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Dolly Days - 2022
Believe it or not, we had the first Dolly Days back in 2014!!! Wow, almost a decade. Offers changed through out the years, for example the first Dolly Days had a Grab Bag offer where you would get a gift and a random doll from ITBE collection. Dolly Days last five days and each day we get an email from IT with an announcement or a doll related offer. This year the timing changed, from Christmas time to ... well, post-Christmas time :) but, fortunately offers were top-notch.
Arctic Moon Coralynn "Cora" Kwan - is the first doll from East 59th collection designed by Chris Stoeckel (a couturier of dolly world, as I like to call him), and the only lottery doll, three remaining dolls are offered through official dealers. My first impression was WOW she is breathtaking. I have a soft spot for pastels and of-course I just love elaborate fashions Chris offers to us. Underneath tones of "fur" there is a delicate see-through top adorned with crystals and a floor length mermaid skirt. Amazing details all over her, but what I am not sure about is her face. Namely, this is a new character and IT claims this is a new sculpt too. However, she reminds me on Kyori 1.0 and allegedly her sculpt (and the one from Maeve character) belongs to old play line IT used to produce. I can not lie, I am not impressed by that, old sculpts used to have less details, especially around nose area and that is a buzz killer for me. Why not use more elaborate sculpts that are unused, like: Ayumi 2.0, Monogram 1.0, Monogram 2.0...?!? Still, I do like her hair a lot, and her screening is interesting, yes, a bit cartoonish, but interesting. I am happy to see Asian character added to this line, hope her next incarnations will be inspired by traditional fashions. I have decided to pass the lottery and wait and see how she looks.
Pressed Perfection Evelyn Weaverton - this is my favorite character from the line and I am happy to see her again. I have four Evelyns so far and this one will not join my collection. The reason is her screening, I have All Aboard on the 5th, with the same screening, and I had to do a lot of alterations on her eyes to keep her in my collection. Her right eye is completely wonky and I am surprised that collectors do not seem to be bother by that, and Chris either, although I am sure it is impossible to change screening stencils when they are produced. This is such a shame as I love her outfit and her makeup color palette. Yes, I am a bit baffled with her muff and fur hat, as I do not see winter elements on her dress, jacket and open-toe shoes. If I did decide to get her and Cora, I am sure Cora would get fur accessories to complete her look. Have to add that I LOVE her earrings and bracelet. It seems she is less popular than other girls, as she is available at most dealers. I guess if she had an additional garment, she would sell out. Cora comes with a fur coat, Maeve with pants and skirt and Della has three-part outfit, so Ev just needs something extra.
Pink Mist Maeve Rocha - another new character! And she is a Brazilian model. She does look quite beautiful. Since her screening is kind of soft and she has old sculpt renewed, I decided to pass, but now I have to admit I regret that decision. Combination of Sunkissed skintone, sky blue eyes, black hair, and red lips is one of my favorite combinations. Her outfit is perfection, just love that white jacket
and that collar adorned with small rubies. I just hate capri pants, but I do like this ones, probably because of the embroidery. Hair accessories and that detail on the jacket at the waist show how Chris is devoted to details. Love it! I wish her hairstyle is different though, as I do not like when a doll doesn't have parted hair, it just limits redressing and playability.
Frosted Passion Della Roux - passed out! What a stunner!!! She was a no-brainer for me and I am glad I reacted on time as she is sold out everywhere. I hope her outfit will fit FR2, as she will be rebodied right away. Notice that her top can be worn as a dress, than you get a skirt and on top of that you get that delicious fur cover. Muff and fur hat are there just to make you swoon. As I love nice jewelry, I am happy to see color-variant of cream pearl necklace we got with the last Monogram doll. Each doll comes with a makeup accessories and Della comes with a red lipstick. What a beautiful doll, I am very excited to get her.
