Fashion Royalty Convention 2011–Day Two
Well I’m off and running this morning. The schedule is as follows:
Sales Room( picking up the new silhouettes!!), Competition Room and Raffle Room in the morning
Poppy Parker Luncheon
Rerooting workshop in the afternoon
The Color Infusion Dinner and Pucci Fashion Party
I will try my best to get photos processed and posted but it may well be tomorrow before I am able to post. Keep an eye on my flickr for cell phone snaps of the centerpieces at todays functions.
Fashion Royalty Convention 2011–Living the Jet Set Life Welcome Dinner
All I can say is WOW what an evening!! I started out meeting up with some friends before dinner. Here are the lovely Barb of Windy City Dolls, Steven Fraser of Dressmaker Details and Hilda of Bellissima Couture.
Someone had dressed the new Most Wanted Elise in Steven’s new convention fashion and she looked fabulous!
We entered the ballroom and saw that the centerpiece was a gorgeous Kyori in red and black with a black hat. You know me and hats. LOVED IT…and…I won the right to purchase her. Yipeeee.
After dinner, Integrity introduced a couple of new direct exclusive products that would available to conventioners in limited editions of 300 per item.
First up were Bare Essentials Night and Day dolls. ** pictures are screenshots of photos that are property of Integrity Toys, Inc. **
Next up was the City Girl
Then a new guy…Backstage Ambition
The next couple of products literally had me hyperventilating. The new line is called Les Silhouettes and it is so exactly what I love that I was instantly in love. The first new character in this line is called Victoire Roux.
And there is one new fashion in this line called Avenue Montaigne
Because of the limited availability of these direct IT products, each table host handed out envelopes to each member at the table with 4 random tickets for the right to purchase these products. I was so wanting to get tickets for the silhouette products and I was lucky to get tickets for both plus the right to purchase Backstage Ambition and Bare Essentials Night. I can’t wait to see these dolls!!! We will have the opportunity to purchase these in the sales room tomorrow. I hope to have real life photos up tomorrow!
Last but certainly not least, we all received a beautiful doll with Anja face sculpt and I am sorry to say I did not catch her name because I was too busy admiring the doll LOL!
We were also given the first piece of our convention gift set which was a lovely yellow pant outfit with peach shoes. I believe I heard that the doll will be a new sculpt but don’t quote me on it.
The beautiful things I brought back to my room from this dinner are amazing.
The amazing collection for the day is mind boggling!!
And this is just for today!!! I am officially having an amazing time. 
Fashion Royalty Convention 2011–Registration and Salesroom
Registration went very smoothly. Here is a picture of what we received
We received our nametag, a sling backpack ( very cool!), mini combs, a little survival pack with band aids, Tylenol and wetwipes ( very useful ) and the all important empty box. This box signifies we will be getting components to fill it. Exciting!
After Registration, we waited in line for the sales room to open.
For many, the waiting was a fun party and a chance to visit with friends.
Kimberly is excited about the box….or more importantly what is going to go IN the box.
I love the interactive maps they have at the hotel. Clarence is checking it out.
Finally the wait was over and we could enter the sales room. The convention collection was as follows
Vivid Impact Agnes Von Weiss Dressed Doll
Most Wanted Elise Jolie Dress Doll FR2
Style Counsel Adèle Makéda and Véronique Perrin Two Doll Giftset
Mission Control Imogen Dressed Doll ( Nu.Face Collection)
High Toned Rayna Dressed Doll ( Nu.Face Collection)
Brightness Calls Isha Dressed Doll
Simply Simpatico Poppy Parker and Darla Two Doll Gift Set
I would have to say the Elise Jolie is my favorite so far.
