Venus celebrates Spring…Well it was the first day of my holiday prior to setting off for Paris to attend the Doll Expo and to celebrate my (mumbles quietly)… 40th birthday! The new clothes I had ordered from Ficondoll only a couple of days ago had arrived, the sun was shining and Venus just wanted to strut her stuff! I must say I am rather impressed with this outfit. The shirt especially, I think, looks lovely on her. So here we have, for your viewing pleasure, the cherry pick of the results!
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The world of the sYbarites I have been aware of the sYbarite dolls, designed by Superfrock Ltd, for a while now but due to their rather exclusive price point I had not dared venture into this new Couture Doll world. That is until I saw IT Girl Venus on the Superdoll online store. I had to have her. And after a brief conversation with the Other Half and pulling out my rather overly used flexible friend I was the proud owner of my very own sYbarite. Now that she has taken up residence in my home I certainly have no regrets. Other than the fact that she has rather spoiled me for other dolls especially now that poor Tyler et al feeling a little neglected in favour of their new rival.
The people behind Superfrock and the whole sYbarite phenomenon are partners Charles Fegen and Desmond Lingard, themselves lifelong doll fans. Although they both originate from South Africa they now very much based in the UK. Which as a UK resident myself is a rather amazing thing especially as it seems everything I have collected so far has been very much from far overseas (but luckily when the pound was oh so much healthy!). Now I could even pop round to see them were it not for They are both trained in fashion design, which is obviously demonstrated, in the intricately stunning fashions they create for their dolls. In fact their business began with them designing for other fashion dolls such as Gene and Tyler before they |