The Fashion Doll Chronicles: February 2013

Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Tonner Doll Mainline release 2013: DeeAnna Denton

This is one of my favourite Tonner Doll lines. I managed to get one doll from this last year and she is gorgeous. It seems that it is also getting better. This year there are two dressed dolls, two basics and two outfits.

Luncheon Date
Price: $209.99
Availability: Reserve yours now!
T13DDDD02
LE 500

The first dressed doll is of course DeeAnna Denton™ with her 16" curvaceous body in the Tyler skin tone. She has green painted eyes with applied eyelashes and golden blonde rooted saran hair, She is wearing a black hat with faux fur trim and a red bow, a white jacket with black beaded buttons, black faux fur cuffs, and black and white faux fur collar. It is cinched with a black patent leather belt over a black pencil skirt. Nude pantyhose, red bead earrings, a red beaded necklace, red gloves and red patent leather shoes complete the look. She comes with a stand.

Period perfect, this is a gorgeous doll, even though her earrings are a bit simple regarding the rest of the outfit. She should have had a bag too, as would be appropriate for the era.

Afternoon Cocktails
Price: $209.99
Availability: Reserve yours now!
T13DDDD01
LE 500

The second dressed doll is Peggy Harcourt™ on a 16" curvaceous body in the Tyler skin tone. She has purple painted eyes with applied eyelashes and pale blonde rooted saran hair. Her outfit consists of an iridescent purple skirt, matching purple and fuchsia top with gold studs, one pink and one purple glove, rhinestone bracelets, a rhinestone necklace, rhinestone earrings, nude pantyhose, purple faux suede shoes, an iridescent purple and fuchsia hat and a purple faux fur shawl. She comes with a stand.

Peggy is my favourite sculpt from this line and she looks gorgeous yet again. The outfit is a bit outré but is period perfect, although we still miss a handbag to go. The turban looks a bit smashed, I hope the production ones look better. I love the draping on the top. As they do not describe it as a jacket, it probably opens on the back and not on the front.

All Vintage DeeAnna
Price: $134.99
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T13DDBD01
LE 500

One basic doll is DeeAnna Denton™. She has brown painted eyes with applied eyelashes and a pale blonde removable saran wig. She has the Tyler skin tone (and always the curvaceous body). She sports a light purple teddy with ruffle trim and garters over nude pantyhose and purple molded plastic shoes. She comes with a stand.

This one looks better than the dressed DeeAnna! The teddy and garters are a nice touch. We have seen the molded plastic shoes before on basic Tyler dolls. And in the same colour.

All Vintage Peggy
Price: $134.99
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T13DDBD02
LE 500

Of course the second basic doll is Peggy Harcourt™ with the 16" curvaceous body in a Tyler skin tone. She has green painted eyes with applied eyelashes and a mink removable saran wig. She has a teal teddy with ruffle trim and garters over nude pantyhose and teal molded plastic shoes. She comes with a stand.

Look at those gorgeous green eyes! She has almost the same colouring as my own Peggy, Short N'Sassy but with green eyes (even better) and lighter brows. If I did not have SNS, I would get her in an instant. They should have made the outfit in teal, it would look so much better.

A Day at the Races - Outfit
Price: $99.99
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T13DDOF01
LE 200

The first outfit is a floral print dress with white ribbon trim at the waist. It has a white crinoline petticoat. Accessories include a white hat with faux flowers, white gloves, faux pearl earrings, a faux pearl necklace and black faux leather shoes.

While the dressed dolls are wearing winter ensembles, the solo outfits are decidedly summery. Light and airy, again this is period perfect apart from a missing bag.

High Tea at The Plaza - Outfit
Price: $99.99
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T13DDOF02
LE 200

The last outfit is a peach dress with white embroidered organza overlay and an attached belt. Accessories include a white hat with peach tulle and faux flower decoration, matching faux leather shoes, a faux pearl necklace, faux pearl earrings and white gloves.

She is without a bag again. A dreamy confection this one, it could also use nude pantyhose. No lady of that era would be caught dead without it.

Photos courtesy of Tonner Dolls.

Monday, February 11, 2013

Tonner Doll 2013 Mainline release: Marilyn Monroe

Two new dolls and one outfit are the newest additions to the Marilyn Monroe line by Tonner Doll. I like that they are relasing more and more of her outfits and hope to be able to buy some in the future.

In A Dream
Price: $199.99
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T13MMDD01
LE 500

The first dressed doll has of course the Marilyn Monroe head sculpt on a 16" Starlet body with the Tyler skin tone. She has blue painted eyes with applied eyelashes and blonde rooted saran hair. She is wearing an off white and brown dress, with an off white and brown matching turban. Off white gloves, a brown belt with gold stud, rhinestone earrings, nude pantyhose and a pair of brown faux leather shoes complete the look. She comes with a stand.

