Lena is a dark-haired beauty who arrives in a light gray, strapless jumpsuit topped with a pale blue coat. She carries a black patent leather rectangular, working handbag with black patent leather heels.
Each doll comes with a free-hanging hairstyle. I put Lena's into a low, off to the side pony tail and braided a small portion. Each doll also comes with one silver-tone earring. I would have liked a pair on each doll. The dolls do not come with stands.
Roxy is dressed in a pale gray (same color as Lena's jumpsuit) dress that has an Empire waist with an overlay of pleated fabric above the bustline. Her coat is a dusty pink color. Her shoes are silver with back zippers. They match her working handbag. I put her hair into a sleek pony tail.
The fabric used is a lightweight, velour type synthetic. It has a nice feel and is non raveling as there are several unfinished edges used in the construction. Where there is a lining used, it is an ultra lightweight woven product which adds almost no bulk to the design. When it comes to dolls' coats, it's a great choice. The coats have working pockets
For both the jumpsuit and the dress I had to sew in a thread halter to hold up the bodice. I have Photoshopped it out of most of the photos.
I had heard about the body issues before receiving my dolls. It's quite unfortunate that this was not resolved prior to production because the design of the body is excellent. There's a great range of movement possible - even more than with the FR2 body. Unfortunately the hip joints and the under-bust joint are so loose that posing, without support or even on a stand is difficult, if not impossible. The vinyl has a very velvety feel to it.
Lovetones Dolls have almost identically sized bodies to the FR2. They can share clothes and shoes with Nu Face Dolls as well.
Dolls retail for $168. each.
For more information go to: lovetonesdoll.com/index.php
Why would they only have 1 earring each? I don't even think that's popular anymore.
ReplyDeleteThank you for the review! They look interesting. These two are not for me, but maybe the next ones will be.
ReplyDeleteI thought the same thing. Thanks for the review, Terri.
DeleteI like these dolls. They are gorgeous and unique and I love their articulation, but their heads are just too small. It bothers me and feels weird. Almost like they were a different scale. I really need their heads to be bigger. They are too micro right now..
ReplyDeleteThe head!!!! Yes that's it for me too. Also in an effort to look 'high fashion' kind of look mean to me. But that aside, I think the body is beautiful, I love the hip jointing and elongated look.
DeleteOh Fashion Royalty fan, do the FR2 clothes fit on the original body?
ReplyDeleteYours,
Worried Blue Eyes
What original body? Are you talking about Lovetone Dolls body or the original FR body?
DeleteSome have mentioned the LOVETONES have an IT FR feel about them, mentioning the faces look like rejected IT molds. This just means a shared aesthetic to me, which is perfectly legit! Lots of things share a similar aesthetic, yet are different products. These aren't a direct copy of any one IT face, and their smaller head size and sculptural differences emphasise that... so I read them as entirely new. Just as IT's first FR bodies were when compared with Barbie at the time. And again, though the LOVETONES bodies share a similar aesthetic and fashion fit to IT FR, they are different and original, bringing something sculpturally new and exciting to the doll collecting world.
ReplyDeleteWell said, Josef. Thank you for your comments!
DeleteI reduced the neck knob and upper neck circumference on a cream Poppy Parker body and it looks much more in scale and it's a nice color match, too.
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