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The January/February 2026 issue of DOLLS is 48 full-color pages. It reveals the 2025 DOLLS Awards of Excellence Public’s Choice winners. Additionally, it features doll fashions by Andymy Designs, Uptown Couture, and Bliss & Bien; BJDs by Vivi J Art Dolls; antique-style dolls by Carver Wooden Recreations; Zorica Lazic’s art dolls; and more! 

Features

5 A Dream Becomes Reality 
Elsje Wuyts Pursues Her Passion for Design 
By Hannah Kelley 

9 Dolls Strengthen Bonds 
A Family Comes Together To Make Vivi J Art Dolls a Success 
By Hannah Kelley 

13 All in for Glamour 
Ali’s Clothing Embodies Beauty, Reality, and Pop Culture 
By Stephanie Finnegan  

17 And the Winner Is … 
We Reveal the Winners of the Public’s Choice Voting in Our 2025 DOLLS Awards of Excellence Competition 

20 2026 DOLLS Awards of Excellence 
Artists, Get Ready To Enter Starting January 5 

21 From Canvas to Clay 
Zorica Lazic Brings Her Artistic Talents to the Doll Realm 
By Hannah Kelley 

25 Chance or Destiny 
The Carvers Handcraft Wooden Dolls 
By Melanie Luther 

29 Guided by Fate 
The Inevitable Creation of Andymy Designs 
By Hannah Kelley 

36 West Central Illinois Doll Club 
Celebrating Doll Collecting and Friendship 

38 Bay Area Doll Divas and Divos 
Fun for All, and All for Fun 

Departments 

4 Publisher’s Notebook 
33 Doll Scene  
40 Collector Corner  
42 Curious Collector  
43 Portraits  
44 Paper Doll  
46 Classifieds  
46 Event Calendar 
46 Advertiser Index 

On the Cover: Lunette is a sophisticated yet playful fashion from Andymy Designs. It is modeled on a Nu. Face doll from Integrity Toys, which also made the doll’s shoes and jewelry. Photo by Andrei Teican.