Séverineland's Ad in Fashion Doll Quarterly Magazine

Julian Stanislaw Kalinowksi decided to start 2016 with a bang by advertising his Séverine, Miss Sévinyl, and Bunty Lee's now aborted Rachel dolls in Patricia Henry's Fashion Doll Quarterly magazine. What a better way top profile this 21st century fashion dolls so imbued with the zeitgeist of the late 1960s?

Since these captivating ladies seem to have arrived via time-machine to lucky collectors the world over, a decision was taken to mimic page 25 from Sear's 1964 Wishbook Christmas catalog.



The stunning collage features Ruth Handler's iconic Barbie and her best friend Midge modeling elegant fashions designed by Charlotte Johnson and created by hand by many gifted seamstresses in Japan. A half-page image shows Barbie and Ken in their formal best.

Since Séverine, Miss Sévinyl, and Rachel (soon to be available as Solange) are hand painted and hand coiffed dolls that wear mostly one-off handmade couture, the association seemed natural. Dolldom's photographers and stylists went to work immediately once the special models arrived from England dressed in the very best hand made creations of Liz Cole for Retros, Rosina Haskell, Tania Lawrence, Sylvia Campbell, Juliet Whorton...even a vintage Franklin Lim-Liao! These are the resulting images:


Designer: Tania Lawrence


Designer: Tania Lawrence


Designer: Tania Lawrence


Designer: Tania Lawrence


Designer: Liz Cole for Retros


Designer: Rosina Haskell


Designer: Sylvia Campbell


Designer: Liz Cole for Retros


Designer: Juliet Whorton


Designer: Sylvia Campbell


Designer: Rosina Haskell


Designer: Tania Lawrence


Designer: Tania Lawrence


Designer: Tania Lawrence


Designer: Liz Cole for Retros


Designer: Liz Cole for Retros


Designer: Sylvia Campbell


Designer: Franklin Lim Liao


Designer: Rosina Haskell

The formal Barbie and Ken photo called for all out glamour.


Designer: Rosina Haskell

After a careful selection process headed by Mr. Kalinowski, the images were sent to graphic designer genius Fokke Hoekman in Berlin so that the final magical collage could be created and sent to Fashion Doll Quarterly. Make sure that you get a copy of Fashion Doll Quarterly magazine so that you may have printed version of the ad. Vive Séverine.

Lady Séverine Lambton-Peel

Lady Séverine Lambton-Peel has created quite a reputation for herself. Seen wandering through the woods of her country estate at dusk and dawn, Lady Sév is considered an eccentric. For what is not known is that Lady Séverine works undercover for Universal Mood Recovery, an organisation devoted to restoring a moderate standard of happiness and normal sleep patterns to the perturbed using the most advanced technology.

Who said philanthropy was dead?







Lady Séverine Lambton-Peel helps humanity dressed by Rosina Haskell.

Upcoming Wonders

The next issue of Fashion Doll Quarterly, published by Patricia Henry, will feature an ad for Séverine, Miss Sévinyl, Solange, and Rachel inspired by this fabulous vintage catalogue wonder.....Make sure that you subscribe now in order to get that issue - the first one of 2016.

Important News to Close 2015 from Bunty Lee

Due to numerous reasons, I will no longer be working on Rachel, and she is being transformed by Julian Stanislaw Kalinowski into another entity. I am not a visual artist, as Julian is, and after discussing it with him at length he will take her to heights that I cannot. We are still working together and all is wonderful! I am going to be writing and am still involved. I will be selling 22 more Rachel dolls, which means they will be a limited edition of 25 in total. EVER! The remaining 475 dolls will become someone else completely different.

Rachel becomes Solange!


Photo by Julian S. Kalinowski


Logo design by Fokke Hoekman

I'm Your Venus, I'm Your Fire, Your Desire

Behold the birth of Miss Sévinyl and Rachel!

Working Models

Working models model.
They model to seduce.
Your seduction is their aim.
"Take me home..." - they say.











Credits
Fashions by Liz Cole for Retros, Rosina Haskell, Tania Lawrence, Poppy Parker, Dangerousdames Lounge
Hair on some modesl by Pink Bubbles Spa
Photos by Dolldom Photography

Winter

“Blow, blow, thou winter wind”
By William Shakespeare

Blow, blow, thou winter wind,

   Thou art not so unkind

      As man’s ingratitude;

   Thy tooth is not so keen,

Because thou art not seen,

      Although thy breath be rude.

Heigh-ho! sing, heigh-ho! unto the green holly:

Most friendship is feigning, most loving mere folly:

   Then, heigh-ho, the holly!

      This life is most jolly.

   Freeze, freeze, thou bitter sky,

   That dost not bite so nigh

      As benefits forgot:

   Though thou the waters warp,

      Thy sting is not so sharp

      As friend remembered not.

Heigh-ho! sing, heigh-ho! unto the green holly...

Credits:
Fashion by Rosina Haskell
Photo by Dolldom/Ernesto Padró-Campos Photography
Graphic Design by Fokke Hoekman
Séverine by JSK