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BOX DATE: 2019
MANUFACTURER: M.G.A.
DOLLS IN LINE: Glamour Queen; Shimone Queen; Yang Q.T.; Her Majesty; Snow Bunny; Bhaddie; S8er Grrl; Miss Jive; Daring Diva; Oops Baby; Splatters; Witchay Babay
BODY TYPE: No date; painted bodysuit & tights
HEAD MOLD: 2018; open mouth; ear slots
SPECIAL FEATURES: Color change
***The doll on the right is wearing 2018 #OOTD Jet Set Q.T.'s outfit.
PERSONAL FUN FACT: The lady on the left is very special indeed, as she was the first L.O.L. Surprise doll I ever "met" in person. Ironically, she was one of the #Hairgoals dolls I was least interested in finding when I was perusing pictures of them online. I did, however, expect that I'd probably wind up with her, based on the popularity of Yang Q.T. As I mentioned on my photo of Pins, I was curious about the L.O.L. Surprise dolls after encountering their advertisements on a Glamper box in the toy section at Wal-Mart. Personally, I think this whole surprise gimmick is SUPER lame and bad marketing. For me, I tend to want dolls that are shelf warmers. The more I see something, the more I think about the doll, and eventually I will crack and buy him/her. But how can I do that when all the dolls are concealed? I didn't even know that these dolls existed...I was only aware of their big sissies the O.M.G. ladies. Again, it was hard to formulate an opinion of those dolls based purely on photos online. When I saw the word "#Hairgoals" on the packaging of the dolls in the clearance section, I was intrigued. I became a sucker for Bratz Babyz when I met the ones with rooted hair. So naturally I was curious and did a google search to see what was up. The more I studied these dolls, the more I felt something for them. They do remind me a great deal of Bratz Babyz, but if the 2015 dolls had smaller counterparts (what with their larger, babyish eyes). So I ended up returning to Wal-Mart with a gift card in tow to swipe a #Hairgoals doll. I ended up finding a "Wave 1" doll by herself in the clearance section, so I got her too (I didn't want two of the same wave, because $9 for a duplicate is ridiculous). I opted to open the "Wave 1" lady first since I was less interested in the dollies from this wave. I saw this doll's face as I peeled back her mask and had to be amused that I ended up with the one I did not want. Of course, I LOVE Yang Q.T....what with her Cruella Deville type styling. And I'm a sucker for African American dolls....I was just hoping for Splatters, but I knew I was gambling. Colleen was not as enchanted by Miss Yang at first, but as soon as she said it aloud, she looked into this doll's eyes and felt sorry she said it. These cuties have SO much personality, despite their super tiny size (which took me aback--I thought they'd be a little larger). Within ten minutes of opening Yang Q.T. and Pins, I was thinking about how much I wanted more of them. It had been a long time since a new doll type won me over so quickly. While these aren't technically related to Bratz, I have to say that they bare enough resemblance to them...which is probably how I became addicted!
Due to the popularity/commonality of Yang Q.T., I accepted early on that I'd probably wind up with a duplicate of her. That's why I wasn't willing to take the chance of buying another brand new #Hairgoals "Wave 1" doll at the store. Knowing my luck, I would have paid top dollar for yet another Yang Q.T. Despite my self made rule to only purchase one doll brand new from a line (to prevent accidentally buying the same doll twice), I knew somehow I'd get my hands on another Yang Q.T. Since my earliest days of browsing L.O.L.s, I devised that purchasing a lot of them on eBay would be clever. That way, I would know exactly who I was buying, even if I wasn't getting a fabulous bargain. My gal on the right came to fruition in just this way. She was part of the "Lotta L.O.L.s Lot" that I purchased in May of 2020. I had been keeping a keen eye out for a desirable L.O.L. lot on eBay and Mercari. I stumbled upon one that contained quite a few dolls (including a few that were on my most wanted list), some playsets, extra clothes, and even a few pets/Lils. This lot had a bit of everything, and all of it was in immaculate condition. Yang Q.T. was the only doppelganger in the lot, but I was fine with the arrangement. She has become an icon to me, what with being the first L.O.L. doll I ever touched. I couldn't shun such a special lady. Plus, I was eager to try out some of my spare clothes on her. Although my doll is dressed in her original ensemble for guide purposes, in real life she wears one of Jet Set Q.T.s dresses for the time being (although she will change I'm sure as I get bored)!
