Integrity Toys Luxe Life 2018 Convention - welcome dinner

As customary for the first day, a welcome dinner was held at the hotel hosting the convention. The ballroom was decorated by Alain Tremblay and there were two new dolls for the attendees: the centerpiece and a gift doll. Both dolls were designed by Jason Wu.

Item # 91452

Walking On Gold

Adèle Makéda® Centerpiece Doll

The 2018 Integrity Toys Convention: Luxe Life

Edition Size: 450 Dolls

Beautiful Adéle but reminiscent of older centerpiece Adéle dolls. What’s with the short bubble dresses this year? Not enough Lacroix in the world darling. 

Item # 91455

Luxuriously Gifted

Natalia Fatalé™ Giveaway Doll

The 2018 Integrity Toys Convention: Luxe Life

Edition Size: 600 Dolls

Same hairstyle and face up as Eugenia but in different colours. I don’t like pink and purple on eyes, they make them look bruised. Great jacket. 

Note: All dolls pictured in these photos are prototypes; final colors and textures may vary slightly. All text and information contained herein is copyrighted Integrity Toys, Inc. and Intercap Merchant Partners, LLC 2018 and may not be reprinted or disseminated without express written permission. The W Club is a trademark of Intercap Merchant Partners, LLC. All rights reserved.Layouts and graphics by Alain Tremblay, Marketing

Integrity Toys Luxe Life 2018 Convention: Style Lab

This year's Style Lab concept centres around  Tulabelle True™ as she helps promote the new Rufus Blue™ fashion label called MISS BEHAVE. Each doll in the Style Lab is sold nude and outfits are sold separately, as always. What’s new this year is that every doll and each outfit include a bonus "build-a-doll" component that allows people who buy the entire collection to build an additional, complete Poppy Parker dressed doll when the entire collection is purchased. More further down in the post. Let’s see the 2018 MISS BEHAVE Style Lab Collection

Item # 88037

Gavin Grant™ Doll

2018 THE INDUSTRY™ Style Lab: The Miss Behave Collection

Edition size: 450

Wearing

Item # 88045

Graphic Content Fashion

2018 THE INDUSTRY™ Style Lab: The Miss Behave Collection

Edition size: 450

(Doll and outfit sold separately, no doll stand included).

Item # 88038

Rufus Blue™ Doll

2018 THE INDUSTRY™ Style Lab: The Miss Behave Collection

Edition size: 450

Wearing

Item # 88046

Punk Rock Fashion

2018 THE INDUSTRY™ Style Lab: The Miss Behave Collection

Edition size: 450

(Doll and outfit sold separately, no doll stand included).

Item # 88039

Janay® Doll

2018 THE INDUSTRY™ Style Lab: The Miss Behave Collection

Edition size: 450

Wearing

Item # 88047

Not Your Puppet Fashion

2018 THE INDUSTRY™ Style Lab: The Miss Behave Collection

Edition size: 450

(Doll and outfit sold separately, no doll stand included).

Item # 88040

Alysa® Doll

2018 THE INDUSTRY™ Style Lab: The Miss Behave Collection

Edition size: 450

Wearing

Item # 88048

Hot Chick Fashion

2018 THE INDUSTRY™ Style Lab: The Miss Behave Collection

Edition size: 450

(Doll and outfit sold separately, no doll stand included)

Item # 88041

Jade® Doll

2018 THE INDUSTRY™ Style Lab: The Miss Behave Collection

Edition size: 450
Wearing

Item # 88049

Soft Focus Fashion

2018 THE INDUSTRY™ Style Lab: The Miss Behave Collection

Edition size: 450

(Doll and outfit sold separately, no doll stand included).

Item # 88042

Lark Lawrence™ Doll

2018 THE INDUSTRY™ Style Lab: The Miss Behave Collection

Edition size: 450
Wearing

Item # 88050

Cherry Bomb Fashion

2018 THE INDUSTRY™ Style Lab: The Miss Behave Collection

Edition size: 450

(Doll and outfit sold separately, no doll stand included).

Item # 88043

Ellery Eames™ Doll

2018 THE INDUSTRY™ Style Lab: The Miss Behave Collection

Edition size: 450
Wearing

Item # 88051

Glitterazi Fashion

2018 THE INDUSTRY™ Style Lab: The Miss Behave Collection

Edition size: 450

(Doll and outfit sold separately, no doll stand included).

