Wednesday, 10 June 2009

Why I like Sybarites


It didn't occur to me until after a conversation last night with a friend who I have not talked to in a while that, that I realised what I liked about the Sybarites, by Superdoll in London.

I have collected, over the last 20 years one doll or another, with my love for fashion, I leaned to Gene Marshall and Tonner 10 years ago. Then about 7 years ago I started collecting Japanese Ball jointed dolls such as Volks and Korean dolls such as Custom House. I began to lose interest in them not because of the Sybarites, but because their style and design became samey

These companies now seem to churn out, one after the other the same old stuff, or they bring out similar items to other existing companies. In fact Companies like Dollheart are now re-doing outfits they released a few years ago, only in different fabrics, it's now become stale and boring.

2005 - The sybarties came along and over the last four years the dolls have been through several incarnations of body styles and additional sculpts. What I really love about them is that everytime a collection comes out from Charles and Des, that it wows me to no end. They are edgy and keep my interest up with their sense of style and glamour. This is why I probably like them so much, that, in the four years I have been collecting the dolls and outfits, I never tire of get bored of what is up for offer.

1 comments:

Izzy said...

Can I add my "why"? Simply because I fell in love with the most beautiful doll faces ever...Venus and DC. Although my heart really belongs to DC, I find the Venus face totally amazing because it can look so different with varying styles and colours of make up and hair.

Like dollspectator said, each time something new is released there's a "WOW" factor - but it also adds to rather than detracting from the older items. I still love my first dolls as much today as when I first saw them.

Sure, the articulation is fabulous and the clothes are wonderful - but it's those faces and their mannequin style appearance that I'm totally head over heels with still!

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