Summer Vacation Day 49

There are a handful of dolls in my collection that have never been redressed.  It's not that I don't enjoy the doll; I just find the doll is perfectly presented in stock.  One example of that is Dress Me Luchia Z.  She was an IFDC companion doll of 2007, was released in an edition size of 500, and cost $120.   She and Intimately Acquainted  were companion dolls for the IFDC that year.  It was the introduction of the character Luchia. 

I always loved the Lingerie Silkstones, but I believe Integrity Toys "threw down a gauntlet" on lingerie with Dress Me Luchia. She has the most innocent and serene expression and is wearing the most exquisite pale pink lingerie set! One of the best total presentations of any Fashion Royalty doll ever produced, in my opinion.

 

Summer Vacation Day 50

There is a funny story about this doll and it starts with a previous blog entry for Shake It Up Korinne.  Korinne was produced on a Victoire (Brides of Dracula/BOD) body.  The BOD bodies have shorter legs, a Monogram torso, and large torpedo boobs.   I don't mind this body on Victoire because that's part of her character; however, I don't like the body used for other molds.

Korinne's skintone is called "porcelain".   It is the palest complexion of all FR dolls and only a handful of dolls have been produced using it  The earliest Tatyana Alexandrova dolls and most Kesenia dolls can be found on porcelain bodies.

I had always wanted the ensemble from Follow the Line Kesenia (love those black pencil leg pants, white blouse, and crop jacket!), so I decided to purchase one to steal the body for Korinne and keep the ensemble.  Unfortunately when Follow the Line arrived, I fell in love with her!  Since Integrity is doing "Urban Jungle" as their theme this year, I tried to find something from the closet to fit this theme.

It turns out, Follow the Line wasn't donating her body to any doll, so I had to purchase a second one for Korinne's body.  Fortunately, I was able to sell the second head on Korinne's old BOD body for almost what I paid for the NRFB doll!   Follow the Line cost $129 retail and was released in an edition size of 300.  I think she is phenomenal.