My Hair Fair Zuri Okoty - that is all for East 59th, now Meteor! As we didn't get any dolls from this line at the convention, I am happy to see one here (as we got two dolls on the last day of the Dolly Days, I can not but wonder if this one was meant for convention, but was postponed). I love her D&G inspired dress and those amazing shoes. I also like her face, but eyebrows screening is just not my thing. Since she has flocked hair, she needs fierce eyebrows - think of Muse Adele. But, I like her lips and turquoise eyeshadow. This Zuri comes with additional two-toned blonde wig and you can upgrade this doll with two sets of three wigs per set at $75 per each set of wigs. Since I already have 20' inspired Zuri on preorder, I will have to pass this one.
Glamour Coated Elyse Jolie - is a lottery doll with 1,500 pieces edition size and $180 price point. Expensive, right, I would say too expensive. Yes, I know, epidemic, everything is getting more expensive, but I just do not see the value here for $180. Anyway, I do like her eccentric outfit, and no, I do not see any connection with Maison FR collection which she belongs to. Her face looks boring in a way that we already had several similar Elyses, why not blonde with cream skintone, pale mint eyeshadow and dark violet lips... Still, I do like her hairstyle and shoes. I have entered the lottery, but I will not be hurt if I do not win.
Desert Dazzler Poppy Parker - is a third doll in Palm Springs collection. Although I do not collect Poppy, I have included this doll in review out of respect to David Buttry, the designer, because he simply can not make a mistake. Lovely Poppy, she looks fresh with this screening used so many times, but with Sunkissed skintone. She looks young, on trend and as I said fresh. her outfit is also nice, if wonder if pants would fit NuFace body... Her earrings and bag are beautiful. What I would change here is the color of the fur coat, but I am not sure to which color :)
Wow, lovely offers! I can honestly say I enjoyed it more than convention, I hope IT continues this lovely tradition. Chris did an amazing job with this East 59th collection, he has been my favorite designer for quite some time and I am glad his efforts are being finally recognized by dolly community. I am starting to notice Meteor offers, I am not sure if that means they are more to my taste or if the offer is better. David is doing great with Poppy, but I wish Jessy does something different with FR. Although I like this Elyse, I have a feeling she could have been even better.
Disclaimer: As I do not collect hommes I left out an offer from Monarch collection .
Dolly Days - 2022
Believe it or not, we had the first Dolly Days back in 2014!!! Wow, almost a decade. Offers changed through out the years, for example the first Dolly Days had a Grab Bag offer where you would get a gift and a random doll from ITBE collection. Dolly Days last five days and each day we get an email from IT with an announcement or a doll related offer. This year the timing changed, from Christmas time to ... well, post-Christmas time :) but, fortunately offers were top-notch.
Arctic Moon Coralynn "Cora" Kwan - is the first doll from East 59th collection designed by Chris Stoeckel (a couturier of dolly world, as I like to call him), and the only lottery doll, three remaining dolls are offered through official dealers. My first impression was WOW she is breathtaking. I have a soft spot for pastels and of-course I just love elaborate fashions Chris offers to us. Underneath tones of "fur" there is a delicate see-through top adorned with crystals and a floor length mermaid skirt. Amazing details all over her, but what I am not sure about is her face. Namely, this is a new character and IT claims this is a new sculpt too. However, she reminds me on Kyori 1.0 and allegedly her sculpt (and the one from Maeve character) belongs to old play line IT used to produce. I can not lie, I am not impressed by that, old sculpts used to have less details, especially around nose area and that is a buzz killer for me. Why not use more elaborate sculpts that are unused, like: Ayumi 2.0, Monogram 1.0, Monogram 2.0...?!? Still, I do like her hair a lot, and her screening is interesting, yes, a bit cartoonish, but interesting. I am happy to see Asian character added to this line, hope her next incarnations will be inspired by traditional fashions. I have decided to pass the lottery and wait and see how she looks.
