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The August/September 2025 issue of DOLLS is 48 full-color pages and presents this year’s Dolls Awards of Excellence Public’s Choice nominees and ballot. It also includes content featuring artist and business owner Marina Shadrina (AllforDoll), Bardo Research BJDs, the Curls Poppin’ Dolls play line, dollmaker Goldie Wilson, Antonio Realli Couture, paper doll artist Eileen Rudisill Miller, and more!
Features
6 Shaped by Moments
A Letter From Artist and Business Owner Marina Shadrina
By Marina Shadrina
10 Boundary-Free BJDs
Bardo Research Line Is All About Experimentation
By Wil Peterson
14 Beauty in Authenticity
Curls Poppin’ Dolls Play Line Celebrates Diversity
By Hannah Kelley
17 2025 Dolls Awards of Excellence
See This Year’s Industry’s Choice Winners and Public’s Choice Nominees
24 Dolls Awards Ballot
Vote Now for Your Favorites
25 From Maker to Artist
Goldie Wilson Opens a Door in the World of Dollmaking
By Hannah Kelley
28 The Style Never Stops
Antonio Realli Couture Is Designed to Epitomize Daily Life and Nightly Glamour
By Stephanie Finnegan
32 Rudy Miller’s Living Legacy
Fashion Illustration, Doll Design, Paper Dolls, and More
By Karen B. Kurtz
Departments
4 Publisher’s Notebook
38 Doll Scene
40 Collector Corner
41 Portraits
42 Curious Collector
44 Paper Doll
46 Classifieds
46 Event Calendar
46 Advertiser Index
On the Cover: Sheer tulle and golden embellishments add to the sophistication of this gown modeled by a Ficondoll character. The dress was designed by Eraldo Antonio Realli Silva, owner of Antonio Realli Couture.