearing Dandylion from the Monoglam collection

Hi everyone,

I loved this outfit ever sicne I first saw it at the LA convention so it makes sense for me to pair it with our event doll, Onyx. I think this is a pretty fab outfit and I like especially how it combines the most different types of fabrics.

A lot of people have commented on the fact that the dolls and outfits from the Monoglam collection did not sell out in an instant.... I think these dolls just need some warming up fromt he side of some collectors who are more on the avant guard side of things in terms of fashion. Plus, there are more and more events where Superdoll appears and I think a lot of people are willing to cut back on regular collections to be able to attend an event with more limited dolls.
Finally, I think it is worth considering that these are not the first Syarites not to sell out in an instant... and some of the older dolls that did not move quickly and/or went on sale in the past are highly sought after now... for example, Eaton went on sale. Hard to imagine, eh?

Sybarite Lawn from the Monoglam collection

Here are some quick photos of my beautiful Lawn. She has a beautiful and very nicely done mohair wig like all dolls from this collection.

She has an Inque sculpt and a very beautiful caramel skin tone.

I must say I adore this collection... I really hope I can bring home a Velvet soon, too! ;-)

OOAK Numina Devon: Cerise

Hi everyone,

This year is the year that I decided to make some of my long held doll dream come true (not all unfortunately since I wanted to do it without robbing a bank- and there are some things that money cannot buy). One of these dreams is owning a OOAK Numina doll, hand painted and assembled by Paul Pham.
Please meet Cerise.... She has the special dark tan skin tone, one of the skin tones that have not been used on production dolls but only on OOAK projects. Her make up is inspired by cherry blossoms (pink and white) turning to full red fruits, like the red on her lips.
I really want to say that it is great fun to work on a OOAK project with Paul. He is just super creative and has at the same time a very good intuition on what doll would be just right for you- at least, I feel he created a doll that exactly matched what I was looking for even if I was not able to give him descriptions that were any more clear than what I just wrote above. Paul also went great lenghts to ensure that I could take my doll home in time after the LA Sybarite event, so that I could take her in my hand luggage.
Cerise walks a thin line between looking innocent and sultry perfectly in my opinion! In these pictures, she wears Numina boots and a Sybarite slip dress.