And we finally reached the finale of the convention, which is the Saturday night gala, with Jason Wu as a special guest. Jason appeared on our screens and had a nice talk with Carol, reminiscing about how he started with doll design and Integrity Toys and it was so nice to see how he’s still passionate about the dolls, despite having a big real fashion house of his own now. One titbit we got from Jason was that Adele’s original sculpt was based on Erykah Badu, way before Fashion Royalty debuted. He also gave us information on a new doll but we have it under wraps for a few days more. The winners of the design competition were revealed: photography (Lester Javier), styling (Ramiro Rivas) and diorama (Lani Billitti). And, closing the convention in a fantastic way, here are the two gala dolls - the centerpiece and the convention doll, which, surprisingly, is not either Elyse or Agnes (btw, the Agnes you saw on my first post for the convention will be the 25th Anniversary Doll and will be released later this year).
Item # 91481
Haute Desire
Dania Zarr™ Dressed Doll
The 2020 Integrity Toys 25th Anniversary Convention: Legendary
Fashion Royalty Saturday Centerpiece
Limited Edition: 600 Dolls
Head Sculpt: Dania Zarr
Body Type: FR 6.0
Foot Sculpt: High-heeled
Skin Tone: Hungarian
Hair Color: Chocolate Brown
Eyelashes: Yes, Hand-applied
Quickswitch: No
Integrity Toys sent a notice about the doll’s dress colour:
Important note: We noticed that during the presentation this evening, Alain commented that Dania's dress was blue; however, we checked with the design team and it is really more of a deep royal *purple*. Depending on your monitor/device calibration, this color might read differently, but in person, it is a deep purple tone. We wanted to alert you to avoid any confusion vis-à-vis what was said on our "virtual stage".
Dania looks gorgeous here, in a Sofia Vergara kind of way. The original inspiration is Most Desired Eugenia, one of the FR holy grails. The new incarnation looks better to me and I’m sure this will be a new grail doll.
Item # 12319
Celebration
Aymeline™ Dressed Doll
The 2020 Integrity Toys 25th Anniversary Convention: Legendary
The Jason Wu Collection Saturday Official Convention Souvenir
Limited Edition: 600 Dolls
Head Sculpt: Aymeline
Body Type: FR 6.0
Foot Sculpt: High-heeled
Skin Tone: Light Honey
Hair Color: Raven
Eyelashes: Yes, Hand-applied
Quickswitch: No
Velvet Touch: No
A new character debuts as the convention doll - and if she looks a bit familiar it is because the sculpt is the original Avantguard one, redone digitally in 1/6 scale. The name is probably referring to the known fashion model Aymeline Valade, but this look is totally Diana Ross. Unlike the debut of Karolyn Stone, this one was received enthusiastically. After the end of the presentation, main package ticket holders were invited on a zoom virtual after party, to celebrate the end of Integrity Toys first virtual convention. It was overall a great success, very different from a real one of course, but people still had a good time and got great dolls. If the presentations were live, like webinars are, and not pre-recorded, it would have been even better. Maybe next time.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Prototypes shown, final production may vary. For adult collectors ages 15 and up only.
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