Durga puja is the most favorite festival of the people of eastern India, especially the people of West Bengal. This festival is celebrated all over India, though with differing rituals, for nine days. It is also called Navratri in some parts of the country.
The last day coincides with Dussehra. Idols are taken away in large processions for immersion in water. "Sindur Khela" (Vermillion game) is a major event of Dashami. First, the married women greet the Mahadevi for one last time, accompanied by rituals. They do aarati, but ready-to-chew paan-leaves in the hands of the goddess, put sweets on the lips of the idol, wipe out eyes as one does to wipe off the tears when leaving a loving place. This event is called "Durga Baran". They apply vermilion to the Goddess's head and to each other and greet each other with sweets.
Before "Idol immersion" , married women of all age take part in an emotional ritual where vermilion (sindhoor khela), is applied to the parting of each other's hair. The loha (the metal and gold bracelet given to the bride by the mother-in-law) and pala/sannbha (the red and white bangles worn by many married Bengali women) are also touched up.
Sindhoor is applied by the women and the priest on the forehead of the goddess. A mother-in-law gives an iron bangle interlaced with gold or silver to a new bride as the first gift, a token of suhag (Marriage Bliss), which the daughter-in-law wears all her life. During Durga puja, when idols are being taken away for immersion, sindoor is taken from in front of the idols and applied to the parting in the hair by married women. What is left on the fingers is applied to this iron and gold (silver) bangle, and is known as touching the loha. The ritual of applying sindoor can also take place at home when Bijoya Dashami is celebrated with family members.
Durga puja (Bengali:দূর্গা পূজা,),‘Worship of Durga’), also referred to as Durgotsava.
Durga Puja festival marks the victory of Goddess Durga over the evil buffalo demon Mahishasura.Durga Puja is widely celebrated in the Indian states of Assam, Bihar, Jharkhand, Orissa, Tripura and West Bengal.
Somewhere inside these complex edifices is a stage on which Durga reigns, standing on her lion mount, wielding ten weapons in her ten hands. This is the religious center of the festivities
The word pandal means a temporary structure, made of bamboo and cloth, which is used as a temporary temple for the purpose of the puja.
Creation of the idols
The entire process of creation of the idols (murti) from the collection of clay to the ornamentation is a holy process,
supervised by rites and other rituals.
On the Hindu date of Akshaya Tritiya when the Ratha Yatra is held,
clay for the idols is collected from the banks of a river, preferably the Ganges (Hooghly in Calcutta/Kolkata).
There is age-old custom of collecting a handful of soil (punya mati) from the nishiddho pallis of Calcutta,
literally ‘forbidden territories’, where sex workers live, and adding it to the clay mixture which goes into the making
of the Durga idol.After the required rites, the clay is transported from which the idols are fashioned.
An important event is 'Chakkhu Daan', literally donation of the eyes.
Starting with Devi Durga, the eyes of the idols are painted on Mahalaya or the first day of the Pujas.
Before painting on the eyes, the artisans fast for a day and eat only vegetarian food.
Goddess Durga Rides a Lion and vengeance to kill a demon residing in city of Mysore ,named after Mahishasur,
the very demon which was slain by the Goddess.The original Indian name was Mahishur. Along with these central statues, Idols are also made of other Gods and Goddesses.
As it also includes the worship of Shiva, who is Durga's consort (Durga is an aspect of Goddess Parvati),
in addition to Lakshmi, Saraswati with Ganesha and Kartikeya, who are considered to be Durga's children are crafted.
Worship of mother nature is also done, through nine types of plant (called "Kala Bou"),
including a plantain (banana) tree, which represent nine divine forms of Goddess Durga.
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Jungle Jive, Large Crib or Toddler Bed size. Funky and festive patchwork quilt of wonky log cabin blocks with all designer cotton fabrics. Batting is cotton Warm and Natural. Quilted in a random meandering pattern. Measures 53" x 44". A generous snuggle sized quilt for the crib, couch or Jr. bed.
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Comme beaucoup de modéles, ces sandales n'apparaissent pas dans le catalogue Homme
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Mais elles sont disponibles sur commande.
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Skeletons! Everywhere! Behind you! And apparently they want to dance. I don’t recall shooting an animated skeleton. Maybe it was windy. Or maybe.... (Actually, it’s an optical illusion caused the plastic between the “fingers.”)
