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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.