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Hot Pink Perfection

That is what I call this suit by my fabulous friend Hilda, designer and owner of Bellissima Couture. She makes the most exquisite 1/6 clothing and her creations never fail to inspire the photographer in me. Some of my all time favorite photos have resulted from shooting her work. One of my muses, Lilith with an updo, has been wearing this ensemble since it arrived a few months ago. It was time to pass my extra Silkstone Walking Suit outfit on to another fabulous artist and I realized I needed to take some photos of this smart looking lady before I sent the hat to another home.

Model and shoes: Restyled The Great Pretender Lilith, Integrity Toys NuFace collection

Suit: Bellissima Couture

Hat: Walking Suit Barbie® Doll

Poodle: Randall Craig

Song of the shoot:

Posted by raberry65 | September 11, 2013 | Categories: Fashion Royalty, Lilith | Tags: Bellissima Couture, Doll Photography, Inside the fashion doll studio, Integrity Toys, ITFDS, Nu.Face, Randall Craig Poodle, Rebecca Berry Photography, The Great Pretender Lilith, Walking Suit Silkstone Barbie | 6 Comments

Another Barbie Brouhaha A-Brewin’

At the Italian Doll Convention in May, it was announced by Mattel that there was an Herve Leger Barbie gift set in the works. Some prototype pictures started floating around, the interest level was definitely high, and all of the sudden….Mattel sends a notice to its dealers saying “Due to a partnership update the Herve Leger Barbie Doll is no longer available for Mattel Barbie Dealers.”

Oooooookay.

Today, popping up in grand Technicolor on Spanish and UK Amazon sites, were photos of what appear to be a finished product.

Photo credit: Amazon.es

So my question is…”Is this doll legit or what?!!” It certainly appears to be and these photos look like Mattel promo photos. Yes, the photos were available on the Amazon sites but you were not actually able to order the thing so this tells me it very well may be available but is not necessarily currently available. The other questions of course is where will it be available. So far it looks like Amazon has the inside track. I have to be honest here. I have never known Mattel to be this ”lacking” about releasing data on a much anticipated doll. What gives? Is it a secret? Only those with a secret password get the information on this doll? Only people incessantly trolling the retail sites will be able to get this doll? Click your heels together three times and say “There’s no place like home, There’s no place like home” and you might be able to get this doll? What is the formula here?

If I am asking these questions, I am sure others are too. Note to Mattel: “We like the product. We want to buy the product. Why won’t you tell us how?! We want to give you money and yet you stand there silent and stoic blinking in tune with the music.”

And the answer from Mattel appears to be….

I don’t know about you guys but…this aint relaxing to me right now Sad smile

Posted by raberry65 | September 9, 2013 | Categories: Barbie | Tags: Herve Leger Barbie, Mattel | 8 Comments

Exceptional Tatyana

While the rest of the fashion world is focused on New York this weekend and the debut of designers 2014 spring ready to wear lines, ITFDS was focused on this fall. I love fall. I love the colors and the bite of cool temperatures that typically we awaken to in the Pacific Northwest this time of year. Another thing I love is to rediscover something I had put aside for a while and had not looked at. I do this a lot with dolls. I debox, photograph, then it is off to the next one. Even sweeter for me, is an opportunity to give a model their due. In other words, finally show or photograph something in a way that I have yet to be able to capture. I typically have something in my head that I want to capture when I photograph…but sometimes it just never transfers through the camera. That happened with this amazing Tatyana. Thanks to a very generous table mate at convention, I was able to purchase her and after deboxing, was never able to quite capture a set of photos I was happy with….until today.

Model ,jewelry and shoes: Exceptional Tatyana FR2 ( hair has been restyled slightly)

Shirt, pants and purse: Lead Singles Eden NuFace

What I am listening to in the studio this week:

Posted by raberry65 | September 8, 2013 | Categories: Fashion Royalty, FR2 | Tags: convention centerpiece doll, Doll Photography, FR2, FR2 Exceptional Tatyana, Inside the fashion doll studio, Integrity Toys, ITFDS, Jet Set Fashion Royalty Convention, Lead Singles Eden, Rebecca Berry Photography | 7 Comments

The Journey

As many of you know, I have just returned from a month of traveling. It was the most amazing trip with my family and for a few glorious weeks some dear friends. The memories made during those travels are priceless and the new perspective I bring back with me every time I journey out of my own country is such a gift to me. I feel richer emotionally than when I left and so appreciative for all that I have seen, experienced and learned. My hope is that I can bring this into the pictures that I take.

For this set of photos, one of my new arrivals Ms. Splendid Jordan has just returned from a journey of her own. I wish I had her luggage…..

Model , clothing and accessories: Fashion Royalty Splendid Jordan

Trunk: Barbie Convention gift 2012

LV Purse: La Boutique

LV makeup case: Fashion Royalty

Martini glass: Facets by Marcia

“All of life is a journey which paths we take, what we look back on, and what we look forward to is up to us. We determine our destination, what kind of road we will take to get there, and how happy we are when we get there.”

Wishing everyone a safe and happy journey today Smile

Posted by raberry65 | August 30, 2013 | Categories: Fashion Royalty, Jordan | Tags: Doll Diorama, Doll Photography, Fashion Roaylty, Fashion Royalty Classic, Inside the fashion doll studio, Integrity Toys, Integrity Toys 2013, ITFDS, Rebecca Berry Photography, Splendid Jordan | 10 Comments

Neutral Ground

I am constantly amazed and inspired by my fellow doll collector community bloggers. A recent blog post by Shuga-Shug got me thinking about a new arrival in a whole new way so it was time to do a redress.

