One of my favorite doll reviewers, The Toy Box Philosopher, reviews a doll from Robert Tonner's newest doll line,
Click on the photo for her review!
Tuesday, February 4, 2014
Sunday, February 2, 2014
Thursday, January 30, 2014
Dressing Bleuette Web Site
Check out Deirdre Gawne's web site where she has the English translations of the patterns that appeared in Nous
Habillons Bleuette in the French girls’ magazine La Semaine de Suzette.
Saturday, January 18, 2014
Helen Kish Annouces New Plans For 2014
Helen Kish will be making some changes in 2014.
Per the Kish & Company web site: Although there are new dolls in the works, we will not be showing them
for a bit. We are working on two new, 11" fully articulated BJD children
and there will be new Signature Edition models in the Chrysalis line
coming as well. Your patience will be rewarded!
As Kish Society members already know from the most recent newsletter,
Helen and Tamas are coming closer to the day when they will launch their
new venture "Love & Kishes"! The new company will co-exist with
Kish & Company and complement Helen's love of sculpting with
products that we hope will capture the imagination (and a market
segment!) and even overlap with our wonderful doll collectors. "Love
& Kishes" will offer wedding cake toppers and other purely
sculptural ephemera, such as the girl pictured below. (Wistful)
Friday, December 6, 2013
TCM - Introduction To The Hollywood Costume
The popular TCM franchise Friday Night
Spotlight continues with "The Hollywood
Costume," which illuminates some of
Hollywood's most talented designers and their
fabulous creations. This "Spotlight" is hosted
by Deborah Nadoolman Landis, an American
film and theater costume designer and the
author of Hollywood Costume (2012), Dressed: A Century of Hollywood
Costume Design (2007) and Hollywood
Sketchbook: A Century of Costume Illustration
(2012). Landis, Oscar®-nominated for her
costumes in 1988's Coming to America, also
designed for many other major films including 1981's Raiders of
the Lost Ark. Each Friday night she will present a pair of double-features highlighting two different designers.
The festival begins on Friday, Dec. 6 at 8pm with a look at Travis Banton, famous for dressing Marlene Dietrich in Blonde Venus (1932) and Claudette Colbert in Cleopatra (1934); Orry-Kelly, whose many credits at Warner Bros. include Casablanca (1942) and Auntie Mame (1958). Subsequent nights will feature Irene Sharaff, who created Barbra Streisand's clothes for Funny Girl (1968) and Elizabeth Taylor's for Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966); Anthea Sylbert, designer of 1970s classics as Chinatown (1974) and Carnal Knowledge (1971); Jean Louis, who clothed Doris Day in Send Me No Flowers (1964) and Ann Roth, who designed for Meryl Streep in Silkwood (1983) and Jane Fonda in Klute (1971, TCM premiere).
TCM will continue to explore the art of costume design in the overnight hours, with additional double-features highlighting such designers as Adrian, the star designer of MGM films including The Women (1939) and Anna Karenina (1935); Walter Plunkett, designer of MGM classics including Adam's Rib (1949) and Forbidden Planet (1956); and the legendary Edith Head, whose numerous celebrated costumes include those in Sullivan's Travels(1941) and The Seven Little Foys (1955)and Helen Rose, whose MGM movies included The Bad and the Beautiful (1952) and Annie Get Your Gun (1950).
The festival begins on Friday, Dec. 6 at 8pm with a look at Travis Banton, famous for dressing Marlene Dietrich in Blonde Venus (1932) and Claudette Colbert in Cleopatra (1934); Orry-Kelly, whose many credits at Warner Bros. include Casablanca (1942) and Auntie Mame (1958). Subsequent nights will feature Irene Sharaff, who created Barbra Streisand's clothes for Funny Girl (1968) and Elizabeth Taylor's for Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966); Anthea Sylbert, designer of 1970s classics as Chinatown (1974) and Carnal Knowledge (1971); Jean Louis, who clothed Doris Day in Send Me No Flowers (1964) and Ann Roth, who designed for Meryl Streep in Silkwood (1983) and Jane Fonda in Klute (1971, TCM premiere).
TCM will continue to explore the art of costume design in the overnight hours, with additional double-features highlighting such designers as Adrian, the star designer of MGM films including The Women (1939) and Anna Karenina (1935); Walter Plunkett, designer of MGM classics including Adam's Rib (1949) and Forbidden Planet (1956); and the legendary Edith Head, whose numerous celebrated costumes include those in Sullivan's Travels(1941) and The Seven Little Foys (1955)and Helen Rose, whose MGM movies included The Bad and the Beautiful (1952) and Annie Get Your Gun (1950).
Thursday, December 5, 2013
Robert Tonner Annouces Avatar Doll Line
Well, they’re finally here! We’re super excited about the Avatar Collection and are pleased to announce they will be available and shipping beginning Monday, December 9th. For this very special debut, there are only 20 sets available that will ship prior to the holiday, and the remaining balance will be available to ship in January. Additionally, you’ll be able to buy Jake or Neytiri individually in January as well. The collection is available at $1500 and each doll (available in January) will be $799.99.
Bring a slice of Pandora home with this masterfully crafted Avatar Collection, featuring Neytiri and Jake. Constructed of the highest quality resin, completely ball-jointed for countless posing options and hand-painted so each is perfectly unique, this long-awaited collection is an absolute must-have for any film buff. Featuring authentic costuming from the film, many points of articulation, including the tail and an impressive height of approximately 22″, The Avatar Collection is an incredible representation of what has made this film great. Each figure is a LE of 150 pieces.
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