See if you can find the individual names of the Vanessas in the poem.
RIP, intoxicating Miss V - you were true royalty among dolls. I'm so glad you enjoyed such a fashionable life - and what a luxe life it was! When you were at your high tide, your every incarnation was a temptation .... we loved you on the runway right away, we loved you in bloom, we loved you in cruise control. It came as such a shock bonbon that they could even think of replacing such a wonderfully aerodynamic personality.
For me, from now, there can never be another collection with that special glow you gave; they will all be sans couleur. Your successor may be a pretty girl, but considering how we all fell as moths before your flame blue, she can only ever be a pale, pale fire of your dazzling colour therapy.
It hurts so much that you are going places where we won’t see you any more. Perhaps when -- well, maybe one lonely night warrior, when I am obsidian on my own, just maybe it will all metalmaven sense to me. But until it does, I will have to remain shirred not shaken ... and yours eternally ...
My darling Vanessa ... I miss you so.
You can see pictures of Rachel's dolls on flickr.
Absolutelly fab! And no doubt about the successor... She may indeed be a pretty girl, but she can only ever be a pale, pale fire of the original one.
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ReplyDeleteThank you Rachel and thank you Terri for posting.
Vanessa will always hold a special place in my collection. I will miss her.
XO
Thanks Ana and Anonymous! - And Terri, thanks much for posting it; I've had more people add me as a Flickr contact in the last few days than would normally happen in a month. Heh!
ReplyDeleteYou previously commented that the changes to Veronique and Vanessa had pretty much ended your collecting Fashion Royalty. I am of much the same mind; being a Poppy Parker collector I expect I'll keep adding her future incarnations, but I have no interest in the new Vero and Van, therefore for me the main FR line is all but dead. There are still a few I like, but without those two main characters, it feels like the party is over. At least my wallet will thank me!