Shug…Thank you for your love of neutrals and your fantastic modern styling . This post was completely inspired by you and what you do.

Model: The Young Sophisticate Poppy Parker

Dress: City Shopper™ Barbie® Doll – Brunette

Shoes: Mattel

Purse: La Boutique

Scarf: New York Yorkie™ Barbie® Accessory Pack

Jewelry and Luggage: Integrity Toys

Posted by raberry65 | August 28, 2013 | Categories: Fashion Royalty, Poppy Parker | Tags: City Shopper Barbie, Doll Photography, Inside the fashion doll studio, Integrity Toys, ITFDS, La Boutique, New York Yorkie Barbie Accessory Pack, Rebecca Berry Photography, shuga shug, The young sophisticate Poppy Parker | 18 Comments

Buenos Aires Victoire

It would appear that most if not all who wanted to obtain this fabulous Victoire, were able to do so. I had expressed a concern that she would be hard to obtain and I am happy to be wrong. Many collectors are pointing to an almost eerie evocation of Evita Peron in Chris Stoekel’s design. After receiving her, I can totally relate. More often than not, I open a highly anticipated doll and am a bit underwhelmed. Promotional shots are designed to show off the best side of a product and it is almost certain that there are times where the promo shots oversell an item. In the case of Ms. Buenos Aires, I am happy to report that the promo shots simply did not do her justice. She is even prettier in person. I always love when that happens. Of course this is only my opinion so take that into consideration.

Here are her “window” shots. Smile

Model: Buenos Aires Victoire Roux

Posted by raberry65 | August 26, 2013 | Categories: Fashion Royalty, Victoire Roux | Tags: "Buenos Aires" Victoire Roux, Chris Stoeckel, Doll Photography, Inside the fashion doll studio, Integrity Toys, Integrity Toys 2013, Integrity Toys Direct, Integrity Toys Lottery, IT Direct Lottery, ITFDS, Rebecca Berry Photography, Victoire Roux | 6 Comments

ITFDS is finally back online!!

Hello loyal readers. First off..I have to say I am sorry. I had every intention of posting every Friday but did not factor in how unreliable my Wi-Fi would be while traveling. In retrospect, I should have hung my “Gone Fishing” sign up and left it at that. Live, Learn. Happily I was able to post travel photos to my Flickr while we traveled ( it was a slow and painful process though) so for those who followed along on that, I am happy you enjoyed them. Thank you for all your comments! They were much appreciated.

We had the most amazing time journeying through Europe and my mind is absolutely bursting with new diorama ideas. I will be working on those in the coming months along with some new doll related business ventures ( more info to come….). For now, I will post some of the photos I had lined up to share while I was traveling.

Model: Spicy in Spain Poppy Parker

Dress, hat: Bogue’s Vogues

Jewelry: Spicy in Spain Poppy Parker

Shoes: Silkstone Barbie

Model: Sweet in Switzerland Poppy Parker

Dress: Bogue’s Vogues

Hat: Fashion Royalty

My fascination with Black and White’s continues….

Model: Fascination Monogram

Dress: Cocktail Dress Silkstone Barbie

Posted by raberry65 | August 24, 2013 | Categories: Fashion Royalty, Monogram, Poppy Parker | Tags: Bogue's Vogues, Cocktail Dress Silkstone Barbie, Doll Photography, Fascination Monogram, Inside the fashion doll studio, ITFDS, OOAK doll fashions, Poppy Parker, Rebecca Berry Photography, Spicy in Spain Poppy Parker, Sweet in Switzerland Poppy Parker | 12 Comments

Ball Gown Silkstone Official Photos

Finally released! Geez…took long enough. I think many people have already received theirs but here are the official photos of this one. I wont have mine in hand for a bit but I am excited to see her up close.

Ball Gown Barbie® Doll

Retails for $100 and is available now

(Photo source: Mattel, Inc)

Posted by raberry65 | August 1, 2013 | Categories: Barbie, Silkstone | Tags: Ball Gown Silkstone Barbie, BFMC, BFMC 2013, BFMC Atelier collection, Robert Best, Silkstone Atelier Collection 2013, Silkstone Barbie | 2 Comments

India in Hot Pink

I received another amazing Bogue’s Vogues recently and had to share it Smile

Model: Irresistible in India Poppy Parker

Gown and Hat: Bogue’s Vogues (http://www.etsy.com/shop/boguesvogues)

Adore this color on her!!

Posted by raberry65 | July 27, 2013 | Categories: Fashion Royalty, Poppy Parker | Tags: Bogue's Vogues, Irresistable in Inda Poppy Parker | 8 Comments

Imogene Gets a Boater Ensemble

It was no surprise that when Integrity Toys released their Funny Face line of dolls, I was all over them. My particular favorite was “Think Pink!”. I also have a particular fondness for suits so it was time to put these two favorites together for a photo shoot. Also, as Imogene dons her “boater ensemble” and takes some time to perhaps jet off to some glamorous destination, Inside The Fashion Doll Studio will be posting a little less for a bit as this blogger/photographer takes some time to do a few other things. Doll posts should continue every Friday but don’t expect much more than that. Smile