Best of 2024 - Number 8 - Get Ready With Me Nadja Rhymes

I have already completed a review of this gifset: Get Ready With Me Review.  I am a huge fan of this mold and character and love a good giftset with mix and match options.   I am also a fan of casual clothing options for my dolls.

It didn't hurt that Get Ready With Me reminded me a great deal of A Doll's Life Vanessa Perrin from the 2021 IT online convention.   This Nadja is one that I like using the articulated ankle with, so she can be more casual.  Nadja is wearing the ensemble from Style Mantra Eden from 2009 with her original kitten heel shoes.

It's always a challenge to capture the beauty of this skin tone in photos.  Best of 2024 - Number 8 is Get Ready With Me Nadja Rhymes.

Best of 2024 - Number 9 - Pink Glam Adele Makeda

It was a pretty slim year for the Fashion Royalty line from Integrity Toys (IT).  Produced in 2024, there were six FR ladies included in the Stilettos Out Convention, one W Club Upgrade doll, and then one Perrin Sisters Giftset offered through a W Club lottery.  In addition three dolls exclusive to the 2023 W Club made their way into collector hands this past year.   No dolls were released through retail.

As the current IT design trend is re-imagined product, it's difficult to brag on designers' creativity.   The next doll in my countdown is one of my very favorite molds.  The doll harkens back to a 2004 version, Graphic Language, and she is wearing a color variation from the 2020 Legendary Convention Miami Glam Kesenia Valentinova.

Pink Glam Adele Makeda is a lovely doll in her own right.  Mold 2.0 with this screening is a favorite among collectors.  The ensemble is well made and a beautiful shade of pink.

Best of 2024 - Number 9 is Pink Glam Adele Makeda.