I still cannot get used to the MM sculpt by Tonner. I still find it harsh and missing that ethereal "baby" undertone that she had in most of her photos and films. This could be used for Madonna or Jane Russel with much more success. The outfit though is gorgeous. It is a Travilla design (he did lots of her films) and is from the iconic 1953 film "How To Marry A Millionaire". Below are some captures from the film as well as her costume fitting photograph.

In the scene she is with Alexander D'Arcy, who played a phoney millionaire.

So it seems we are missing the drop earring and rhinestone bracelet plus the bag. I wish they could have made her turban less puffy.

Marilyn Monroe as Lois Laurel
Price: $134.99
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T13MMBD01
LE 500

The second doll is a basic one.She has a black bathing suit, nude pantyhose (why?), black faux leather shoes with clear platforms. She comes with a stand.

This is Marilyn from 1952's "Monkey Business", the scene in the bathing suit. The doll looks even less than Marilyn here and more like Madonna. Why is she in pantyhose? She does not wear that in the film and not even in publicity shots. I love the shoes, they look fantastic, Below are some photos of the star in this swimsuit.

It seems that this (above) is the photo that inspired the doll. They missed the number 7 on the swimsuit. You can see her below with her co-star in the film, Cary Grant.

The Problem with Rose - Outfit
Price: $99.99
Availability: Pre-order until 3/4/2013
T13MMOF01
LE 300

This is the sole outfit of this line. It features a white blouse under a short red coat with faux pearl button and a black skirt. White gloves and black faux leather shoes complete the look.

This is an outfit from the 1953 film "Niagara". very faithful to the original. Below are some photos with Marilyn wearing this outfit. The real shoes had much more intricate detail.

Doll photos courtesy of Tonner Doll.

Tonner Doll Mainline 2013 release: Scarlett and American Model 22"

I am a big fan of Gone With The Wind and so I had to have Scarlett dolls - one of my first ever dolls was the Franklin Mint Scarlett. I have several of the Tonner ladies too, plus Rhett and Melanie, so I could not leave out the sole release of the GWTW Tonner Doll line. To complete this post, I will include the 22"American Model releases, because the era (but not the size) of their outfits fits Scarlett to a T. There is of course a 22" Scarlett release as well but there are no photos of her yet.

Scarlett
Price: $224.99
Availability: In Stock - Now. Expected to ship 2/15/2013
T13GWDD01
LE 300

This is the only Scarlett 16"release on the mainline so far. She is a dressed doll (there are so many dressed Scarlett dolls by Tonner that Franklin Mint must have less than half of them by now). She has of course the Vivien Leigh portrait sculpt on a 16" Tyler bending wrist body with the Tyler skin tone. She has the famous green painted eyes and brown rooted saran hair. She is wearing a red dress with black trim and red beads and a gold brooch at the collar and bronze hair decoration. She sports a white petticoat, nude pantyhose with attached panties and red taffeta shoes to match. She comes with her stand.

There is no description on the Tonner website but fans of the film already know this is the dress Scarlett is wearing as Mrs. Kennedy, when trying to convinve Ashley to come work for her. The hairdo is not a match as you can see below.

The brooch at the neck is not similar either (where is the red stone at the middle?) but it looks intricate. It should have sat on top of the collar though, not beneath it.

The rest of the outfit is a perfect match. I cannot remember what she was holding at the photo below.

You can see how the bronze hair ornament is supposed to look like in the film capture below, although no photo fro the company shows it.

The other Scarlett release is a 22"version of the wedding dress dol, but no photos of her are available yet. She would be a sized up version of her 2012 16"release by Tonner, seen below:

Charming Lady - Outfit
Price: $224.99
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T13AMOF02
LE 100

Outfit only Fits 22” American Model™ . Blue jacket with white lace trim and black ribbon trim, over a blue skirt with black trim. Includes white petticoat, faux leather boots to match and a mink curly saran wig. Very late Victorian style, could have been worn by Scarlett on her later years.

Moonlight Waltz - Outfit
Price: $224.99
Availability: Pre-order until 3/4/2013
T13AMOF01
LE 150

Outfit only Fits 22” American Model™. Off white dress with a lace overlay and ruffle trim, and black sash and bow with rhinestones. Black gloves, a black ribbon choker, off white feather hair decoration with a pearl brooch, taffeta shoes to match and nude pantyhose complete the outfit. Includes a long, black, wavy centre part saran wig. This is Edwardian, reminds me a lot of My Fair Lady - the Ascot scene.

The line also includes two basic dolls, a vintage and a glamour basic. You can se the latter below, there is no image released on the vintage one.

All photos courtesy of Tonner Dolls.