tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78388116005751975962024-03-12T20:22:01.254-07:00Dolls, Paper Dolls, & FashionCollecting dolls and paper dolls and their fashions.laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06027966996868039483noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7838811600575197596.post-87737982603297455642015-09-16T05:18:00.002-07:002015-09-16T05:18:41.842-07:00On a shopping trip with my friend, Fusako, I found a few more rain coats to add to my program. I have one or two more in my own collection then I guess I will be done. The new additions are plastic rain capes from the 1950s.<br />
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laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06027966996868039483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7838811600575197596.post-49071915038900708622015-07-15T04:40:00.001-07:002015-07-15T04:44:41.983-07:00<h2>
Ginger Dolls</h2>
Darlene, Linda and I have been working on a PowerPoint program about Cosmopolitan Ginger dolls from the 1950s. Because the original all-hard-plastic dolls were unmarked they are hard to identify. To add to the problem the manufacturer that Cosmopolitan bought the basic doll from used the molds for dolls sold to other companies. If they have a tagged outfit it helps but there are also many outfits out there with the cosmopolitan characteristics and no tag. Here are some of the authenticated and mystery dolls.<br />
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laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06027966996868039483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7838811600575197596.post-4096856928838558002015-05-06T04:03:00.001-07:002015-05-06T04:03:54.231-07:00More Rain Gear<div style="text-align: center;">
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Here are two more recent additions to my dolly raingear. The Coquette Cissy (Cissette size) outfit consists of a raincoat with an umbrella print and pink plaid high heel boots. The hat is one I crocheted. The repro Patsyette has a wonderful outfit that incorporates April showers and May flowers. The yellow rain hat, boots, and umbrella are vinyl.</div>
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laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06027966996868039483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7838811600575197596.post-15075535467641184712015-04-30T15:40:00.001-07:002015-04-30T15:43:15.650-07:00Raincoats for Dolls<div style="text-align: center;">
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I recently rounded up a lot of my doll raincoats to do a program for Fashion Doll Club. Here are a few from the 50s. Check out the clear plastic overshoes and the rubber boots. I can remember the joy of splashing through the puddles in rain boots.<br />
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<strong>The 1930s</strong><br />
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The depression marked the end of the flapper styles. People became more serious and home and family became the center of life. Into this atmosphere came Patsy and her look-alikes. These long legged dolls with their short skirts seem to emphasize an idealized view of a child's life. Patsy had an outfit for every occasion. Most outfits had matching combination underwear. She was leading a child's life of luxury while in the real world people were struggling.<br />
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Pictured above an 8" tagged Patsy, Arrenbee's Nancy, and a Patsyette knock off.<br />
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<strong>Kewpies and Mamma Rose</strong><br />
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There is a nice article on Rose O'Neill and the Kewpies in the August 2014, Doll Castle News. There is also an article by me on the fashions of the 1910s which features this UFDC souvenir doll of Rose O'Neill by Lita Wilson. I redressed the doll to represent a fashion of this period. The Kewpie is an old one from my collection.<br />
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O'Neill was an accomplished illustrator and it is a joy to find one of her old illustrations when paging through an antique magazine. A wonderful book about her is "Rose O'Neill, The Girl Who Loved to Draw" by Linda Brewster published by Boxing Day Books. This book is entertaining for both children and grownups and is generrously illustrated.<br />
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<br />laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06027966996868039483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7838811600575197596.post-51367201275775606182014-06-02T05:01:00.000-07:002014-06-03T04:00:14.643-07:00Vintage Purses<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Here are some catalog photos of purses. The color page is fro the 1950s. The other two pictures are from the 1920s. Maybe my flapper doll will get a new purse.</div>
<br />laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06027966996868039483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7838811600575197596.post-31320968770168310162014-03-06T05:02:00.000-08:002014-03-06T05:02:19.174-08:00YET MORE MOD<div style="text-align: center;">
YET MORE MOD</div>
For an issue of my, now retired, newsletter that featured Mod fashions I decided to do a paper doll of some of my own clothes from the 1960s. When I could get an outfit with several parts I did it. The white mohair pea jacket had a wool miniskirt and wool bell bottoms and a striped sweater. It was expensive but worth every penny.<br />
The pinstriped suit had cuffed pants also. I loved wearing my Dad's old ties with some of my outfits. The Nehru jacket and love beads are more hippie than Mod but what the heck.<br />
I don't like having my picture taken so there aren't lots of them but here is a pic of me after I had my hair cut into the twiggy do.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Dolls that define the Mod Era are the Mod Barbies including Francie,
Twiggy, and Julia (Diahann Carroll).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">In the late 1990s Doug James and Laura Meisner introduced
the Somers and Field dolls.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>According to
their story line Willow Somers and Daisy Fields were “Mod Birds” who lived in
London in the 1960s. Their fathers owned the Somers and Field department
store.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Willow is British and Daisy is
British/Indian.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This line was made by
Knickerbocker and their clothes represent the designers’ love affair with the
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Look at the pictures here and see if you remember having any
of these outfits.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not sure if you were a
hippie or a Mod?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then, my dear, you must
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MOD DOLLS</div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Both sexes wore clothes decorated with the Union Jack or Pop
Art designs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dessert boots or Beatle