Pressed Perfection Evelyn Weaverton - this is my favorite character from the line and I am happy to see her again. I have four Evelyns so far and this one will not join my collection. The reason is her screening, I have All Aboard on the 5th, with the same screening, and I had to do a lot of alterations on her eyes to keep her in my collection. Her right eye is completely wonky and I am surprised that collectors do not seem to be bother by that, and Chris either, although I am sure it is impossible to change screening stencils when they are produced. This is such a shame as I love her outfit and her makeup color palette. Yes, I am a bit baffled with her muff and fur hat, as I do not see winter elements on her dress, jacket and open-toe shoes. If I did decide to get her and Cora, I am sure Cora would get fur accessories to complete her look. Have to add that I LOVE her earrings and bracelet. It seems she is less popular than other girls, as she is available at most dealers. I guess if she had an additional garment, she would sell out. Cora comes with a fur coat, Maeve with pants and skirt and Della has three-part outfit, so Ev just needs something extra.
Pink Mist Maeve Rocha - another new character! And she is a Brazilian model. She does look quite beautiful. Since her screening is kind of soft and she has old sculpt renewed, I decided to pass, but now I have to admit I regret that decision. Combination of Sunkissed skintone, sky blue eyes, black hair, and red lips is one of my favorite combinations. Her outfit is perfection, just love that white jacket
and that collar adorned with small rubies. I just hate capri pants, but I do like this ones, probably because of the embroidery. Hair accessories and that detail on the jacket at the waist show how Chris is devoted to details. Love it! I wish her hairstyle is different though, as I do not like when a doll doesn't have parted hair, it just limits redressing and playability.
Frosted Passion Della Roux - passed out! What a stunner!!! She was a no-brainer for me and I am glad I reacted on time as she is sold out everywhere. I hope her outfit will fit FR2, as she will be rebodied right away. Notice that her top can be worn as a dress, than you get a skirt and on top of that you get that delicious fur cover. Muff and fur hat are there just to make you swoon. As I love nice jewelry, I am happy to see color-variant of cream pearl necklace we got with the last Monogram doll. Each doll comes with a makeup accessories and Della comes with a red lipstick. What a beautiful doll, I am very excited to get her.
My Hair Fair Zuri Okoty - that is all for East 59th, now Meteor! As we didn't get any dolls from this line at the convention, I am happy to see one here (as we got two dolls on the last day of the Dolly Days, I can not but wonder if this one was meant for convention, but was postponed). I love her D&G inspired dress and those amazing shoes. I also like her face, but eyebrows screening is just not my thing. Since she has flocked hair, she needs fierce eyebrows - think of Muse Adele. But, I like her lips and turquoise eyeshadow. This Zuri comes with additional two-toned blonde wig and you can upgrade this doll with two sets of three wigs per set at $75 per each set of wigs. Since I already have 20' inspired Zuri on preorder, I will have to pass this one.
Glamour Coated Elyse Jolie - is a lottery doll with 1,500 pieces edition size and $180 price point. Expensive, right, I would say too expensive. Yes, I know, epidemic, everything is getting more expensive, but I just do not see the value here for $180. Anyway, I do like her eccentric outfit, and no, I do not see any connection with Maison FR collection which she belongs to. Her face looks boring in a way that we already had several similar Elyses, why not blonde with cream skintone, pale mint eyeshadow and dark violet lips... Still, I do like her hairstyle and shoes. I have entered the lottery, but I will not be hurt if I do not win.
Desert Dazzler Poppy Parker - is a third doll in Palm Springs collection. Although I do not collect Poppy, I have included this doll in review out of respect to David Buttry, the designer, because he simply can not make a mistake. Lovely Poppy, she looks fresh with this screening used so many times, but with Sunkissed skintone. She looks young, on trend and as I said fresh. her outfit is also nice, if wonder if pants would fit NuFace body... Her earrings and bag are beautiful. What I would change here is the color of the fur coat, but I am not sure to which color :)
Wow, lovely offers! I can honestly say I enjoyed it more than convention, I hope IT continues this lovely tradition. Chris did an amazing job with this East 59th collection, he has been my favorite designer for quite some time and I am glad his efforts are being finally recognized by dolly community. I am starting to notice Meteor offers, I am not sure if that means they are more to my taste or if the offer is better. David is doing great with Poppy, but I wish Jessy does something different with FR. Although I like this Elyse, I have a feeling she could have been even better.
Disclaimer: As I do not collect hommes I left out an offer from Monarch collection .