Item # 88044

Hollis Hughes™ Doll

2018 THE INDUSTRY™ Style Lab: The Miss Behave Collection

Edition size: 450
Wearing

Item # 88052

The Remix Fashion

2018 THE INDUSTRY™ Style Lab: The Miss Behave Collection

Edition size: 450

(Doll and outfit sold separately, no doll stand included).

Item # 88055

Bellamy Blue™ Fashion Figure

2018 THE INDUSTRY™ Style Lab: The Miss Behave Collection

Edition size: 450
Wearing

Item # 88057

Amplified Male Fashion

2018 THE INDUSTRY™ Style Lab: The Miss Behave Collection

Edition size: 450

(Doll and outfit sold separately, no doll stand included).

Item # 88054

Milo Montez™ Fashion Figure

2018 THE INDUSTRY™ Style Lab: The Miss Behave Collection

Edition size: 450
Wearing

Item # 88056

Metal Head Male Fashion

2018 THE INDUSTRY™ Style Lab: The Miss Behave Collection

Edition size: 450
(Doll and outfit sold separately, no doll stand included).

This year’s collection also includes two accessory packs, which, when combined, create a complete additional fashion for the girls. While they create another look for the dolls, these two accessory packs are sold separately and do not include components to create the secret Poppy Parker doll.

Item # 88058

Top This Accessory Pack

2018 THE INDUSTRY™ Style Lab: The Miss Behave Collection

Edition size: 350

Item # 88059

Skirt the Issues Accessory Pack

2018 THE INDUSTRY™ Style Lab: The Miss Behave Collection

Edition size: 350

The Poppy Parker Build-A-Doll:

As explained when this year's Style Lab was first announced, those who purchased the entire Style Lab collection receive the added bonus of being able to complete an entire dressed doll free of charge for the first time ever. Collect all of the components and you get to own an exclusive Poppy Parker doll. Poppy comes with two lower sets of legs and two pairs of shoes.

Note: All dolls pictured in these photos are prototypes; final colors and textures may vary slightly. All photos and information contained herein is copyrighted Integrity Toys, Inc. and Intercap Merchant Partners, LLC 2018 and may not be reprinted or disseminated without express written permission. The W Club is a trademark of Intercap Merchant Partners, LLC. All rights reserved.Layouts and graphics by Alain Tremblay, Marketing

Integrity Toys Luxe Life Convention 2018: Welcome Doll and Convention Collection

This year the most awaited Integrity Toys event takes place in Portland, on the west coast of the USA. Attendees and organisers travelled far to,reach the convention grounds and the party is just getting started. Social media started buzzing with the first photos from early arrivals yesterday and today, first official day of the event, we get the first full post. 

Convention registration started Wednesday for those arriving early and everyone was welcomed by receiving the "THE LOVE OF LUXE" Veronique doll in their welcome bag, along with a monogrammed acrylic chair accessory.

Item # 91457

The Love Of Luxe

Véronique Perrin® Welcome Doll

The 2018 Integrity Toys Convention: Luxe Life

Edition Size: 600

If she had different colours in her make up, she’d look great. The outfit is boring and the accessories not anything to write home about. Not a great debut for a luxe themed event.

I like the lucite chairs, especially those mimicking Philippe Starck’s Louis Ghost, but I’m not sure about the monogram treatment.

​We finally get to see the convention Upgrade doll that was available for pre-order when registration started. "A Fabulous Life" Rayna Ahmadi doll made her appearance and every W Club member, attending or not, could pre-order her last spring. 

Item # 82108

A Fabulous Life

Rayna Ahmadi™ Convention Upgrade Doll

The 2018 Integrity Toys Convention: Luxe Life

Final Edition Size: 1400

We had the chance to preorder her based on a sketch. The outfit is a copy of an Alexander McQueen Automn/Winter 2018 outfit:

​Having figured out the outfit from the initial Integrity sketch, I was excited and waited anxiously to see the final result. And while the doll is perfection (black hair, pale skin, red lips, Rayna sculpt, duh) and the execution looks great (draping and proportions seem exquisite), the main element of the dress is not red as in the original. Instead it is a pale violet/beige that makes the outfit flat and boring.

