I really do know the reasons why baby dolls get retired, but as a doll e-tailer, it is a little inconvenient. The first imported dolls in colonial America were the Fashion Dolls. The European dress makers dressed dolls in the latest fashions and sent them to America. The wealthier Americans studied the new designs and [...]
Entries from July 2008
Why Do Baby Dolls Get Retired?
July 29th, 2008 · Comments Off
Tags: Doll History · Dolls · Fashion Dolls
Defining “Dolls” Part II
July 23rd, 2008 · Comments Off
In my last post I ‘expanded’ the ‘classical,’ ‘dictionary’ doll definitions to include: 2. representations of children, animal or fantasy characters meant for play or collecting; in all sizes, and made from materials including cloth, plastics, wood, clays, found objects, paper etc. Today I’d like to show a couple of examples of what I feel are [...]
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Defining “Dolls”
July 20th, 2008 · Comments Off
It has been suggested, that I should define what I mean by ‘dolls’ in this ‘Doll Blog’ Fair enough; when I was first starting to work on the SEO (Search Engine Optimization) for the SleepySoft.com website, if I googled ‘black baby doll’ I’d also get pages with women’s negligee! So I looked up the word [...]
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For The Love Of Dolls
July 16th, 2008 · Comments Off
Her name was Ling, and she rescued a small family business that was on the brink of collapse. A few months later came Cutie Pie, with her bright sunny smile, and her bright red dress, and we were off to the races. Why else would a portly fifty something gentleman love little girl’s dolls? Even [...]
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