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.

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.

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

Séance

Séverine has been invited to a séance. She dresses appropriately in a Retros burnt gold Lurex sheath in a most dignified length, black gloves, and a sober black headband. Since it's up for grabs as to whose spirit will materialize, Séverine decides to pile on the golden baubles.

In all, it's a winning look! Séverine is sure that once the séance table starts floating, the rooms' chairs are up in mid air, and every one else is scared to the core, she will be thrilled with her fashion choices.






Photos courtesy of ©Ernesto Padró-Campos/Dolldom Photography

Miss Sévinyl!

Coming soon! Stay tuned!

My Make-Up

"I Say A Little Prayer"

 by Aretha Franklin

The moment I wake up
Before I put on my makeup
I say a little prayer for you
While combing my hair, now
And wonder what dress to wear, now
I say a little prayer for you

Forever, forever, you'll stay in my heart
And I will love you
Forever, and ever, we never will part
Oh, how I'll love you
Together, together, that's how it must be
To live without you
Would only mean heartbreak for me



I run for the bus, dear
While riding I think of us, dear
I say a little prayer for you
At work, I just take time
And all through my coffee break-time
I say a little prayer for you

Forever, forever, you'll stay in my heart
And I will love you
Forever, and ever, we never will part
Oh, how I'll love you
Together, together, that's how it must be
To live without you
Would only mean heartbreak for me


I say a little prayer for you
I say a little prayer for you



Forever, forever, you'll stay in my heart
And I will love you
Forever, and ever, we never will part
Oh, how I'll love you
Together, together, that's how it must be
To live without you
Would only mean heartbreak for me



My darling, believe me
For me there is no one, but you
Please love me, too
I'm in love with you
Answer my prayer
Say you love me, too.
Why don't you answer my prayer?
You know, every day I say a little prayer
I said, I say, I say a little prayer.

Dress by Retros

The Making of Séverine's Haute Doll Advertisement

By now most fans of Julian Kalinowski's Séverine doll have learned that her very first advertisement appears in the fall issue of Haute Doll magazine.

The process for making the ad was a madcap adventure! Loosely based on one of Mr. Kalinowski's favorite still images from the Jean-Luc Goddard film Weekend, Séverine's version had beauty first and foremost in mind. Yet, dramatic tension abounds in this black and white glamour fest.



The locale was selected for it starkness. A desolate ravine of parched grasses and treacherous rocks proved to be perfect foil for the richness of the couture designed by Liz Cole for Retros, Tania Lawrence, and Rosina Haskell.

Dolldom's photographer's risked their lives to shoot the landscape scene that features two vintage Irwin cars made for Mattel's Barbie doll: an Austin-Healey and a Mercedes. How they've ended up down this ravine will forever be a secret. Suffice it to say that Séverine, Miss Sévinyl, and Liz Lee's Rachel all had a grand time hamming it up for the cameras.

Follow the making of this ad with this exclusive behind-the-scenes peek!

The image selected for the ad features three Séverine dolls and prototypes of Miss Sévinyl and Rachel.


A second image was discarded due to its more graphic nature and the mindless destruction of expensive Louis Vuitton-like luggage. 


Photo stylist Perrita Perón adjusts the Austin-Healey


A preliminary version of the ad with graphic artist extraordinaire Fokke Hoekman's magic touch.
 

Little Ladies of Love

The very rare Séverine hard plastic doll....






Séverine's Boutique

Dans la forêt

Dans la forêt lointaine
On entend le coucou.
Du haut de son grand chêne,
Il répond au hibou.
Coucou, coucou, coucou, hibou, coucou.
Coucou, coucou, coucou, hibou, coucou.

Goldilocks Sévinyl

The Advent of Sévinyl

Séverine keeps transforming, not only being the hand painted hard plastic doll of many faces and personalities, but also in her manufacture. For soon there will be SÉVINYL, the vinyl counterpart of Julian Kalinowski's Séverine doll.  Enjoy these photographs made by Julian for all of Séverine fans.











Stay tuned for more on Sévinyl!