​Really guys? If it was a matter of possible trouble with copying, just make it another bright colour: emerald green, cobalt blue, saffron yellow. I’m very disappointed with this choice. Other than that, I’m glad I got her, she is the best doll revealed in the convention yet (and that includes the rest of the doll’s in this post).

​Next up is the 2018 Convention Collection: Dolls from the Fashion Royalty® Collection were designed by Jason Wu himself (Eugenia, Tatyana, Kyori, Vanessa), the NU. Face™ Collection by Jessy Ayala (Giselle), the East 59th® Collection by Chris Stoeckel (Victoire) and the Poppy Parker™ Collection by David Buttry.

Item # 91449

Subtle Affluence

Eugenia Perrin-Frost™ Dressed Doll

The 2018 Integrity Toys Convention: Luxe Life 

Convention Collection

Edition Size: 600 Dolls

I like her face and hair, the outfit not that much. Glad to see convention doll’s with bags for a change. The shoes look like those worn by the Vero given at registration. The ensemble gives off an Yves Saint-Laurent vibe, from the old days. It just need some big gold and enamel cuffs to set it perfectly.

Item # 91450

Gilded Oligarch

Tatyana Alexandrova™ Dressed Doll

The 2018 Integrity Toys Convention: Luxe Life

Convention Collection

Edition Size: 600 Dolls

This one also reminds me of older Yves Saint Laurent collections. Ruffles, black and red, ribbons, fishnet stockings, bright make up. Just pile up the bangles and add a gold heart shaped brooch and Yves and Loulou would be proud. This will look great with the red, heart shaped coat from last year.

​Item # 82105

Optic Illusion

Giselle Diefendorf™ Dressed Doll

The 2018 Integrity Toys Convention: Luxe Life

Convention Collection

Edition Size: 600 Dolls

And here’s your  basic Optic Verve Agnes clone. In a more youthful look, yes, it’s Giselle after all. I like the doll but not the dress. A beret with a mermaid gown? Not very luxe. And the transparent long skirts in gowns died a few years ago on the Met gala steps. But look at that face. Gorgeous.

Item # PP142

Gold Snap

Poppy Parker™ Dressed Doll

The 2018 Integrity Toys Convention: Luxe Life

Convention Collection

Edition Size: 600 Dolls

This is the doll with the most buzz in social media so far in the convention. People are going gaga about her. For me, she’s ok but not better than Rayna or Kyori (my other favourite). Or the other Poppy that was unveiled today (more below). I think the hair colour is wrong for this outfit. But it’s just me. Love the necklace.

Item # 73016

Divine Evening

Victoire Roux™ Dressed Doll

The 2018 Integrity Toys Convention: Luxe Life

Convention Collection

Edition Size: 600 Dolls

The new Victoire sculpt makes its second appearance this year. And looks even better in this emerald concoction that reminds me of fashions worn by Gene Marshall. Beautiful doll and lovely gown. Her widow’s peak and skunk striped hair fit her perfectly. She has the new type gloves that look amazing with this kind of fashion. The necklace could be a green version of the one worn by Take The Picture Funny Face doll.

And finally  the IT Direct Souvenir Shop Exclusives. It has almost become a given for the last few conventions that a few more surprise dolls are unveiled in the salesroom alongside the main collection and this year there are three of them.

Item # 91448

Prosperous Complexity

Kyori Sato™ Dressed Doll

The 2018 Integrity Toys Convention: Luxe Life

Salesroom Exclusive

Edition Size: 600 Dolls

What a gorgeous Kyori. Great face and hair and a dress that reminds me of the McQueen copy dress from the Heist convention. 

Item # 91451

Opulence For The Bold

Vanessa Perrin™ Dressed Doll

The 2018 Integrity Toys Convention: Luxe Life

Convention Collection

Edition Size: 600 Dolls

Same hairstyle as Kyori but in a fierce Titian red for Vanessa. Vibes of Obsidian Society combined with Cruise Control.  

Item # PP143

Chiller Thriller

Poppy Parker™ Dressed Doll

The 2018 Integrity Toys Convention: Luxe Life

Convention Collection

Edition Size: 600 Dolls

Fantastic looking Poppy Parker doll, in ice blue and silver. Hair styling is like Misty Hollows Poppy, while elements of the ensemble bring to mind Out Of Thos World Poppy.  She has a bag (fluffy!) and a suitcase!

 Note: All dolls pictured in these photos are prototypes; final colors and textures may vary slightly.

