Dollculture

ULTIMI ARTICOLI (234)

• my Fashioncamp 2011 unconference

  

  Cover preview! See you next Sat at Spazio A - ex Ansaldo... * Anteprima cover! A sabato prox, allo Spazio A - ex Alsaldo...ph: birthmarkFashioncamp, Milano, 10 ... Leggere il seguito

  Pubblicato il 07 giugno 2011 COLLEZIONISMO, HOBBY, LIFESTYLE

• The Show must begin

  

  Lisette-Babs modeling down the stairway at Italian Doll Convention to let the show begin! An impromptu "thank you all" speech by me, being awarded a plate for m... Leggere il seguito

  Pubblicato il 30 maggio 2011 COLLEZIONISMO, HOBBY, LIFESTYLE

• Framed in 1:6 scale

  

  Back to Benedetta Alfieri’s works (s. May 22nd post), and back to the artistic choice of reducing and framing her photos in doll scale – i.e. in 1:6 scale. Leggere il seguito

  Pubblicato il 27 maggio 2011 COLLEZIONISMO, HOBBY, LIFESTYLE

• Flirty eye

  

  We all know how much a darting glance can be dangerous! Even more dangerous when the repaint in very knowing about this seduction trick. Leggere il seguito

  Pubblicato il 26 maggio 2011 COLLEZIONISMO, HOBBY, LIFESTYLE

• Textile bodies

  

  Last Sat at MIA fair, under a true visual bombing, I’ve been struck with a series of photos by Benedetta Alfieri: single clothing pieces in a white non-space. Leggere il seguito

  Pubblicato il 22 maggio 2011 COLLEZIONISMO, HOBBY, LIFESTYLE

• Dolls for good

  

  IDC, aka Italian Doll Convention, next Sat 28- Sun 29 here in Milan, pre-starts with a big charity auction on eBay, featuring a selected bunch of OOAK dolls by... Leggere il seguito

  Pubblicato il 18 maggio 2011 COLLEZIONISMO, HOBBY, LIFESTYLE

• A doll-scaled bodyscan

  

  It’s almost a mini-me, but it isn’t. What you see in the pic, i.e. the b/w doll-dimensioned thing, is a 3D body-scan automatically transformed in a plaster... Leggere il seguito

  Pubblicato il 15 maggio 2011 COLLEZIONISMO, HOBBY, LIFESTYLE

• splash! In your salad

  

  A doll duo is diving in your salad. For dieting with humour. Would you say it’s sold in a bookshop? It's the concept store concept, stupid.*Un duo di doll dentr... Leggere il seguito

  Pubblicato il 12 maggio 2011 COLLEZIONISMO, HOBBY, LIFESTYLE

• Eye-browsing

  

  Dolls’ eyebrows are a very satisfying dollcultural topic - to me, at least. I don’t stop (eye)browsing websites for interesting paradigms, and that’s how I... Leggere il seguito

  Pubblicato il 05 maggio 2011 COLLEZIONISMO, HOBBY, LIFESTYLE

• In her shoes

  

  If I were in her shoes, I wouldn't wear these shoes, although they have somehow hypnotized me. She'll stay unnnamed by me, but this model totally eclipsed all... Leggere il seguito

  Pubblicato il 30 aprile 2011 COLLEZIONISMO, HOBBY, LIFESTYLE

• Who’s the doll?

  

  Shiny vinyl-like surfaces, hairsprayed or hyperbrushed styles, brilliant or candylike colors: I perceived in these works by Dutch artist Liesje Reyskens... Leggere il seguito

  Pubblicato il 29 aprile 2011 COLLEZIONISMO, HOBBY, LIFESTYLE

• LOVE, issue four

  

  Browsing magazines at Corso Como 10 bookshop, I found this one featuring, among other cover variations, a Marina Bychkova doll, connected with the “perfection”... Leggere il seguito

  Pubblicato il 28 aprile 2011 COLLEZIONISMO, HOBBY, LIFESTYLE

• Feet-ish

  

  Lilli or clone, repainted or original, these arched and booted feet are quite a bold example of how Lilli (and her Hong Kong sisters) weren’t too much a toy... Leggere il seguito

  Pubblicato il 25 aprile 2011 COLLEZIONISMO, HOBBY, LIFESTYLE

• Ring or headband?

  

  Should have seen it a couple of weeks ago when writing the second vintage touch! Looks like the typical surprise found in the chocolate egg. Happy Easter to... Leggere il seguito

  Pubblicato il 24 aprile 2011 COLLEZIONISMO, HOBBY, LIFESTYLE

• Yesterday on RSI

  

  RSI, the Swiss-Italian radio and TV network, aired a special on a special decade, featuring a "Barbie in the 50s" session. Click here and you'll hear me and my... Leggere il seguito

  Pubblicato il 21 aprile 2011 COLLEZIONISMO, HOBBY, LIFESTYLE

• Bid big for Japan

  

  Bid big for her: this is an exclusive, OOAK Kaori Bois de Rose doll created and donated by Fashion Doll Agency’s Nunzio Carbone, to collect funds for Japan... Leggere il seguito

  Pubblicato il 19 aprile 2011 COLLEZIONISMO, HOBBY, LIFESTYLE

• Like this likeness?

  

  I don’t. What do you mean by likeness? A dress, a hairstyle and a bunch of bling blings? Taking for granted that a declared celebrity doll should somehow portra... Leggere il seguito

  Pubblicato il 18 aprile 2011 COLLEZIONISMO, HOBBY, LIFESTYLE

• 500 of these posts!

  

  I was also forgetting this is my post #500 on this blog. Didn't plan to arrive to this today. Nor did I imagine I would write so much on doll presence in our... Leggere il seguito

  Pubblicato il 17 aprile 2011 COLLEZIONISMO, HOBBY, LIFESTYLE

• Sheer chrysalis

  

  This is supposed to be the corset of a OOAK Snow Queen costume by Finnish doll fashion designer emiliacouture. Someone else would also emphasize it’s inspired b... Leggere il seguito

  Pubblicato il 07 aprile 2011 COLLEZIONISMO, HOBBY, LIFESTYLE

• Hidden grace

  

  The kinda perfect twist – or flip or curl, how could you call it? It’s a factory feature - of this hairstyle, so bulky and healthy and well brushed. Its gracefu... Leggere il seguito

  Pubblicato il 04 aprile 2011 COLLEZIONISMO, HOBBY, LIFESTYLE