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">What were the social changes that influenced this movement?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You have a group of young people who came of
age well after WWII.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They grew up in a
world with a strong middle class.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mod
culture was influenced by music, notably R&B and blues. The sappy pop music
produced for white teens in the ‘50s was rejected.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mod
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paying jobs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you were a young woman
out and about you would want to mark your place in the world and what better
way to do it than clothes?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When you
reject your mother’s clothes, you reject your mother’s values (you think).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You are defining the world and your place in
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came to makeup.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dramatic eye makeup was
enhanced with false eyelashes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Twiggy, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jean Shrimpton and Peggy Moffit were the icons
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I have been working on a program about the Mod Era for one of my doll clubs. Here's a little of the program plus a couple of Flatsies and a doll from the Willow and Daisy series. My Mod Era paper doll book is still available.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The Mod Era began in England the early 196os and rapidly
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laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06027966996868039483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7838811600575197596.post-23649339100754084482013-12-09T04:52:00.002-08:002013-12-09T04:59:53.712-08:00Some Christmas PostcardsI like to go to antique co-ops but I don't always find a doll worthy of buying. A little item that doesn't cost much, doesn't take up a lot of space, and feeds my need for visual stimulation is the post card. Here are two from my collection for Christmas. The one on the left is postmarked 1907. The other says 1920.<br />
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May Santa have treasures for you in store.<br />
All that you wish for and even more,<br />
So that your Christmas be full of joy,<br />
Goodies delight you, and many a toy.<br />
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One set I found had a glamour puss paper doll named Lola Talley. Who the heck was she? I wanted to know more so I searched the web. The story is in the latest issue of Doll Castle News.</div>
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laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06027966996868039483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7838811600575197596.post-69752279628490459542013-07-23T04:43:00.001-07:002013-07-23T04:43:55.557-07:00I made a video of my paper doll art. It is available on YouTube as Lauren Welker's Original Paper Dolls.<br />
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laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06027966996868039483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7838811600575197596.post-40451431758240754202011-09-29T06:33:00.000-07:002011-09-29T06:33:13.574-07:00I Went to Paris!When I was about 14 years old the Mona Lisa was loaned to the United States. It was exhibited in Washington, D.C. My grandmother, Fairie, took me on a bus trip to see the famous painting. We ate at a restaurant that had many oil paintings on the walls. I never forgot that trip.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-n7BV3zGBQzQ/ToRxp2EOKUI/AAAAAAAAABA/oFjNTHpUUSg/s1600/DSCN0045.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" kca="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-n7BV3zGBQzQ/ToRxp2EOKUI/AAAAAAAAABA/oFjNTHpUUSg/s320/DSCN0045.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ggr5uFRDAaI/ToRylOHD1vI/AAAAAAAAABE/MjX2uZB9BOQ/s1600/DSCN0138.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" kca="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ggr5uFRDAaI/ToRylOHD1vI/AAAAAAAAABE/MjX2uZB9BOQ/s320/DSCN0138.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>It became my life's dream to visit the Mona Lisa at her home, the Louvre, in Paris. In 2011, fifty years later, I accomplished that dream. With my dear friend, Diane Lolli, I got to see the Mona Lisa at home in the most beautiful city in the world. I will never be the same. Love always changes you.<br />
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The pictures shown here are the church at Montmartre and Versailles.laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06027966996868039483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7838811600575197596.post-31582804453667385452011-08-23T04:55:00.000-07:002011-08-23T04:55:23.348-07:00Dolls with Nothing to Wear<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5xnS6gReV1o/TlOP-Dd_ezI/AAAAAAAAAA8/96_pYMwBPSM/s1600/doll+pics+003.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" qaa="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5xnS6gReV1o/TlOP-Dd_ezI/AAAAAAAAAA8/96_pYMwBPSM/s320/doll+pics+003.JPG" width="320" /></a>I bought these two dolls at an auction years ago with the clear objective of making them wonderful outfits. Poor things, it hasn't happened yet. Finally a friend took mercy on the brunette and made her a dress and hat. She now has joined my little family of German dolls. Serendipitously I have bought a mama and some children that just look right together. Only one of them has an original costume that has survived and that costume is just being held together by dirt. Generally I am in favor of gently washing doll clothing, but I know that outfit wouldn't survive. </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">I have the habit of sketching out all my own outfits that I will take on road trips, especially conventions and shows, so that I will pack everything that I need. I have done this for decades. Sometimes I find an old sketch and realize I still have an outfit or two that should have gone out the door ages ago. Those outfits aren't quite as old as these dolls but they are getting there.</div><div style="text-align: left;"></div>laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06027966996868039483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7838811600575197596.post-91221398024224659912011-08-10T12:27:00.000-07:002011-08-10T12:27:45.887-07:00I'm Teporarily Paper Dolled Out<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://home.paonline.com/lwelker/pd-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="216" naa="true" src="http://home.paonline.com/lwelker/pd-2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>I'm temporarily paper dolled out. I guess I need to clean up the house and do the laundry. How sad. Recently I saw a cut set of the Dogpatch paper dolls. Mammy and Pappy Yokum, Lil' Abner and Daisy Mae. They were my favorites when I was a kid. I guess I had others but those are the ones I remember playing with. Here's a pic of some of my paper dolls.laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06027966996868039483noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7838811600575197596.post-14642515717690868702011-08-01T06:06:00.000-07:002011-08-01T06:06:36.814-07:00Life's a Beach<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://home.paonline.com/lwelker/Riley3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://home.paonline.com/lwelker/Riley3.jpg" t$="true" width="232" /></a></div>I'm back from spending four lovely days at the shore. Why does our time away from home go so fast? My pal Catherine and I had a great time reading, relaxing, eating and shopping. That's right -I don't swim. I love being near the water. I just don't want to be in the water. That's why we always book a shore front room, so we can sit on the porch and look at the ocean. <br />