I love the ball gowns so she really stood out for me. I also liked Agnes
I left the sales room with some gorgeous Dressmaker Details outfits and the DD Convention exclusive “ Beautiful Beaux”. They had some new shoe packs for FR2 and Poppy Parker. Here is the sales room loot for the day
That’s it for now. I will try and post a short entry this evening to share the evening events. I will be attending the “Living the Jet Set Life Welcome Dinner”
Fashion Royalty Convention–Day One
I arrived in Chicago yesterday evening and am looking forward to sharing the experience of my first F.R. convention. The schedule this morning and afternoon is as follows:
Registration 9:00AM
Run around taking pictures until 11:00AM – (let’s be honest folks…I’m going to be talking to people for a good chunk of this too LOL!)
Grab some lunch 11:30AM
Get in line for Salesroom 12:00PM
Sales Room Opens…..what we are all waiting for! 1:00PM
I hope to be able to post photos soon after I leave the salesroom so everyone can see real life photos of the convention collection. Will see how it goes.
In the meantime…here is a little glimpse of how Rebecca starts her day….command central for convention.
Live from Chicago….It’s Fashion Royalty Convention 2011
I will be flying to Chicago today for my very first Fashion Royalty convention and I am sooooo excited. I can’t wait to reconnect with and meet the many new friends I have made online and at other doll conventions. This convention is smaller than the mega convention that is Barbiecon. There will be 450 attendees and it is a sold out event. I will be attending a workshop on rerooting (very excited to learn a better technique) and a workshop on the Integrity doll process – how things are made. I am not carting my big camera gear to this convention so will have to make do with my trusty point and shoot. I anticipate uploading some photos directly to my flickr account from my phone. I hope to update the blog daily but will have to see how it goes.
It’s that time again….Bogue’s Vogues Vendredi
I have had this crisp little lemon yellow number for a couple of months now and simply did not have the motivation to photograph it until after convention. I am glad I waited because the flowers in the hat have so much more meaning to me than they did before convention. I believe these flowers were given to James Bogue by two special sisters who found these gorgeous vintage miniature flowers in their late uncles things and gifted them to Mr. Bogue. I dedicate these photos to Joan and Pinky(Denise) for their generosity and for being just some of the nicest people I had the pleasure of getting to know at convention. I also dedicate these photos to their late uncle and the warm memories they have of him. Thank you so much for sharing the story about where the flowers came from!
Model: Fashion Royalty Monogram “Extravagance”
Dress and Hat: Bogue’s Vogues ( http://www.etsy.com/shop/boguesvogues )
Shoes: Mattel Christian Louboutin Barbie shoe pack
W Club has a new Poppy Parker exclusive!!
Integrity Toys W Club announced a Poppy Parker exclusive to it’s club members a couple of days ago and most Poppy Parker fans are in agreement….WE WANT IT LIKE YESTERDAY! I have been a member of the W Club for the past couple of years and I have to say…each year gets better and better. I think I broke my own personal speed record ordering this beauty. They had me at…POPPY…and a tan skinned one at that!
Sweet Confection
Poppy Parker™ Dressed Doll
2011 Exclusive W Club Doll
Limited Edition: TBA
Estimated Arrival: Fourth Quarter of 2011
**All photos are property of Integrity Toys, Inc.**
And alas….the waiting begins.
Monaco Royale !
Integrity Toy’s Fashion Royalty W Club has announced their first official club doll for 2011 and she is divine. She appears to be a reinterpretation of the “Midnight in Monoco” doll from the 2003 IFDC. She is sporting the new Vanessa face sculpt and is available only to W Club members. LOVE the little martini in her hand! I do however want to say to her “Honey, be careful not to spill that on your gown….cranberry and peach just don’t mix well.” This lovely lady is definitely coming home to my collection. I can’t wait to get her in front of the camera. I already have the background scene in my head. 
Monaco Royale
Vanessa Perrin™ Dressed Doll
2011 Exclusive W Club Doll
Limited Edition: TBA
Estimated Arrival: Fall 2011
Suggested Retail: $135.00 US
Photos are property of Integrity Toys.
If anyone wants to peruse photos of current and past Fashion Royalty dolls, please visit Jason Wu’s Doll Reference List at http://woodsky.free.fr/LBX/listeFR.html It is an excellent source!
Inside the Fashion Doll Studio 