Review
"If you tempted to enter the alternative world of fashion doll makeovers, this book could be the one to get you started..." -- Galatea Magazine, Spring 2003.
Book Description
Learn how to make an ordinary fashion doll into a sensational showgirl with author Sabrina Guidice! Sabrina shows how to repaint the face, restyle hair, sew the clothing, and create a fantastic box in which to sell your extraordinary creation. Now you can be just like the makeover artists!
From the Author
Hello! My name is Sabrina Guidice and I'm the author of Creating Fashion Dolls. I would like to take a moment to thank everyone who has purchased a copy of my book and to encourage beginner artists of all ages to use this book as a guide to creating wonderful fashion dolls. I appreciate every review - but would just like to clarify a couple of things. The doll that was used as the model and on the cover is beautiful and does NOT have genitalia. She has a molded white panty and nothing is viewable and she is just not molded "that way". Also, the entire costume is hand sewn and made completely of material. There is no "ribbon" for the bodice. The book is meant for beginners but advanced users can always use more ideas, after all - in art and creating you never know where your next idea will come from! Thank you all:)
From the Inside Flap
Imagine this scenario: You are on the floor in your living room at the tender age of 8 with naked dolls scattered all around you. Some have hair so matted that you can't even get a brush through it. Some have face paint rubbed off so that you can't even recognize it. Still, you pick up your doll and sort through mountains of teeny, tiny clothes picking out that perfect outfit that you think would look just darling on her. Then when she is dressed you put her aside and do it again and again with your other dolls. We call this normal child's play with beloved toys.
Now imagine this scenario: You are on the floor in your living room at the tender age of 32 with naked dolls scattered all around you. Some have hair so matted that you need to dunk the head in boiling water just to restore it. Some have face rubs that need acrylic paint restoration or complete facial makeovers just to be recognizable again. Some are headless, some limbless. Still you pick up your doll and sort through mountains of fabric, beads and accessories with the perfect design in mind just for her. When she is done, you do it again and again with your other dolls. Normal? It's totally "dollusional"!! Hence, an artist of One of a Kind (OOAK) fashion dolls is born!
About the Author
Sabrina Guidice has received awards in art and writing as early as elementary school. She has written numerous articles and has had her own column in doll magazines before penning Creating Fashion Dolls.
