Herd Culling 2026 - Fashion Royalty Identity Crisis - Display Case 1/Shelf 2

In my last post, I shared dolls for two characters that have undergone mold revisions, Adele Makeda and Natalia Fatale1.0.   This has led me to consider the opposite end of the spectrum, molds that have undergone multiple character names.

By the end of 2005, Fashion Royalty collectors had been offered six characters with different molds representing various ethnic backgrounds: 

1. Caucasian - FR White Skin Tone - (Veronique and Vanessa Perrin) 
2. FR Black Skin Tone - (Adele Makeda)
3. Latin - FR Latino Skin Tone - (Natalia Fatale)
4. Indian - FR Latino Skin Tone - (Isha Kalpana Naryanan)
5. Asian - FR White Skin Tone - (Kyori Sato)

During the first few years of Fashion Royalty, IT was consistent with character ethnicity, producing them in only one skin tone.  

Isha was introduced to collectors in 2005, and there have been 17 versions produced over the past 20 years.  Representing the 13th display doll in my collection and the first on Shelf 2 is 2005's Age of Opulence Isha Kalpana Naryanan LE 1000.  I love the ethnicity of this version and the clean hair and faceup.  AOO is my favored version of the Isha mold as it truly captures the essence of Bollywood.

In 2005, Integrity Toys (IT) experimented for the first time in changing a mold's skin tone to create a different character,  using the Isha mold with the caucasian skin tone for The Gastineau Dolls LE 10. We saw IT do this again with the 2006 DIFFA Charity Auction Doll Mademoiselle Jolie (a character that we didn't see produced for collectors until 2014).  Number 14 on display is my only version of this character, 2016 Kiss You In Paris Mademoiselle Jolie LE 500.   Collectors noted that this doll, although part of The Supermodel Convention, represents Pop Star Madonna.  How can you not include Madonna in your Fashion Royalty Collection?

After the positive collector response to a caucasian skin tone version of Isha, In 2007 IT decided to offer a new character using this mold called Luchia Zadra.  They utilized the Japan Skin Tone introduced in 2006 for the new character Agnes Von Weiss.  There have been only nine versions of Luchia Zadra 1.0, with the last being produced 15 years ago.   For some reason I have always favored, and appearing as Number 15 on display, 2007's Dress Me Luchia Zadra.  I love the softness of this version.  The lingerie is so pink and beautiful.  She is one of the few dolls here that is still on her original body.

Although Age of Opulence is the only Isha I have on display, I have two versions NRFB: 2014's Shimmering Copper which I have always considered Luchia since she is in the porcelain skin tone, and 2015's My Desire which was produced using the A-Tone skin color.  I also have 2008's Bewitching Hour Luchia NRFB.  It's one thing to change a mold to a different character by altering the skin tone, but it's confusing when the original character is produced in the skin color of the new character but retains the original name.

The FR2 dolls were first introduced by IT in 2010 as a separate line.  As the line progressed, Luchia received a mold revision and was included in this group.  There were only 4 versions of this mold ever produced.   Number 16 is 2022 Dusk In Bloom Luchia Zadra 2.0 LE 1500.  Who can resist a Cindy Crawford look-alike?

Another mold that has experienced a similar journey is Lana Turner 1.0/Tatyana Alexandrova 1.0/Jordan Duval.    In 2008, Integrity Toys (IT) started a new line of Fashion Royalty dolls called Hollywood Royalty.  One of the first two characters released was Lana Turner.   Personally, I loved the original version of Lana Turner, but many collectors complained that the doll looked nothing like the actress.  This resulted in IT revising the Lana Turner mold.  Only one version of Lana Turner mold 1.0 was ever released.  Number 17 on display is 2008's Ethereal Return Lana Turner LE 350.  Ethereal Return is one of my very favorite Fashion Royalty dolls - I love her so much I even have her on a resin BJD Jamieshow body.

IT wasn't willing to give up on the Lana Turner 1.0 mold after only one version, so they tried releasing it as a new character in the original Fashion Royalty lineup in 2008 as a character named Tatyana Alexandrova using an even paler caucasian skin tone called Porcelain. There were only five versions of this character ever produced.   Number 18 on display is 2008 Fete Accompli Tatyana Alexandrova LE 450.  

Number 19 is 2013's IFDC Bloodlines Tatyana Alexandrova LE 300.   This girl reminds me so much of Yvonne De Carlo as Lily Munster from the vintage sitcom The Munsters.  Even though she is referred to as Tatyana, I will always consider her Lily Munster.

With the lukewarm reception of Tatyana Alexandrova 1.0, IT decided to see what another skin tone change could do for the mold, leading to the second black Fashion Royalty character, Jordan Duval.  She was produced using a darker Black Skin Tone introduced in 2008 - Dark A-Tone.  It seems all it took was a darker skin tone for fans to embrace this mold as eight versions have been produced since 2009 and they have been quite popular.  Number 20 on display is a doll that has a very personal and special memory for me, 2009 Platinum Jordan Duval LE 180.

Prior to 2007, IT kept each character to a specific skin tone.  The only variant was 2006's Glow Vanessa Perrin from the Miami Collection.  IT decided to give her a sun tan and used the Latino skin tone.  This changed significantly in 2008 when the creative team decided to experiment and collector response was more than favorable.  This allowed Jordan to be released in a paler version of this skin tone - simply referred to as A-Tone from 2012.   And Number 21 is fan favorite 2017 Coquette Jordan Duval LE 725.

As I have mentioned before, FR2 was originally introduced to collectors at the 2010 Dark Romance Convention as a new IT line.   The first two dolls were the second version of Elise (Elyse) Jolie, who had first appeared, and the only FR release of her ever, as the convention doll at the 2009 Iconic Convention and a new mold/character Dasha D'Amboise who was reviewed in my previous blog post.   

In 2011, IT added three more characters to the FR2 line by revising their molds.  The first was Luchia Zadra 2.0 (see above).  The second was Dominique Makeda 2.0 which later settled into a permanent spot in the NuFace line.  With Tatyana Alexandrova 1.0 finally establishing itself with collectors as Black character Jordan Duval, IT decided to give the character Tatyana Alexandrova another opportunity with collectors with a revised mold introduced as part of the FR2 lineup in 2011.  Number 22 is 2012 Nouveau Regime Tatyana Alexandrova 2.0 LE 400.  (She reminds me of Bebe Neuwirth who played the character Lilith Crane on the sitcom Frasier.  I adore this actress and think that's why this particular doll is the only version of this mold that remains in my collection.)

Having received collector favor with revised molds Luchia and Tatyana, IT revised its final mold for FR2 in 2012, Ayumi 2.0.   There were only two versions of FR2 Ayumi 2.0 released and both were promoted in 2012.  The last version of Ayumi 2.0 was offered on a Monogram body in 2015 as a special "Grab Bag" promotion.   Number 23 is 2015's Mirage Ayumi Nakamura 2.0 Mirage LE <250.

The Ayumi sculpt disappeared for eight years until it was resurrected for the 2023 Curated Pop Up Event as a new Fashion Royalty Character.  Number 24 shelved is 2023 Modern Renaissance Binna Park.  I purchased this doll nude on secondary market.  She is dressed in 2021 Meteor Zuri Okoty Hair Fair's ensemble.

Shelf 2 is officially full!  That's 24 dolls permanently displayed, representing 22 characters/molds (I included a second Tatyana Alexandrova with the Lily Munster character, and I included two versions of Jordan Duval in very different skin tones). I am over halfway through with Fashion Royalty.  But the difficult part is just beginning!