Fashion Dolls
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Klub Afrikan "Colin".
19" fully jointed fashion doll by CED Dolls. |
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Violet Waters |
Barbie's aren't the only fashion dolls in town
anymore. They've been joined by incredible lines from other companies
and artists. You like clothes - you'll love these type of dolls.
Some are quite spendy, but when you see them up close, you'll appreciate the
artistry.
Violet Waters by
Ashton Drake. These dolls were the first 2 dolls of color in the
"Gene" fashion doll series, and were introduced in 2001. They are
truly beautiful, elegant, and well designed. They are 15
1/2" tall, and are vinyl. |
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Gene
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Gene is a 15 1/2" vinyl doll. I have quite a
few Genes, but this is the first one I repainted to be a black doll. She would be
known in the hobby as a "repaint".
I have one repaint, Geneva, (shown below) by another artist,
Randy Wilson.
They were both done before Violet Waters was introduced as the first black Gene doll issued
by Ashton-Drake. Many artists are still doing wonderful and stunning
"repaints" of fashion dolls. |
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Geneva
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 Geneva DuBois -
Original vinyl Gene repaint by artist Randy Wilson. This doll
was purchased on eBay from the first buyer, and needs a little touchup
work - but I think she's gorgeous! |
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Esme
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Esme is a beautiful
16" vinyl doll from the Tyler Wentworth line by Robert Tonner. Both
of these dolls have a line of incredibly beautiful outfits you can
buy. They are spendy -Tyler's more so than Gene's - but
they are very high quality clothes and fun to own. |
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Jasmine
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Jasmine and Natasha
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Jasmine (in gold) and Natasha (in red) are 19"
American Model Collection dolls
by Robert Tonner.
The current popular
doll of this type by Mr. Tonner, however, is the 16" Tyler Wentworth
line, which includes Esme - the beautiful African-American doll shown above. |
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Natasha, Olivia and Jasmine |
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Olivia
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Katherine |
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