We knew that this year’s Poppy Parker collection theme would be something relevant to New York, as it was already announced back in the 2017 convention. And indeed, during the first Poppy reveal of the year, we discovered that the new collection is named City Sweetheart and it finds Poppy dressed in a variety of outfits for various occasions around the Big Apple. It is a small, capsule collection*, with four dolls available via dealers ( three in August and one in September) and a two-doll giftset available via right-to-buy lottery from IT Direct in late summer. I love two of the dealer dolls and the giftset, while the other two leave me cold. All doll’s have the high heeled foot, a first for a regular Poppy collection. There will not be a second wave of dolls in this collection as David mentioned, but the four IFDC Poppies, two W Club ones and the IT convention ones will be more than enough for the rest of the year.
* capsule collection is a condensed version of a designer’s vision, often limited edition, which transcends seasons and trends by being functional - read commercial. It’s made up of a few pieces which can be easily combined and interchanged.
Let’s see the collection dolls in detail, shall we?
Item # PP140
Off-Beat
Poppy Parker™ Dressed Doll
The City Sweetheart Collection
Approx. Ship Date: August
Suggested Retail: $135.00 US
Available Via Dealers
Edition Size: 900
Head Sculpt: Poppy Parker
Body Type: Poppy 1.5
Foot Sculpt: High-heeled
Skin Tone: FR White
Hair Color: Paper White
Eyelashes: Yes, Hand-applied
Quickswitch: No
Included:
- 12" fully articulated doll with fully rooted hair and hand-applied eyelashes
- Fashion (capri length jeans, striped top, trench coat)
- Black high-heeled shoes
- Sunglasses
- Handbag
- 1960s inspired pendant necklace
- Cuff bracelet and small hoop earrings
- Alternate pair of hands
- Doll stand
- Bonus Accessory: miniature "poetry book"
This is the best doll of the collection and one of the best Poppy Parker doll’s ever released. Both doll and fashion are perfect and the accessories are fantastic! A book! That bag! The pendant! New cat eye sunglasses! Only minus: the dreaded, delicate, prone to break small hoop earrings. Her style is refined beatnick; the real thing would wear flat ballerina shoes.
Item # PP139
Co-Ed Cutie
Poppy Parker™ Dressed Doll
The City Sweetheart Collection
Approx. Ship Date: August
Suggested Retail: $135.00 US
Available Via Dealers
Edition Size: 900
Head Sculpt: Poppy Parker
Body Type: Poppy 1.5
Foot Sculpt: High-heeled
Skin Tone: New Hispanic
Hair Color: Dark Brown
Eyelashes: Yes, Hand-applied
Quickswitch: No
Included:
- 12" fully articulated doll with fully rooted hair and hand-applied eyelashes
- Fashion (mid-knee pencil skirt, custom printed blouse and fitted sleeveless vest)
- Cat-eye glasses
- Clutch purse
- Nylon stockings
- High-heeled shoes
- Earrings, cuff bracelet and watch
- Alternate pair of hands
- Doll stand
- Bonus Accessories: school pennant, "pencil" and "books"!
Second favourite doll from this collection! I love everything about Co-Ed Cutie, from her skintone and make up to her outfit and amazing accessories! More books! A pencil! Cat eye glasses! A watch! Her blouse print resembles molecules, a nice nod to her studies, emphasised by her Physics book! I’m confirmed for both this and Off Beat, which is great! During the Q&A session in the W Club forum that followed the presentation email, David Buttry said her skintone does not match Sweet Confection body, just in case anyone was thinking about using the body for a replacement.
Item # PP137
World At Her Feet
Poppy Parker™ Dressed Doll
The City Sweetheart Collection
Approx. Ship Date: Mid-September
Suggested Retail: $135.00 US
Available Via Dealers
Edition Size: 900
Head Sculpt: Poppy Parker
Body Type: Poppy 1.5
Foot Sculpt: High-heeled
Skin Tone: FR White
Hair Color: Light Red
Eyelashes: Yes, Hand-applied
Quickswitch: No
Included:
- 12" fully articulated doll with fully rooted hair and hand-applied eyelashes
- Fashion (knee length dress suit with printed stripe shell bodice and matching jacket)
- Painted on gloved hands (NEW! Sculpted glove detail hands!)
- Alternate pair of hands (normal flesh tone)
- Bracelet and earrings
- Nylon stockings
- Shoes
- Handbag
- Shopping bag accessory
- Doll stand
Not liking this one very much. It’s probably the styling and colours that don’t make her pop out to me. She has the new sculpted gloves hands that finally put an end to the oven mittens we amassed over the years.
Item # PP138
Peach Parfait
Poppy Parker™ Dressed Doll
The City Sweetheart Collection
Approx. Ship Date: August
Suggested Retail: $135.00 US
Available Via Dealers
Edition Size: 900
Head Sculpt: Poppy Parker
Body Type: Poppy 1.5
Foot Sculpt: High-heeled
Skin Tone: Japan
Hair Color: Platimum/Light Blonde Mix
Eyelashes: Yes, Hand-applied
Quickswitch: No
Included:
- 12" fully articulated doll with fully rooted hair and hand-applied eyelashes
- Fashion (light peach, full-length multi-layered gown with miniature bow details and soft, shimmering glitter accents)
- Elbow length gloves
- Clutch purse
- Faux-pearl necklace, bracelet and earrings
- High-heeled shoes
- Alternate pair of hands
- Doll stand
Peach is my all time least favourite colour, so I definitely don’t like this one. She’s very washed out with her pale skin and colouring, so not even the doll attracts me like other pale Poppies before her, who at least had a smokey or better defined eye to make them appealing. I like the shawl like detail around her shoulders. And it seems over mittens stick around for longer gloves, instead of the new type we saw in the Vanessa FR giftset with the sculpted hand and fabric arm. Why should this ugly thing continue? The plain accessories make this one even more boring.
Item # PP141
Girl Talk
Poppy Parker™ and Darla Daley™ Duo-Doll Gift Set
The City Sweetheart Collection
Approx. Ship Date: Mid-Sept.
Retail: $175.00 US + Shipping
***IT DIRECT EXCLUSIVE***
Edition Size: 800
Head Sculpts: Poppy and Darla 2.0
Body Type: Poppy 1.5
Foot Sculpts: High-heeled
Skin Tones: FR White / FR Black
Hair Colors: Auburn Mix / Black
Eyelashes: Yes, Hand-applied
Quickswitch: No
Included:
- 12" fully articulated dolls, each with fully rooted hair and hand-applied eyelashes
- Poppy's fashion: day dress with bold engineered stripes and matching petticoat
- Darla's fashion: brightly colored capri pants and 60s inspired printed crop top
- Open-toe pumps for Poppy
- Open-toe platform sandals for Darla
- Pendant bracelet, bangle, earrings and brooch for Poppy
- Cuff bracelet, colorful bangles and matching earrings for Darla
- Faux-straw clutch purse
- "Cool cat" tote bag
- 2 pairs of sunglasses
- Alternate pairs of hands
- 2 Doll stands
What a lovely giftset! I’m a sucker for anything green, so the colour was the first thing that struck me, with its great combinations and bright hue. Darla looks gorgeous here, in her capri pants, bright accessories and flamboyant hairdo. Poppy compliments her nicely, if more demurely so, with her lovely striped dress, brooch and sublime straw clutch. I will enter the lottery for these two ladies in late summer.
So which ones are your favourites? Did you manage to get them? Let me know with a comment.
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