FDQ New Exclusive: "J'Adore" Gene Marshall

The long awaited second resin BJD J'Adore Gene will be available for order on the FDQ website on Saturday, July 6, 2013. That's tomorrow, kids!

I can't wait to get my hands on this doll, to see her fashions and to play. Phoenix was a dream to photograph and this gal will be, too.  Link is coming soon and I'll publish it on Facebook.

There's no need to buy the magazine to order the doll but why not? Inside the Autumn 2013 issue, which ships on July 10, you will find great writing, great photography, interviews, coverage of events and so much more. This is the table of contents.

DEPARTMENTS________
08 Letter from the Editor
13 Mens’ POV, by Ian Price
16 Newsfront: Barbie Sells Her Dreamhouse
20 Events: Angelic Dreamz Luncheon
22 Events: Tonner Con: The Age of Innocence
26 Artist Q&A: Emilia Couture
By Terri Gold
33 Artist Profile: Digital Age Bombshell
By Ernesto Padró-Campos
36 Flashback: Wilkommen Petra
By Rosanna Varricchio
96 Last Look: May the Odds Be Ever in Your Favor

FEATURES__________
40 The Literate Doll (And Its Owner)
By Paul Bruce
44 Book Looks, by Ian Price
50 Literature Becomes The Muse
By Larraine Elcock
56 J’Adore Mlle. Marshall! The Story
Behind our Latest Exclusive
60 Great Heroines of Literature
By Pat Henry
78 Eclectic Collector: A Dal Visits Middle-earth
By Jane Easterly
89 Pretty Prose: Sewing Circle of Friends
By Larraine Elcock
92 Studios That Work, Part 2
By Dot Festeu

FASHION_______
66 Look Book: Inspired by 50
Designers You Should Know,
By Alexandra Forbes
72 Poppy Parker’s Pajamarama!
By Denise Jefferson

CRAFTS_______
90 Honey West: P.I., Includes Paper Doll! By Glenn Mielke of Infadoll

 Pat Henry just posted these images on FaceBook:

It keeps getting better!

Click here to see More pictures on Studio Commissary.

FDQ Digital Winter 2012 Now Available On-Line

For those who prefer to view their magazines on-line, you can now download the Winter 2012 FDQ issue. On the same page there are many other digital issues available.

Winter 2012 has shipped out.
New subscriptions begin with Spring 2013. Order single copies of this issue from our retailers.
Print copies are sold via subscription, or single issues here.!
You can now download the digital copy, too! Click here.
Our latest issue, FRIENDS & RIVALS features Ellowyne Wilde, PuddleCon, CDDC4, Volks Dolpas, Fashion Royalty and more!

FDQ Holiday Special

This is a repost of FDQ's Holiday Special offer.

CLICK HERE: HAPPY DOLLIDAYS! We are having a holiday special!

Welcome to Fashion Doll Quarterly! We hope you are enjoying the holiday season. We decided it's time to give out some special gifts to our wonderful customers this season, so if you purchase anything on our site during the month of December, you may win a doll or outfit from our studio!

Over the years, we have accumulated wonderful dolls from every manufacturer in the business- from Barbie to Vita and everything in between. And so, every day at 5pm (EST) we will randomly pull an order from the day's listings. That lucky person will win a free doll or outfit!

You never know what it may be- a vintage repro Barbie, a Fashion Royalty girl, JamieShow, Tonner, Volks, Dollheart. Anything is possible. It's a great way for us to celebrate the holiday season (and to clean out our photo studio for the new year).

Start your shopping with TONNER: Two Decades of Fashion & Design (below). It's a wonderful gift for the Tonner collector, and it makes a great club gift or stocking stuffer, too! We ship internationally and we are offering a group bulk rate for the holidays, so be sure to order now- you may wind up with something extra in your stocking this year!

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Not Your Ordinary Easter Bonnet and Passover Chatchkas

The current issue of FDQ has a piece I wrote on Cisca Durieux's handmade hats. You will enjoy the pictures and story.  I also recommend buying the magazine as this issue is very interesting and has lots of eye candy. There is a broad range of dolls written about and photographed by a terrific assortment of writers. 
These are some of the hats being featured.

PETA's on the way.

The next picture is a cute one that I put together several years ago when I found that I had loads of red and black accessories. Hats are mostly Fashion Royalty with a La Boutique, a Mattel and a Tonner.

Then there's always the tiniest hat.

Definitely not an Easter Bonnet

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There's no way to compare Passover to the overwhelming pastel-ness of Easter and the supplies available.  I love Peeps and I love the colors in the supermarket aisle prior to Easter. The foil wrapped eggs, crinkly grass, giant chocolate rabbits, baskets filled with Easter joy...hippity, hoppity...and all that. It's quite the distraction from the origin of the celebration.

For Passover one sees paper covered shelves in the markets, sliced fruit jellies, matzo meal or potato flour based pastries (blech) and mountains of matzoh boxes. 


Here are three items being offered by Amazon.Com. This item comes up in 90% of the results of a Google search for Passover dolls.  This is a doll?

The Dancing MATZAHMAN

 I do like the bag of frogs , the Ten Plague finger puppets and the plague masks.  That's irreverent and funny. I'm picturing a photo shoot right now with frogs overrunning a group of dolls.

My favorite of all is the Passover bag of ten plagues. I wonder if these can be considered Jewish VooDoo dolls.
You can even get your plagues in a reusable mesh bag! Yay.

An essential Passover toy with which you can display Matzah Man is the Deluxe Soft Seder Set. It contains all your Passover needs. Visit friends. Travel. Have plush seders year round.

Contains: plush kiddush cup, 3 matzahs, ke'arah (passover plate), zro'ah (shank), beitzah (egg), karpas (vegetable), charoset (mixture of crushed fruit represented here as an apple), maror (bitter herb), and chazeret (another bitter herb represented here as lettuce) all in a handy plastic carrying case.

 Don't make me call you chametz.

Not Doll Related: A Passover Reflection on Middle Eastern Freedom

Fashion Doll Quarterly: Summer 2011 "Fantasy"

The latest issue of FDQ is shipping now. While waiting for your copy, check out this wonderful and interesting video of Robert being interviewed by editor, Pat Henry.
The Fantasy issue is multi fashion doll oriented and features interviews, photographic essays, doll and artist information and so much more.  Pat's stunning photography graces the two distinctive covers which are available on this issue.
My own contribution on the hats of Cisca Durieux is included.

Click on the magazine cover below to see the Robert Tonner interview. 

Do You FDQ? Bella Does!

 

It's so good even bats read it!

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Autumn 2010 Issue of FDQ

The Autumn 2010 issue of FDQ has hit the newsstands and subscribers are receiving their mailed issues now. My latest piece is an interview I did with the doll fashion designer, OVAZ.  You can see 8 glorious pages of stunning fashions photographed by me with lots of background information about Osvaldo. 

Ovaz has been designing and creating beautiful fashions for 12" dolls for a while but I think he truly stepped up his game with his new collection called "The Cocktail Hour." This collection contains 9 different complete outfits. You get shoes, earrings, a tiny cocktail menu and a purse or other accessory. The packaging is very attractive. This is all hand-crafted for the fantastic price of only $45. - $50.  for each ensemble! 

There are only 30 of each design and they are sure to sell out quickly.

Click on this link to go to Ovaz' website and you will see the fashions and much more:  OVAZ Designs

 You can purchase an issue of FDQ at many doll retailers and directly from FDQ Media

Go forth and read!