Naturalistas Crown Collection Paige

Naturalistas Paige

After publishing two Natualistas doll installations in the Virtual Black Doll Museum (for a total of three dolls) and later viewing an Instagram post about Naturalistas Paige, I added Paige to my Naturalistas collection. Her auburn, 3C textured hair also influenced the purchase. Paige is from the third wave of Naturalistas, which have extra articulation at the elbows, wrists, and knees.

Paige's auburn hair has a slight wavy curl pattern; it extends to her upper thighs.

She has brown-painted eyes and a closed mouth with nude lip color.

Paige wears an N-logoed, pink spandex top and matching pants; plastic N-logo'd  silver circular earrings, and a silver bangle bracelet. Her pink high-top sneakers are attached to the cellophane lining.

An image of Paige, her bio, motto, descriptions of her hairstyle and hair type, and images of the other dolls in Wave 3 (the Crown Collection), are featured on the back of the box.

Bio: Paige is an Oakland native with a line of natural hair care products, Naturalistas® "ICONIC" Hair System. Paige uses natural ingredients to produce products that support natural hair nurturing and health.

Motto: "Like A Flower, Natural Hair Needs Love and Nutrients To Grow!"

Hairstyle: Wash n' Go Ponytail with Tendrils

Hair Type: 3C

The other dolls in this collection are Kelsey, Liya, Dayna, and Whitney. Dayna and Whitney's VBDM installation is published here. Greg, from the Fade Collection, is the museum's other Naturalistas installation. 

Designed to celebrate children with coily, curly, loc'd, and naturally textured hair, Naturalistas were created by the founder of Purpose Toys, LLC, DeeDee Wright-Ward, whose image and bio are also on the back of Paige's box (but not captured in the image above).

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3rd Annual Black Doll Symposium (An Online Event)

Register for the 2026 March 13th and 14th 3rd Annual Black Doll Symposium here. This is an online Zoom event hosted by The Department of African and African American Studies at Duke University. 

Click "Read More" on the registration page to see the panel topics for this two-day event, which begins at 9 a.m. EST on March 13th and March 14th. 

To attend, registration is required.

View the program and speaker schedule here.

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Corduroy Cool Fashion-Updated

Corduroy Cool Barbie from 1999 with brunette hair

Ever since I participated in a travel doll event hosted by the So in Style Yahoo Group in 2012, I've admired the fashion that our Gallivanting Grace travel doll was redressed in. I only recently discovered the Barbie that originally wore this fashion, Corduroy Cool (shown above), and I purchased that doll to dress one of my dolls in it.

Other dolls released in 1999 are featured on the back of Corduroy Cool Barbie's box, but none of the other Corduroy Cool dolls are illustrated.

There were several versions of Corduroy Cool Barbie. Some wore a two-piece green fashion. Some wore a one-piece blue fashion, while others wore a two-piece blue fashion. The Black doll was dressed in a two-piece green outfit, but that's not the fashion I wanted, so I purchased the brunette doll.

Minus a green hair brush, these are the Corduroy Cool clothes and accessories.

A green striped cap, a matching long-sleeved shirt, a light-green corduroy jumper, a contrasting green "silk" neck scarf, emerald green opaque tights, a light-green plastic purse, and light-green ankle boots are the pieces I kept.

I selected a pink box Barbie to wear the Corduroy Cool fashion. This doll uses the Shani head sculpt and is one of three dolls that I redressed during the Christmas 2025 season. She continued to wear the Christmas fashion until the Corduroy Cool fashion arrived, which she models below in a headshot and a full-length image.

"Shani" has a beautiful face, smile, and complexion.

She wears the Corduroy Cool Fashion well.

When I purchased the Santa T-shirt that Shani wore previously from Nise's Designs, she surprised me another one of her T-shirt designs. While redressing Shani, I decided to pair the extra T-shirt from Nise with the leggings Shani had worn to redress my BarbieStyle Fashion Signature Doll #2. Nise's T-shirt features a lovely African American woman winking, who wears a natural-textured hairstyle.

A close-up of the T-shirt from Nise is illustrated.

Shani and the redressed BarbieStyle doll pose in the next photo.

Redressed and looking great!

Press the "play" arrow to view a video of Gallivanting Grace (the doll that inspired me to purchase the Corduroy Cool fashion. 

Related Links

Gallivanting Grace's Texas Experience

Nise's Design Shop
 

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