Shades of Perfection
There’s an old, familiar saying: “A penny for your thoughts,” which implies a person is deep in...
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Author: Stephanie Finnegan
Fabric of Their Lives
The fascinating thing about Brook Burns is how her so-called mundane, steady-paycheck job...
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2007: A Year to Remember
Songwriter and philosopher John Lennon said it best: “Life is what happens to you while you’re...
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Creative Spirit
One of the best parts of being a dollmaker is the chance to create something out of nothing. It’s...
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Family Matters at Dolls by Pauline
Doll collecting is a small world. The artists routinely make themselves accessible to their...
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Drama Queens
For those of us who are addicted, and there are millions of us, it’s nearly impossible to believe...
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Born to Be Loved
When you have the opportunity to chat with Ken Werner, president, consumer products, of the...
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Madame Alexander: Always in Fashion
When the gals and guys who know which direction hems are heading get together for Fashion Week,...
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Hildegard Günzel’s Brand New World
When Hildegard Günzel began to make an undeniable name for herself in the United States, back in...
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Passport to Adventure: Berdine Creedy’s Travel Dolls
When Clint Eastwood strolled on the Red Carpet, on Oscar Night, 2005, his beautiful wife, TV...
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Bertha Alexander – A Glorious Legacy
Popular wisdom has taught us that it’s not where you start, it’s where you finish. In the case of...
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A Perfect Pairing: Alexander and Marina Royzman
Back in 1967–the “summer of love”–the Beatles were asked to contribute a song for a televised Our...
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Barbie: A Model Citizen
Doll connoisseurs know that Barbie evolved from a saucy German “cousin” spotted by a vacationing...
Read MoreGood-bye to Barbie’s “Mom”
Ruth Handler, the creator of Barbie, passed away on April 27, 2002, at Century City Hospital in Los Angeles at the age of 85. From that fateful moment in 1959 when Ruth unveiled a curvaceous, adult doll to a conservative public...
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The Real Deal
For more than 40 years, Barbie has embodied a world of infinite possibilities, of countless...
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