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Kathe Kruse La Bella Dolls 2018 Toy Fair Highlight
We spotted some rather beautiful new dolls in the Kathe Kruse booth due to be released in the Autumn-Winter. Captivating faces, charming pretty tresses and stylish clothing, we were intrigued! -
Sylvia Natterer Dolls At The Nuremberg Toy Fair 2018
More delightful photos from the Nuremberg Toy Fair in 2018 rolled into a film for you to enjoy to the sound of authentic classic French music! Featuring many favourite Sylvia Natterer dolls and some of those cute Petitcollin babies. -
Gotz Happy Kidz Anna Loves Paris, Walks Her Dog In The Champ De Mars
It's Autumn, and we're in Paris with Anna. Between the Eiffel Tower to the north west and the École Militaire to the south east is the wonderful Parisian park of the Champ de Mars. Situated next to the Eiffel Tower, the park is as majestic and as beautiful as ever in the Autumn sunshine. It's the sort of place that L.M. Montgomery, author of Anne of Green Gables might have stood and proclaimed, "I'm so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers." -
Importance of a doll that's "Just Like You": Hijabi Dolls
We wanted to share this story that has made the news recently because it conveys the importance of what it means to find a doll that's just like you. It's a much hyped subject but here's a real life view, from someone whose perception of her identity within the community is changed by receiving, in her case, a hijab dressed doll. -
Gender Stereotyped Toys: The BBC2 Experiment
Are you sure you don’t gender-stereotype children? This was the question posed in the second programme of BBC2's current series exploring the effect of gender stereotyping on children. In the programme BBC2 conduct an experiment to see what people really think of little girls and boys... -
A WALDORF PHILOSOPHY
We've got a new brand at My Doll Best Friend, called Ciao Bimba, and the doll type is: Waldorf dolls. Waldorf dolls are compatible with a Waldorf education for nursery and early school children. They are are sensory toys that enliven a child's imagination through discovery and play. They are toys made of natural materials, in simple designs.
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CIAO BIMBA DOLLS: HANDMADE WALDORF DOLLS FOR CHILDREN
If you buy Baby London magazine you might have noticed adverts for sweet Ciao Bimba dolls in Liberty print clothing with girls wearing clothing to match their doll. One of the two creators of Ciao Bimba is Maria of mariasnaturetoys on Instagram, who is the artist and designer of Ciao Bimba Waldorf inspired dolls. Maria's own collectible dolls take a week each to make and sell within minutes of her listing one for a typical price of 690 euro. Her waiting list is long with many customers waiting months and months to buy one of her creations. Ciao Bimba dolls are the partnership between artist Maria and her customer, now her dear friend, Denitza. They are bringing their vision based on a Waldorf education that calls for natural toys to enliven a child’s imagination, to children everywhere
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LLorens Dolls: Angelina & Sophie
We first saw the Llorens dolls at the Nuremberg Toy Fair in early 2017 and we were bowled over by the beautiful faces and graceful poses of the 42cm articulated dolls. New to the market in 2017, only the prototypes were available to see at the show. The prototypes were magnificent and we placed our order without a moment's hesitation. -
Llorens' New Fashion Doll Line - Angelina, Olga, Sophie and Helene
We have some charming new dolls for you, from a new brand to us: Llorens. I came across them at the Nuremberg Toy Fair as I looked into the space where WeGirls was last year. Llorens is predominantly a baby and toddler doll brand, but on the centre table the dolls were a little more grown up. As I approached I took in their poses and characteristics; heads were tilted, arms raised and held at angles, cute clothing, knobbly little knees..... -
Gotz Dolls At The Nuremberg Toy Fair 2017
Gotz Dolls has excelled this year, with new dolls in the Happy Kidz and Hannah ranges, fashion inspired doll clothing and fabulous fantasy pieces to make doll play engaging for children who have a wide variety of interests.
Gotz is the benchmark for beautiful play dolls and the brand has been at the Nuremberg Toy Fair every year since it made its debut in the 1950's, with the founder Franz Goetz meeting his first customers, building the foundations of his family run business in whose hands it is still, today.
As technology has advanced the Gotz family tells me what happens now at the fair is different to what happened before. Originally the toy fair was the place Gotz would write its year's orders. The Gotz dolls would be proudly displayed in the booth, the family would meet new customers and crucially - take orders. These days, with Gotz products available online, immediate email response, dolls catalogued with photographs
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A Tribute To Josephine Baker by Sylvia Natterer Luella
A beautiful black doll inspires our tribute to the dancer, singer and civil rights activist, Josephine Baker. Starlette Luella by Sylvia Natterer at Petitcollin is dressed in fur and pearls to look like the young glamorous Josephine, the starlette of the stage in 1920’s America.A beautiful black doll inspires our tribute to the dancer, singer and civil rights activist, Josephine Baker. Starlette Luella by Sylvia Natterer at Petitcollin is the inspiration for our new tribute. We’ve dressed her in fur and pearls to look like the young glamorous Josephine, the