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renamok replied to your post: Laura Ashley Summer Catalog, 1983.

@kimmykun To be fair, though, that was Laura Ashley’s whole schtick, right into the 90s dressing women like duvet covers and shams~ ��

Lol, true. I know she pretty much came up with that whole damn aesthetic, but it still feels bizarre to see it in a decade where clothing went for power and prestige than for soft and frilly.

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I know you've said before that you don't want to pull a Lammily, but I'm super serious when I say I would love to see a doll line designed by you. I feel voices and perspectives like yours would bring so much to doll design. Your mods alone showcase that.

Thanks for that, and I would love to do my own doll line one day but I would rather assemble a team of people to do it and share the burden equally instead of claiming all credit for myself...

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If you had the chance to revive/reimagine any one playline line ever, which would you choose and why?

This is actually a super tough question to answer and it isn’t as cut and dry as I’d like it seems :/

There have been so many lines I’d love to see revisited. Guardian Goddesses, Spectra of Shimmeron (as a high end doll series though heh), Starr, Stardoll, Lady Lovely Locks, Tuesday Taylor, Darci Covergirl, I could honestly keep going.

Ultimately I think I’d like to see the return of the Barbie Basics line. It wasn’t exactly playline, but they were really beautiful dolls. The Fashionistas line has sort of taken up the mantel that was left behind, but with all the quirks of recent playline. I miss the idea of a basic doll in simple clothing and accessory packs to enhance the look. They also had some incredible shoe options!

The Basics line has so much potential to grow especially if they were priced properly and had the right designer. I’d love to see more head sculpts explored, body types and more diversity in general. Kudos if they could somehow use the 90′s Pocahontas sculpt and the Italian Barbie sculpt from 1978 haha (I know I’m dreaming). Body-wise I’d be okay with either the Barbie Look or the Barbie Style bodies.. since I know MTM isn’t ideal for showing off clothing *eye roll*

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If you could revive/reimagine any one playline line ever, what would it be and why? For me, I'd choose the Barbie Style/Deluxe Fashionistas line, expand to all the body types with articulation at the shoulder, elbow, wrist, hip, knee, and ankle and I ing the stock dimensions of the regular fashionistas. I could do without the rooted eyelashes, personally.

It would have to be Fashion Fever in its prime honestly. The idea of single packaged dolls that came with stands that FORMED the packaging, the fact all the dolls have multi-part outfits, the diversity of head sculpts, the clothing that came on displayable mannequins, the detailed accessories and display stands they came with, the furniture with real fabric, and the fact a lot of dolls had names that Mattel had archived previously made it super fun to discover they were used again (I want a Skeletor Barbie friend god damn it).

Of course I would give them at the very least 2009 Fashionista articulation, up the male representation, use the body diversity, and give them collector sized heads.

Otherwise bring back Fashion Avenue.

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