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I recently saw a show that traced the indigenous people of the Americas using DNA. Once people thought all the "native Americans" came across a land bridge (now gone) from Asia to Alaska. We now know some of them sailed across the ocean from Africa. It is hard to imagine setting off on a journey when you don't know where you are going or if you will ever return.<br />
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Come to think of it, life is a little like that. You don't know where you are going, how long the journey will be, or where you will land.laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06027966996868039483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7838811600575197596.post-74165940821393594472011-07-21T04:28:00.000-07:002011-07-21T04:28:08.214-07:00Using Antique Lace<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-size: 12pt; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you do doll costuming chances are people give you lace and trim.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then, of course, there are your own “finds” in the vintage lace department.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The question is what do you do with your treasures.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-size: 12pt; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am not a fan of reusing truly old fabrics.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Everything has a life span.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Fabric starts to break down after a while and the older the fabric is the more likely it is to be fragile.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-size: 12pt; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;">This means that the creation you have spent so many hours on will have a limited life span.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-size: 12pt; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Antique lace however, if in reasonably good condition, can be carefully mounted onto fresh fabric and become part of a new creation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Although there is no way of saying how long it will last, a costume made this way should give years of pleasure if it is displayed carefully and cleaned infrequently.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Obviously this means the doll should be stored in a glass front case out of direct sunlight.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-size: 12pt; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To determine the best costume for each doll research the age of the doll then look for pictures of similar dolls in their original costumes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Fashion plates are also a good source of<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>inspiration.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you do not own any<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>original magazines from the period look in the library for fashion history books with reproductions of antique fashion plates (illustrations).</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-size: 12pt; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Don’t overlook old paper dolls as a source for period styles and colors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s impossible to look at Sheila Young’s Betty Bonnet or Lettie Lane paper dolls and not wish for some of the beautiful clothes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How wonderful it would be to create a doll wardrobe based on just one of these<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>paper dolls.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-size: 12pt; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;"> Here is one of my original paper dolls from "Letters from Miss Mary".</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-azCjjrubX6g/TigNPdSnlGI/AAAAAAAAAA4/Qyd6lQi1kKg/s1600/MM1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-azCjjrubX6g/TigNPdSnlGI/AAAAAAAAAA4/Qyd6lQi1kKg/s320/MM1.JPG" t$="true" width="266" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none;"><br />
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It is a little cooler here today so I am not locked in my work room with the air conditioner. As a matter of fact i have been dogging it...so back to work!laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06027966996868039483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7838811600575197596.post-58127508240344129182011-07-12T04:49:00.000-07:002011-07-12T04:49:24.302-07:00Do Dolls Dress for the Heat<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mRL9mtnOaj8/Thw0pCv1BVI/AAAAAAAAAAs/TnNETfmPoIA/s1600/flowers2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" m$="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mRL9mtnOaj8/Thw0pCv1BVI/AAAAAAAAAAs/TnNETfmPoIA/s320/flowers2.JPG" width="208" /></a></div>It is just melting-ly hot and humid here. Every now and then I look at my doll shelves and see someone (of course they are someones!) dressed in their winter gear. I feel a little guilty. Should I dress everyone for summer? Here's a picture of two dolls owned by my friend, Linda, dressed for summer.laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06027966996868039483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7838811600575197596.post-4999256821451582762011-07-09T18:51:00.000-07:002011-07-09T18:51:18.561-07:00More Luggage.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_U6F1R4FLyk/ThkCvSgilsI/AAAAAAAAAAo/e2eeD8a7iow/s1600/suitcase5.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" m$="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_U6F1R4FLyk/ThkCvSgilsI/AAAAAAAAAAo/e2eeD8a7iow/s320/suitcase5.JPG" width="232" /></a></div>laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06027966996868039483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7838811600575197596.post-30811065397844530612011-07-09T18:15:00.001-07:002011-07-09T18:37:21.208-07:00Midnight in Paris.I really have just been at home and at work mostly but I did go to see Midnight in Paris. I just loved it. I think if you got the literary and art references you enjoyed the film. The photography was lush and the theme seemed to be "live in the now". I'd see it again. I'm planning to go to Paris soon so it was extra exciting for me. Here are some dolls who are packing their bags.<br />
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