IFDC Peace of My Heart Doll

IFDC Peace of My Heart Doll

Very cute doll with an adorable outfit consisting of a pleated embellished mini dress, embroidered vest, large floppy straw hat, knee-hi gladiator boots, shoulder bag, jewelry & sunglasses. This doll has the standard flat foot but the boots have a bit of a wedge.

 Her two additional hands consist of a peace sign and the I love you hand sign.

2018 IFDC Dolls - Triple Hippie Poppies

Here it is! The big reveal. Three Poppy Parkers, all dressed in hippie style.

Item # PP132 Peace of My Heart Poppy Parker™  2018 IFDC Companion Doll Approx. Ship Date: In-stock, ships once the lottery winners have paid Retail: $160.00 + Shipping

Edition Size: 500 Head Sculpt: Poppy Parker Body Type: Poppy 1.5 Foot Sculpt: Industry articulated foot Skin Tone: Japan Hair Color: Auburn Eyelashes: Yes, hand-applied Quickswitch: No

The Story:
Any girl attending a weekend long music festival will tell you- looking good at all times is the way... After all, you don't know who you will meet; you never know, rock stars are everywhere! Poppy Parker picked her weekend wardrobe with care, making sure that her sweet and fashionable personality shone through at all times!

I thought this description was pretty funny. I don't know what weekend long 
music festival they're talking about but the original one was a mud fest.

https://youtu.be/HKdsRWhyH30

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Item # PP130 Time of the Season Poppy Parker™  2018 IFDC Centerpiece Doll Approx. Ship Date: In-stock, ships once the lottery winners have paid Retail: $160.00 + Shipping

Edition Size: 350 Head Sculpt: Poppy Parker Body Type: Poppy 1.5 Foot Sculpt: Industry articulated foot Skin Tone: FR White Hair Color: Light blonde Eyelashes: Yes, hand-applied Quickswitch: No

The Story:
Ready to jump on-stage with her favorite band and dance to the beat, our girl Poppy is perfectly dressed for a swinging ol' time at the concerts!

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Item # PP131 Summer of Love Poppy Parker™  2018 IFDC Souvenir Doll Approx. Ship Date: In-stock, ships once the lottery winners have paid Retail: $175.00 + Shipping

Edition Size: 500 Head Sculpt: Poppy Parker Body Type: Poppy 1.5 Foot Sculpt: Industry articulated foot Skin Tone: Hungarian Hair Color: Ash blonde mix Eyelashes: Yes, hand-applied Quickswitch: No

The Story:
Poppy is the belle of the party, romantically dressed for the summer of love! Soft and ultra-feminine, our girl is a pure vision of femininity and could outshine any summer goddess!

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If I collected Poppy Parker, I'd definitely want Sumer of Love. Her hair is lovely and the dress is pretty. On eBay, she has already sold from a low of $277 to a high of $425. There are several higher asking prices currently.
Peace of My Heart seems to be averaging at $400-$450.
Time of The Season looks like it's going for around $340-$375.
Prices will go down as the week progresses.

I like the outfit on the "Peace of My Heart" Companion Doll. It's very cute. 

The notice says that the dolls come with an alternate "I love you sign" hand. I don't see it in the photos. 

To the photographer who shot these images, I wish you would have used a different background color. I'm not sure what the intention was in using a color so similar and without much contrast to the doll but she is disappearing into it. Were you going for vintage? It didn't work. :-(

The W Club is holding a "right to buy" lottery for what remains of these convention dolls. Members have been sent instructions for entering.

Woodstock Festival ~ Happy 40th Birthday!

Living in Woodstock, I am often asked about the festival that took place in 1969. Some are disappointed when I tell them that the festival didn't actually take place here but rather in Bethel, NY. The founder of the festival, Michael Lang is from Woodstock. An interesting book provides much of the backstory on the making of Woodstock is called "Taking Woodstock: A True Story of a Riot, a Concert, and a Life." Written by Elliot Tiber in 2007 with Tom Monte, it reveals much of the wheeling and dealing that went on behind the scenes in order to secure a site for the concert. The movie Taking Woodstock based on Tiber's memoir will arrive in theaters on August 28, 2009.

Today in WWD Fashion, there is an article and an interesting video about the fashions coming out of those days and how they have lasted and are still seen in today's fashions.
Woodstock at 40: Fields of Fashion

Link to the behind-the-scenes video of the fashion shoot:
http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid32858656001?bclid=32693619001&bctid=32885172001

Dolls' fashions have certainly been influenced by the aura of the hippie. The doll that immediately comes to mind is from Mattel's Great Fashions of the 20th Century, "Peace & Love 70s Barbie." This doll was issued in 2001.

I should have kept this gal as she is fetching some really pretty prices now.

Come to Woodstock! Look me up and I'll meet you in town. But don't expect to find the festival. What you will find are street musicians, drummers, Grandpa Woodstock (very strange man), cute boutiques, a great quilt supply store, head shops, original art of every description, a great store for Flax clothing, a well known candle shop, Birkenstocks, incensed atmosphere, ice cream, lots of dogs, a few wandering hippies, beautiful scenery and lots of other tourists. Of course if you come on the weekend you are sure to get rain and mud. It's a tradition.

If you know of any dolls with a hippie vibe, please post a link in the comments. I'd love to add more doll pictures to this post.

Thanks to a kind reader we now have another doll to look at with a "hippie vibe."
http://crissyandbeth.com/Harmony.html

The manufacturer was Ideal Toys and she was called "Harmony, the Music-Makin' Doll." Her outfits are adorable and she's got nicely articulated arms. She's the same size as Cissy at 21". I found this brief video of a working Harmony doll on Youtube:

Thanks so much, Catherine, for this information!

Added on August 12->

A friend just sent me this picture of a doll dressed in hippie style. She's not sure if it's Daisy or Willow designed by Doug James. I think it's Willow.