The Doll Observers Fashion Doll Awards 2017 were awarded last Sunday and guess what: my blog has the honour of being awarded Best Fashion Doll Blog! I am honoured and thrilled by this. My thanks go out to Simon Farnsworth for organising the awards and his Doll Observers website as well as to all who nominated me and of course all who voted for me. But my most heartfelt thank yous go to you, my readers! I hope I can keep up making you interested in coming to my blog again and again.

I am constantly thinking about ways to improve the blog, make it more modern but keep it accessible and interesting to readers, while enriching its content and enhancing your experience going through it. I can finally announce that the blog will be moving to a new address beginning March 1st! it will be a completely new website, with updated design (see the new logo below). The blog will be a major part of it but it will also contain lots of doll photography in various categories that you can enjoy in a larger format, something I could not easily do here at blogger. I hope you will like it and will keep on coming for more. I will make the move in such a way that clicking the old link will instantly send you to the new site so that you will not have to update it immediately. The blog will move there in its entirety and you will be able to read all the posts from the start up until now. See you soon!

Once again, my blog is nominated for a Doll Observers Fashion Doll blog award. I am really honoured by this and my thanks go to the amazing Simon Farnsworth, who organised the Doll Observers community, as well as to all members who voted for my being nominated. Now the voting is open to the public so you, my readers, can go vote if you'd like to, at Doll Observers. Thank you.

Today was the day that the Fashion Doll Awards winners were announced by Doll Observers, after a public vote was held until a few days ago. This blog was nominated in the relative category but we did not win - proud to be included in with the rest of the amazing nominees! Congratulations to all winners and nominees as well. And of course a big tank you to Doll Observers and Simon Farnsworth who organized the whole thing. Let's see who the winners are:

Winner layouts courtesy of Doll Observers.

Now that the first stage of DollObservers.com members-only nominations have been counted and verified, it is time to finally announce the lucky nominees for this year. What makes the DollObservers.com Fashion Doll Awards different is that both nominations and votes are made by doll lovers themselves. Public voting is now under-way and you are invited to vote now. Winners will be announced via the site on 22nd February 2015. The great news for The Fashion Doll Chronicles is that we are nominated for an award as best fashion doll blog! Thank you to all members that nominated us, it is an honour! You can vote here.

Dear friend Simon Farnworth has set up an excellent doll community at DollObservers.com. Part of this fashion doll haven is the annual Fashion Doll Awards - this is their 3rd year running. As a member of that board (and thus having had a vote in selecting the nominees) it is my pleasure to inform you that the public vote for the awards is now open. You can go here to cast your vote; results will be announced on the 8th of March. Congratulations to all the nominees and may the best one win. Here are the nominees (click on the photos to see them bigger):

Apple White 'Ever After High' by Mattel

Barbie 'Birthday Wishes' by Mattel

Lena 'Prettie Girls' by One World Doll Project

Midge 'Life in The Dreamhouse' by Mattel

Monster High Lagoona '13 Wishes' by Mattel

Emma 'Deja Vu' by Tonner Doll

Poppy Parker 'Sweet in Switzerland' by Integrity Toys

Elise Jolie 'Midnight Star' by Integrity Toys

'Coach Barbie' by Barbie Collector

Vanessa Perrin 'Out Sass' by Integrity Toys

Gene Marshall 'Phoenix' JAMIEshow Dolls USA

Natalie 'Holiday 2013' by JAMIEshow Dolls USA

Sybarite 'Madame V' Superdoll Collectibles 

Apple Nougat by DollChic 

Cherub 'Inamorata' Emiliacouture

Alejandro 'Havana Nights' by JAMIEshow

Jay Gatsby by Tonner Doll 

Lukas Maverick 'Beauty' by Integrity Toys

Ken 'Tailored Tuxedo' l by Barbie Collector

Peeta 'The Hunger Games: Catching Fire' by Barbie Collector

Peeta 'The Hunger Games: Catching Fire' by Barbie Collector 

Jennifer Lopez 'Red Carpet' by Barbie Collector

Faye Dunaway as Joan Crawford 'Mommie Dearest' by Integrity Toys

Katniss 'The Hunger Games- Catching Fire' by Barbie Collector

Poppy Parker as Corie Bratter 'Barefoot in the Park' by Integrity Toys

Emilia Nieminen of Emilia Couture

Peewee Parker

Mario Paglino & Gianni Grossi of Magia2000

Nik Moronese & Marie Lebreton of ninimomo

Noel Cruz

Headspinner by Superdoll_Collectibles

Jem 'Stage Essentials by Integrity Toys

Silkstone Dress Form by Barbie Collector

Urban Vita Environment Show Case by Horsman Ltd

'Winter Weekend' Barbie Fashion by Barbie Collector

Charles Fegen & Desmond Lingard for Superdoll_Collectibles

David Buttry for Integrity Toys

Paul Pham for Dollcis

Robert Best for Barbie Collector

Robert Tonner for Tonner Doll

Angelic Dreamz

Barbie Collector

Fabric & Friends

Marl & B 

My Favorite Doll 

Fashion Royalty by Integrity Toys

JAMIEshow by JAMIEshow Doll USA

Numina by Dollcis 

Poppy Parker by Integrity Toys

The sYbarites by Superdoll_Collectables