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dollsinvogue · 27 days

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Barbie Dragon Empress » Mugler fall 1997 couture

#fashion parallels #dollblr #doll fashion #doll collector #fashion dolls #Barbie #collector barbie #thierry mugler #runway fashion

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haveamagicalday · 4 months

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Battle of the Barbies! Round 1: Vintage

This is round 1 of the bracket. All other polls in can be found here.

#battle of the barbies #barbies #barbie #dolls #doll community #dollcore #my post #non disney #peaches and cream #peaches and cream barbie #happy holiday barbie #collector barbie #fashion dolls #vintage #polls #vintage dolls

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dollsdreams · 5 months

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Water Lily Barbie 🪷✨️

#barbie #collector Barbie #claude monet #monet #water lily

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so-i-grudgingly-joined-this-site · 4 months

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When you can't afford the Haunted Beauty Mistress of the Manor Barbie (2014) so you make your own... out of a doll you saved from the trash no less!

It was SO difficult to keep this set to just ten pictures, so there will definitely be a details and before-and-after post on the way.

Component parts and the story of this gal's months-long creation under the cut:

Head: 2015 Fairy Godmother Barbie (Helena Bonham Carter face sculpt), with face completely repainted and hair rerooted in extra-long kanekalon

Body: Tennis Player Barbie

Dress: made by modifying a Victorian wedding gown pattern by u/MyMisfits on reddit

Necklace: constructed out of ribbon and a nail charm

Boots: Barbie Fashionista boots repainted black

Book: new custom print made by me, book template by myfroggystuff on YouTube

Keys: key-shaped beads strung on a hair decoration loop

Candelabra: constructed from beads, wire, and q-tip sticks

Funny enough, this gal is the "sister" of my Christmas Tree Angel Barbie. I used the leftover body and head from this project's component parts to make that doll!

I knew I wanted to re-create this doll with my own spin for a long time, but struggled to find a base with the right face shape (the original has a special custom collector face mold that isn't found in regular Barbies...befitting a doll that retails for $800+). Then, one day one of my neighbors had a box of stuff marked "free" that was otherwise going in the trash can, and in it was a VERY worn-out and dirty Fairy Godmother Barbie. The face shape was perfect (after all, doesn't Helena Bonham Carter often play spooky roles like this?) so I cleaned up the doll, rid her of her matted old hair, painted a new face for her, and gave her a new poseable body.

I didn't just re-create the original doll's dress an accessories either; I tried to put my own details into them. That book is fully printed on the inside... I'll show off the text in a future post! I also had to give her my signature elaborate hair compared to the original's prim and proper bun.

This was months of work, including gathering parts, rerooting the hair, learning different sewing techniques, learning new prop construction techniques, and troubleshooting issues like the glue not setting on the candelabra pieces. This is one of my most elaborate customs and I'm very proud of the result.

#custom doll #custom barbie #ooak doll #ooak barbie #art doll #gothic #gothic doll #collector barbie #haunted beauty barbie #haunted beauty mistress of the manor #my art #original post

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moonwaif · 5 months

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Over ten years ago, I had my first really heart breaking break up. I opened up all my ballet collector edition Barbies, which until then had stayed in their boxes. I designed a winter set for them and did a photoshoot.

I wish I could find all the pics but here's what I have right now. Some of my favs:

*lacking spoons for image description I'm sorry

#barbie #collector barbie #ballet #doll community #barbie community

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sapphiccarolineabbott · 3 months

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I unboxed 17 dolls today! 😥 they've accumulated over 2 years and my new adhd meds finally work

Man, comparing the 90s barbies with the Jane Goodall one makes me want to cry 😭 the quality drop is so severe! The older dolls have different textures and thicknesses of fabric, and all these wonderful details like the pearls and metal pieces. There's still a quality drop for the Ida Wells dolls, but at least her dress is a decent fabric and has some trim, and 11 points of articulation as compared to 5

#barbie #doll collector #doll collection #barbie dolls #collector barbie #ever after high #ever after high doll #lol omg #stardoll #my photos

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littleplasticladies · 1 year

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