The setting is New York City in the early 1960s, and a whole new world has opened up to a bubbly Midwestern teenager fresh off the farm. Wide-eyed and dazzled by her new environ, Poppy Parker begins her life in the glamorous world of fashion as a newly discovered model. Under the sophisticated veneer, the svelte Poppy is at heart a naïve small-town darling navigating her way up Fifth Avenue and making a living smiling for the camera in the city that never sleeps.
Read more...As you know, “Barbie: is celebrating her 50th birthday this year. Here is a reading list to commemorate her golden year:
Barbie and Ruth: The Story of the World’s Most Famous Doll and the Woman Who Created Her By Robin Gerber ... During her life, Ruth Handler, co-creator of Barbie, experienced both great triumphs and setbacks. This book is a balanced portrayal of her life’s story.
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A new member of the American Girl family debuted on May 31, 2009. She is 9-year-old “Rebecca Rubin” hailing from the Lower East Side of New York City, N.Y., circa 1914. Rebecca is the first historical Jewish American Girl and the second Jewish American Girl (the first was the 2001 Girl of the Year, Lindsey Bergman.) Rebecca and her family are recent immigrants from Russia, and they bring the turn-of-the-last-century immigrant experience to the children of today.
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I have spent parts of the last few days registering myself and three other DOLLS staff members for UFDC 2009 Convention in Atlanta, Ga. After reading the 36-page registration manual, I’m slightly in awe of the attention to detail and amount of planning that goes into the event.
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While at the Tonner Collectors’ Convention in Lombard, Ill., last weekend, a fellow writer and I got into a discussion about the impact of the Internet on doll collecting. She mentioned her concern that youthful doll collectors of today use the Web as the only source to feed their doll-collecting passion, and in the process, shows/conventions will be forgotten or never even discovered in the first place.
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DOLLS magazine is no longer accepting submissions for the 2009 DOLLS Awards of Excellence contest. Click here to see the 2009 nominees.
» Click here to see the Winners from 2008!