The Power Of Blythe.
When Alexander McQueen created his McQ line for Target, he listed Blythe as his inspiration.
If you're not familiar with Blythe, let me tell you a little bit about her. Blythe is the
name of a doll manufactured by Kenner in the early 1970's. Blythe has big eyes and a big head. After only a year on the market, Kenner stopped manufacturing Blythe dolls in 1972 because it was clear that children found Blythe to be a bit alien-like, and frightening. Decades later, soon enough Blythe developed a cult following, especially after Gina Garen's best seller This Is Blythe. Since 2000 Blythe dolls have been manufactured once again, this time by Takara. Now, the original Kenner dolls are gold, and the new dolls by Takara range from about $100-$2000. You can find Blythe regularly in magazines from Vogue Nippon to Elle.
I know all of this, because I used to be a huge Blythe fan!
Blythe also influences Alexander McQueen's ready-to-wear collections. Pictured above is Ultimate Tour Blythe, and I actually own her! I have just a few Blythe dolls and I keep them in their boxes, they are how I'll plan to pay for college, or how I'll travel to Paris! Haha. Well, when I got Ultimate Tour a few years ago she costed $250 (I know that's expensive, but you must spend money to make money...) and now she retails for just under $1,000.00! Plus, I love looking at her, she is such a stunner!
Anyway, Alexander McQueen isn't the only designer who has been influenced by Blythe. Author, Photographer, and Blythe collector Gina Garen teamed up with a ton of high-end designer to form Blythe Style; a book featuring Blythe in specially designed outfits for her by every designer from Miuccia Prada to Donatella Versace.
Here is a look from the book that John Galliano created for Blythe.
The Blythe world is a creative and beautiful world. Successful Greek film star and outstanding artist Thanos Samaras who goes by the name Yatabazah is a wonderful contributor to the world of Blythe, and is known for creating many of his own.
This is one of Yatabazah's many creations named Private Ai Ai
Yatabazah in a magazine editorial alongside his beautiful companion/creation.
Eleanor Hardwick was a 13 year-old girl who liked taking photographs of her Blythe dolls, and discovered a passion along the way: photography! She is only 15 and has her own exhibitions, and her photography has been featured in numerous magazines including Dazed & Confused.
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5 comments :
wow that is so cool and interesting
and what a smart move on investing on those dolls!
Seriously; you should invest in stocks or something. You are good at that.
Honestly dolls sort of freak the living shit out of me, haha. They never blink, which is scary. And if they DID blink, that'd be worse.
I love dolls, but I think they hate me. I do all those freak shows with them. The only reason I stopped playing with Bratz and Barbies was becuase I killed all the poor ones I had, and had no budget for more.
It's not my fault, they are so pretty that I get a strong urge to throw them out of the window and to see what happens :(
i used to cut the hairs of all my barbies...
lol cam and michelle i know what you mean
but don't they look like bratz dolls? but more classy?
I think it's a really cool thing, and I hope to sell mine soon. I want to take the money and fly to Paris by myself, haha! That would be so amazing.
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