Kuki's Redresses, Wig, and Dr. King

Kuki by Annette Himstedt is shown in a prototype headshot in the above photo.  My doll entered my collection the year of release, 2003.

Kuki wears her original clothing, headscarf, and leather sandals.

Not long after taking the above photo, which is included in my second black-doll reference book, Black Dolls a Comprehensive Guide to Celebrating, Collecting, and Experiencing the Passion, I removed Kuki's raggamuffin-looking clothing, headscarf, and shoes to redress her.

Kuki wears a Lloyd Middleton romper with white sandals.  Her other doll friends are Georgia by Heidi Ott, Carolyn by Helen Kish, and Hollie by Katja Schneider and Ruth Kunz.

As illustrated immediately above, Kuki's redresses have included Lloyd Middleton doll fashions made to fit baby dolls and other 22- to 25-inch dolls.  She has also enjoyed wearing dresses that were made for her by my friend, Debra R.

In this photo, Kuki was dressed in a stars-and-stripes-themed dress sewn by Debra R.  "America" is spelled out on the bodice.

Kuki wore this Lloyd Middleton doll fashion until her most recent redress.

The blue calico-print Lloyd Middleton fashion above was not a very flattering look on Kuki because it was made for a chubby baby doll, which she is not.  Nonetheless, she wore it until I decided to dress her in another dress that was made by my friend several years ago that Kuki had worn prior to wearing the calico-print dress.

After redressing Kuki in this yellow floral-print dress again and attempting to straighten out her bangs, her wig, which she holds in her hand, shifted!  The original glue had weakened!

Poor Kuki was only temporarily bald.

 Aleene's Tacky Glue Fix

I used Aleene's Tacky Glue to reglue the wig onto Kuki's head.

Originally, the glue had been placed by the doll maker only around Kuki's head, none elsewhere.  I decided to apply glue all over the head as shown above. (In hindsight, this was not a good idea because the mohair of the wig is sparsely applied to the netting and some of the glue almost seeped through!)

After the wig was in place, I tied a headscarf around Kuki's wig to hold the edges down while the glue dried overnight.

  

End result:  The glue is set and Kuki holds a doll that wears a matching dress.

Kuki holds 1998 Easter Sunday Wendy #21513, whose original tagged Madame Alexander dress is made from identical fabric as the fabric my friend used for Kuki's dress.   I still find the fact that Debra was able to find matching fabric 10 years after the Madame Alexander doll was made to be amazing.  Kuki's dress and  Easter Sunday Wendy were a gift from my friend in 2008.

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Today, the third Monday in January, we celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday.  Happy heavenly birthday, Dr. King!  A previously published tribute to Dr. King can be read here.

An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity. - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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