Jivers are the newest pop-cultural fad though truly a subculture of preps born West Coast US. Jivers were preppy kids who started getting into the club scene and I mean preps from high society! Not the cliquies of our schools. Jivers went clubbing crazy as did our young teen idol celebrities did. As they realized they were given weird looks they decided to redesign their appearance to be more club like. They took up fashions such as the fedoras because Michael Jackson supported fedoras as a fashion item for his acts on stage and music videos. Justin Timberlake wore fedoras too making it extra popular to do so! They took their usual school uniforms adding flashy wristbands and then wore converse shoes. However by the late 00's Martin Margiela decided to redesign the old classic mobster shoes into a tennis shoe ordeal creating his own brand of hip shoes. Preppy clubbers also get the newest dress shirts and neck-ties that were graphic made. Then along came dress slacks to increase their newest fashion! People referred to their look as 'jiving' thus the name was adopted and they called themselves Jivers, this subculture had been happening all last decade but only known in the high society. Now it is worn by all preppy hipsters, cliquie Jivers which some cool kids might call 'the new Preps!'
A strange history lesson is in order:
in 1870 at the opening of the industrial era known as the post-modern times, pop-culture was born in a small way. The first major pop-culture fad was Cabaret, women wore corsets and fishnet stockings as well as top hats, silk long gloves and early hooker boots. Sometimes they wore dresses over the bottom half of the corset to be a little more modest. Men wore the early pimps outfit otherwise known as the 'townie' look. After the 1870's decade the fad wore out its value and people moved on to something else.
in the 40's the zazzy look was basically the cabaret look redesigned and recycled but in a more puritan fashion sense. The zoot suits were introduced then for all men to wear, women did a dancer's dress and flapper skirts. Not only the most romantic decade but also the most culture sensitive decade of all! What's funny is that 7 decades earlier, the cabaret thing was a big deal.
now in the 010's as we live, 7 decades after the zazzy craze died out we have the Jiver fad. It does seem a revived version of the zazzy look only more of a new century look. Girl jivers again dress in skirts but nothing that is short enough to be sexually inviting. Just short as most casual short skirts we have. It is certain once this decades wears out so will this fashion!
The look:
Head - A fedora with a ribbon or a glittery head band attached.
Torso - Graphic dress shirt, generally featuring angel wings with dragons or what have you. Most often a brand name shirt. The neck tie is also graphical but more a cascade of colors.
Wrists - Very flashy wristbands, some may be the old 90's snap-ons, some may the be button ons, some might be the clip on hard plastic ones; they also range in feature, from glittery disco ball look to glow in the dark to mood band to laser light ups.
Bottoms - dress slacks as introduced, bearing the sturdy and hard jean material while being light and silky as pajamas or slacks. Most of them are a remake of the khaki cargos from the 90's, a poor immitation.
Feet - the Martin Margiela brand shoes that cross classic mobster shoes with tennis shoes of today, just more hipsterness for them!
There you have it, the ironic coincidence of preps adopting a lifestyle and fashion sense they don't normally roll with! Personally it beats the wigger look by a true long shot, not even girls have an excuse to look like ho's nowadays!
The true Jiver culture is like preppy culture except they aren't snobby or culture sensitive. They like outrageous fashions like Lady Gaga who is their idol! They love clubbing every weekend or on special holidays. Some even like to run and host public school raves! They like shopping for flashy things even for some futuristic gadgets... After all the future age is upon us. A trend spawned from this culture called Flashies are basically chicks who are poking fun at manly nature as Emos did toward femnine nature. Flashies are also into lesbo liplocking, doing guy activities, wearing body paint on their arms and showing off their accessories. Jivers drink wine from the bottle and not from a glass since they aren't trying to be fab in etiquette. They are overall the new conformists, they gain popularity and become popular through in-school dance-offs. Basically the hottest/best dancer gets status in the 'in-crowd' while the suckers get ignored. They become prom king and queen also through their skilled dancing abilities.
My view is that they are another annoying teeny bopper conformists culture. Yet at least they won't be nearly half as annoying!
Photos taken for work from the annual January Jive show at Roosevelt High School. The event featured performances by the show choirs from Lincoln and Roosevelt high schools along with a number of individual student-artists.