Best of 2025 - Number 7

The next doll in my countdown is a controversial one - it has actually been quite  polarizing among collectors.  

As I mentioned earlier in the countdown, in 2023 Integrity Toys (IT) started re-imagining some of the best giftsets from their archives.   Redefined Luxury Kyori Sato (re-imagined from Ginza Kyori 2005) made it to Best of 2024 Number 5 in last year's countdown.  We've already seen Optic Gold Nadja Rhymes as Best of 2025 Number 9.

The next doll was another designed by Jason Wu himself and was a re-imagined version of the one of the rarest giftsets ever produced by Integrity Toys.   This time it wasn't so much a re-imagination of a giftset as the doll from a giftset.  

In 2010 Integrity Toys/Jason Wu teamed up with a luxury lingerie brand, Venus Secret, to offer a free IT doll giftset with the purchase of $2000 in lingerie.   No COA was included with this giftset and the edition number is by sheer speculation; however, it is believed to be less than 200 worldwide.  I am fortunate to own this giftset; here is a photo of mine.

As a world-famous fashion designer, Jason Wu's dolls often focus solely on the ensemble.  Although I love the gold version of the "Optic" gown and he used the same hairstyle when producing Optic Gold Nadja Rhymes, I really wish it had been more of a giftset like the original.   The only commonalities with Venus Secret and Venus Rising are the bleached eyebrows, the use of the Eugenia Frost mold, hair color, and use of the colors nude and black in the ensemble.  

The edition size of this doll was only 1450 (not that much higher than the 2008 Going Public Eugenia).  Collectors either hate or love this doll.   Regardless, the ensemble is GORGEOUS!   

Best of 2025 - Number 7 is Venus Rising Eugenia Frost.

Best of 2025 - Number 10

I can honestly state that this was one of the more difficult years for me to choose my Top 10.  Even though the choices were limited from what was added to my collection, there were some outstanding candidates.  Collectors received several of the dolls originally promoted in 2024 as "20th Anniversary" collections.  There were some extraordinary giftsets; accessories were generous and screenings were gorgeous!  It made it very difficult to put the dolls in order of preference.

The first doll is one for which I only have a couple variations in my collection.   She was the first doll added to my collection in 2025 and was a very pleasant surprise.  She has a lot of redress potential and her ensemble was young and fresh.

She was a 2024 W Club Exclusive.  Here is the Integrity Toys photo of all the accessories.  These boots are one of my favorite footwear items in my collection!

Best of 2025 Number 10 is Baby Blue Imogen Lennox:

Collecting Cycle 2024 - Number 8

Almost every year, Jason Wu personally designs an Integrity Toys doll(s) based on one of his original human sized couture garments.  This has been going on a very long time.  Please correct me if I am wrong, but it may have started with 2007's Spectacular, Spectacular Eugenia Frost and morphed into the Monogram line of dolls.

These dolls are always very sought after and become grails over a period time.  They are produced in limited editions.  Collectors lose sleep waiting for these dolls to go live on retail sales sites.  

Three of these dolls were produced in 2022: Bride Spring 2020 Alyssa,  Spring 2021Aymeline, and Winter 2021 Aymeline.  For some reason these have not been as popular with collectors as previous editions.   You can usually find Bride Spring 2020 Alyssa around, or even below, retail price.

I have been stalking social media and e-bay for the Winter 2021 Aymeline ensemble for several months.  You can't imagine my joy at finding the NRFB doll for about 30% off retail price!  I jumped on this deal!

Collecting Cycle 2024 - Number 8 is Winter 2021 Aymeline:

Doll Collection Cycle 2022 - Number 3 Fall 2019 Plum Aymeline

Just when you thought collecting Integrity Toys dolls couldn't get any more stressful, Jason Wu goes and produces two dolls wearing miniature versions of his couture items and makes them super exclusive by selling them in the Net-A-Porter stores.

Collectors actually watched for these dolls FOR WEEKS!  They would get up in the middle of the night and check the websites.  They would hang up on friends in the middle of conversations because they had an alert from Net-A-Porter.  People couldn't sleep.  It was a nightmare.  When the opportunity showed up in foreign countries first - domestic collectors got mean.  It was like a pack of wolves fighting over a caribou carcass!  (Photo by Integrity Toys)

I sat that one out!  I'm still not completely sold on the Aymeline mold.  I own the first one, Celebration, from the 2019 Legendary Convention.

I like her gown.  I love her hair.  Her screening is quite beautiful.  When I look at her, to me, she looks like she is holding ice in her mouth.  

The Spring 2019 Aymelines are lovely dolls.  I really don't care for the gowns though.  The dolls look like they should be performing in a mariachi band.  The gowns just aren't my cup of sangria.

This is a photo of a Halloween costume I found on line.  Maybe that's where Jason got his inspiration.

I know some of you love this gown.  Please do not send me hate messages - (I'll just delete them and I'm too old to care).   I'm glad at least one collector felt they needed this gown in their life but didn't want the doll!  My favorite of the two is the Plum version.  I truly love the richer skin tones in my collection.  The collector sold the nude doll at a price very close to the original retail price.  I couldn't pass it up.  I put her in a playline blouse, the coat from the 2020 Style Lab "And Scene", Sister Moguls "leather" pants and "The Beast" ear cuffs.

The Number 3 doll added to my collection in 2022 - Spring 2019 Plum Aymeline.  I imagined her more modern.  (LOVE that hairstyle!)  I think this is a very fierce doll that can prove to be very versatile.  I'm so glad I was "in the right place, at the right time".  And I didn't have to get up in the middle of the night to check websites for weeks.