All photos and information contained herein is copyrighted Integrity Toys, Inc. and Intercap Merchant Partners, LLC 2018 and may not be reprinted or disseminated without express written permission. The W Club is a trademark of Intercap Merchant Partners, LLC. All rights reserved.Layouts and graphics by Alain Tremblay, Marketing

The Iris Apfel Barbie dolls are coming!

Back in March of this year, Mattel made a Barbie doll to honour Iris Apfel, the fashion icon extraordinaire that has defined her own particular look of multicoloured chic for ages. That was an OOAK doll but it was announced that a series of dolls would follow. And here they are, making their fist appearance at HSN online store, as part of her Rara Avis (rare bird) Collection. They look very Iris, even though the original OOAK had a better outfit. Each costs $30,00 and I’ll try to get them when they appear in shops selling outside the US. Below are the first photos and descriptions of the two dolls as they appear on HSN. 

Barbie® Dolls Iris Apfel Jacquard Look Doll

Chic. Inspirational. Original. Iconic! This must-have Barbie® doll captures the style and spirit of design legend Iris Apfel in all her glory. From her signature specs to her sophisticated suit, she's sure to become a favorite collectable for Barbie®lovers of all ages.

What You Get

• Barbie® Doll - Includes glasses, medallion necklace, chain necklace, 2 cuffs, 4 bangles and loafers
• Doll stand
• Certificate of Authenticity

• Contains small parts
• For ages 6 and up

Doll measures: Approx. 11"L

Country of Origin: Indonesia

Features

Styled by Iris Apfel

• Celebrate the vitality, wit and unwavering fashion sense of a true original
• One of the most dynamic personalities in the worlds of fashion, textiles and interior design, Iris Apfel is a genuine fashion icon

• With looks from the designer's Rara Avis collection
• Doll wears a floral-patterned brocade suit with striped blouse, plus a bright lip
• Chic accessories include Iris' signature oversized black glasses and layered necklaces and bracelets

Barbie® Dolls Iris Apfel Faux Fur Doll

Chic. Inspirational. Original. Iconic! This must-have Barbie® doll captures the style and spirit of design legend Iris Apfel in all her glory. From her signature specs to her faux fur vest and statement-making pants, she's sure to become a favorite collectable for Barbie® lovers of all ages.

What You Get

• Barbie® Doll - Includes glasses, medallion necklace, chain necklace, 2 cuffs, 4 bangles and loafers
• Doll stand
• Certificate of Authenticity

• Contains small parts
• For ages 6 and up

Doll measures: Approx. 11"L

Country of Origin: Indonesia

Features

Styled by Iris Apfel

• Celebrate the vitality, wit and unwavering fashion sense of a true original
• One of the most dynamic personalities in the worlds of fashion, textiles and interior design, Iris Apfel is a genuine fashion icon

• With looks from the designer's Rara Avis collection
• Doll wears a multi-hued faux fur vest over a black turtleneck and fringed bell bottoms, plus a bright lip
• Chic accessories include Iris' signature oversized black glasses, a multi-strand "pearl" necklace and bracelet cuff

Above is the OOAK Iris Apfel doll pictured with another OOAK Barbie wearing Gucci and styled like Iris. 

Above is Iris and her doll miniature at her Accidental Icon book presentation back in spring 2018.  Book and OOAK doll shown below.

Rodarte designs for Barbie - but it’s not for sale

Designers Kate and Laura Mulleavy are the latest designers working with @BarbieStyle to create OOAK designs, inspired from their Spring 2018 collection. W magazine reported:

"We were very excited as we have always loved Barbie," said Kate Mulleavy. Added Laura, "We always loved all of her accessories, especially her shoes. We played with the dolls [growing up] and made fashion collections for them all the time! We even created runway shows with our Barbie dolls."

Rodarte used four designs from their spring 2018 collection that was shown in Paris in June 2017. Then they worked with the Mattel team to choose looks and fabrications that would translate in doll scale. The dolls modeling the outfits use different body types and skin colors.

The designs, debuted Wednesday on @BarbieStyle's Instagram account. I love the attention to detail, even down to the miniature baby-breaths as used in the real runway. The dolls are one-of-a-kind and not available for purchase. Would you like to see them produced?

All doll photos by Mattel. Runway photos from Vogue Runway, Kim WestonArnold / Indigital.tv