A night at the museum

The exclusive museum Sybarite doll 'Slipper'

Last night was the official opening of the Superfrock exhibition at the Musée de la Poupée in Paris. All delegates from the Doll Festival Luncheon were invited, with a metallic blue wristband as the talisman of entry. A red carpeted entrance with champagne reception and DJ greeted us as well as the Superfrock creators themselves, Charles and Desmond.

The exhibition begins were Superfrock themselves began, the  OOAK outfits designed for other fashion dolls. These are superbly displayed, suspended in midair and secured in place with artery forceps and nylon thread. Clear dress forms, twisted and contorted, held the shape of these majestic costumes.

The exhibition then leads us to the Sybarite dolls themselves from the first studio hand made dolls, chalk whites and production dolls to the very latest, exclusive museum doll ‘Slipper’. Each piece is lovingly displayed and it is a great privilege to see entire collections all in one place. It is also rather sad, but never the less thrilling, to see the “ones that got away”. Those dolls and Couture pieces that I have thus far failed to secure.

Of particular note were the ‘Chelsea Girls’ and ‘The Fashion Victims’, which are perennial favourites amongst collectors, and dolls that I certainly covet! It was also wonderful to see all the pieces up close and to be able to see the extraordinary detail and craftsmanship that goes into them. They truly are works of art well worthy of such a place, in possibly the worlds most famous doll museum.

The exhibition runs until 19th September 2010 and I would encourage anyone who can to attend to do so. See the website here for more details.