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Posted by Collector's Connection By Marleen Shepherd, the southern How much: $10 adults and $5 for children under 12. Tickets available For more information: visit www.w4hw.com or call (618) 985-9210. SOUTHERN ILLINOIS -Before Laura Kidd's fashion students could start "When we opened up the boxes, it was like Christmas in here," said "For a few hours our lives will return to those precious days of Everything from paper dolls to action figures will vie for prizes "It sounds hokey but there's a little bit of a child in everyone that "I'm just glad I did hang on to them so I can share them," said Newell, who will exhibit one doll she created, suggests the doll- Anybody can start designing clothes for their dolls, and dressing the "Barbie is a fashion icon and, for many of the designers, was the While the class agreed the assignment was a lot of fun, it was also a "Your eyes get out of focus," said Ashley Webb, a junior from Kansas, Coming up with an original idea was also daunting for Webb. "Mattel has done everything. Trying to come up with something new was "It was fun thinking up all the gizmos and gadgets that go along with Other creative concepts include the big-haired, puffy-sleeved '80s Creator Amanda Lazzell, a junior from Danville, explained Outdoor "It's more for the girls who aren't so girly," said the self- Barbie still maintained her whimsical femininity in the class Creator Shannon Woodlock, a senior from Roodhouse, used nail glue to "I tried to appeal to what I would have liked when I was a little "Every girl loves purple and pink, and something shiny sticks out." marleen.shepherd@thesouthern.com (618) 351-5074
on 4/24/2006, 7:17 pm
67.166.86.150
All Dolled Up: Barbie designers and personal collectors come together
at Dear Dollies
What: Dear Dollies
When: 1 to 4 p.m., Sunday April 23
Where: John A. Logan College, Carterville
at the door.
their assignment designing for Barbie, they had to take a moment to
play.
Kidd of her SIUC experimental design class, an exhibitor in Dear
Dollies. Dozens of grown-ups will publicly play with their own dolls
at the fundraiser from 1 to 4 p.m., today at John A. Logan College in
Carterville.
childhood when our dear dollies were our best friends," said
organizer Fran Becque, executive director of Women for Health and
Wellness, Inc., which the event supports.
such as Best of Show and People's Choice, and dolls and their
accessories will be swapped and sold. Serious collectors will sidle
up to average folks anxious to bring out their childhood friends for
a play date.
never goes away. I think it's probably the same with me," said Sue
Newell of Carbondale who will share a handful of dolls from her
childhood. They include My Friend Mandy, My Friend Jenny, and a Vogue
Brikette Lesney Products Doll, all from 1978, and a 1979 Gerber Baby
Doll.
Newell, who never worried about keeping them in pristine condition.
Her dolls were her friends, not collectibles. "Some original outfits
I don't have anymore because they're so worn out."
making classes at "We're Makin' Dolls, Inc." in Murphysboro for those
who want to learn to make their own dolls.
grand dame of dolls is where many of Kidd's designers got their first
love of fashion.
first 'person' for whom they created a design," Kidd said.
rigorous test of their skills. The biggest challenge for designers
was working on a miniature scale.
Ill. "It helped my hand stitching a lot."
a challenge," said Webb, who created Bond Girl Barbie. The spy doll
features a compact that doubles as an x-ray and a perfume that melts
metal, with a little imagination that is.
it," she said.
Barbie, a NASCAR Barbie dressed in a checkered jumpsuit, and Outdoors
Barbie, complete with matching camouflage shorts and T-shirt, an
orange vest and a fishing pole.
Barbie was ready for a Southern Illinois weekend of hunting, camping,
hiking and fishing.
professed tomboy. "She can hang with the boys."
project, illustrated expertly in Rainy Day Barbie.
attach the 50 rhinestone raindrops over Rainy Day Barbie's hair,
umbrella and clothing.
girl," said Woodlock, who covered a purple raincoat and matching
umbrella in plastic and dressed it to the nines with knee-high pink
boots.
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