Defa Lucy Studio

A Defa Lucy Studio doll

This 11-1/2-inch articulated vinyl doll from the Defa Lucy Studio series posed for in-the-box and released-from-the-box photos. 

I always take photos of the dolls in their original boxes before (or if) they are removed to keep as a reference of their original manufactured state.

Photographing dolls with the flash on in boxes with plastic box covers usually causes flash glare, which was the case with these photos.

Once released from the box, she struck a few poses and modeled with a Defa Lucy Fashion Girl that arrived in 2024. 

The still-boxed Defa Lucy on the left was one of my first purchases in 2024.

The Fashion Girl and the Studio doll use the same head sculpt. Their hair, makeup, and fashions differ.

Next, the new doll tried on two different shoe colors to wear with her original two-piece fashion (a yellow knit cropped turtle neck sweater and metallic turquoise shorts) because the light blue boots didn't work well for us. 

The yellow high-heeled sandals match her sweater.

The turquoise heels match her shorts.

We thought a complete outfit change was in order. With the retro Clueless (movie/TV series) look in mind and a black and white skirt suit selected, we found the following black boots and shoe options that this lovely lady modeled before making a final "what to wear" decision.

Black boots, closed-toe high heels, similar closed-toe wedge heels, and a pair of open-toe heels were the options. 

Wearing the black and white tweed skirt suit with a faux leather bandeau tank top and black opaque hose, she models the boots and holds a clutch that I made years ago from a kid leather glove.

She tried on the closed-toe high-heels next with a shimmery silver hat embellished with a silver flower, netting, and feathers.

The hat with the black and white bow on the far right in this photo is the hat I wanted to pair with the black and white tweed suit, but unfortunately, I was unable to find it at the time I wrote this post.

This is the closed-toe wedge-heeled shoe; except for the wedge heel, this shoe is similar to the previous shoe. 

Except for the boots, either high-heeled shoe would have worked well, but we chose the open-toe high-heeled shoe as illustrated next. (Note that she does not have cankles--the stockings are bunched around one ankle, which gives that appearance.)

The selected shoe.

The open-toed shoe is more classic than the other options, which is why it was selected.

This stylish lady took an additional close-up.

Her facial sculpt reminds me of Madame Alexander's Paris Williams. 

A couple of days after writing this post, before it was published, I read online reviews of the black stockings, which indicate they can cause staining to some dolls' legs. So I edited the post to include the following action I took.

I soaked the stockings in boiled water until the water cooled.

I removed the stockings and soaked them in a mug of boiled water until the water cooled. I wrung out the water and let them air dry overnight before putting the stockings back on the doll. The doll lay flat as shown in the above photo during this process, and another doll temporarily borrowed her hat. 

Redressed Barbie Looks dolls #10 (Simone) and #21 (Heidi) posed with Defa Lucy for a height comparison. Simone borrowed Defa Lucy's hat for the photo.

After the stockings were replaced, I took the above height comparison photo of Simone (Barbie Looks #10), Defa Lucy, and Heidi (Barbie Looks #21) to illustrate the Defa Lucy doll's average 11-1/2-inch height. (Simone looks good in the temporarily borrowed hat, which she eventually returned.)

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Doll artist, Goldie Wilson, who is also a doll collector, has created the Facebook page, "Goldie's Homeless Dolls." The dolls aren't really homeless, but they do need new homes. 

Goldie plans to sell several limited-edition, hard-to-find, discontinued dolls by Robert Tonner, Ellowyne Wilde, Madame Alexander, Paulette Goodreau, Mel Odom, Mattel,  Ashton-Drake/Integrity, and many other doll artists and manufacturers. 

Most of the dolls have only been removed from their boxes to photograph for the event of this sale and some still have the shipping boxes. The dolls will be posted to her Facebook page a few listings at a time daily. So be sure to visit, follow, and share the link to the page with other doll enthusiasts. 

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Giving Them Life

Paris Williams, the center doll in tan jacket, was part of Onlyalisa's recent thrift store haul (Photo courtesy of Onlyalisa)*

A couple of weeks ago after a fellow collector shared her thrift store haul from an East Cost store that included a Madame Alexander Paris doll (what?) in near mint condition for $9.99, I trotted off to my local thrift store to see if I would be as lucky. Nope. No such luck here, but I did find two So In Style dolls and a Fashion Madness Denise. All were in preloved condition at $1.99 each, with one of the SIS girls qualifying for a 50% discount due to her tag color being the "color of the week." So for a little over $5 (including tax) I received an inexpensive doll fix.

So In Style (SIS) Grace, Trichelle, and Fashion Madness Denise are as they were when found in this and the next two photos.

Grace's hair required the least work to tame.  Denise's took lots of elbow grease to restyle.

I soaked the trio in Pine Sol and gave them a good rinse before washing and conditioning their hair.  I used a dab of Elasta QP Liquid Styling Gel to comb through Denise's matted tresses.

After washing, the hair was allowed to air dry.

What a difference!

After returning the SIS girls to their original hairstyles and giving Denise a faux fishtail braid, the girls were dressed in a combination of Sparkle Girlz and Barbie fashions and shoes  Before Denise posed for the above photo, her pale white lips with painted illusion of teeth were enhanced to enlarge the lips and cover the fake teeth.  See before and after photos next.

Denise's thin lips before the enhancement

I used white dimensional paint to both enlarge the size of the upper and lower lips and to add dimension to the painted teeth.  See profile photos next (before final color was added).

I mixed a couple of colors of brown, tan, a touch of red, and white acrylic paint to achieve a neutral lip color, shown below in Denise's final photo.

This is the second lip enhancement I have performed on a Fashion Madness Denise.  The result of the first one, seen here, is not as appealing as this one.

*The other dolls in the first photo found by Onlyalisa are an International Fulani Tribal Doll, Naber Kid, Bratz Dylan, Effanbee doll possibly from the Grandes Dames collection, and an 18-inch Our Generation Girl.

I wasn't as lucky as Onlyalisa but I enjoyed giving these three life and Denise more lips.

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