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Tuesday, December 27, 2011
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Tuesday, December 13, 2011
The Unique Approach Of Albert Bruckner's Cloth Dolls
One of the ingenious methods of handcrafting dolls in the past can be seen in Albert Bruckner's creations. His dolls were produced in 1901 and the dolls were made of molded mask which was the product of Bruckner's familiarity in lithography after spending several years in Gray Lithographing Company. He was originally into lithography which was a common printing process in the past in which stone and wax are primarily used to set ink on fabric and paper.
Albert Bruckner's knowledge on this printing process was then applied to his doll creations wherein he got a patent for such idea on July 8, 1901. Bruckner was then known to create dolls for the Horsman Company with their Babyland Rag Doll line. In 1905, the popular character dolls in the line were Betty and Topsy which measured around 12 inches. The model was called topsy turvy as the two are sewn together in the torso area just like Siamese twins.
The topsy turvy pair of dolls which Bruckner was inspired from the Harriet Beecher Stowe's 1852 novel entitled "Uncle Tom's Cabin" wherein a character was named Topsy. The topsy turvy doll was also included in Babyland Rag Doll catalog in 1907. Today, these dolls are sought-after collector's items that are characterized by molded mask face with lithographed image on it. The character, Betty, has Caucasian features while Topsy has African-American features. Topsy has braided black pigtails and a red headscarf to complete her neat get-up. Betty on the other hand, wore a cream and read dress with a bonnet on her lithographed hair.
Bruckner employed the same technique of printing on his dolls from 1901 to 1930. The topsy-turvy dolls were the most popular since it was like a 2-in-1 doll in which you get another character once you flip the doll upside down. The other doll's head and torso can also just be covered by the dress or the skirt that is neatly sewn in the middle. Later on, the doll was then called Tu-N-One. Other dolls that came out were fairytale characters such as the Little Red Riding Hood. Dollypop was another cloth doll with lithographed face and hand-painted features was patented in 1925. The dolls were also sold in famous department stores such as Macy's and F.A.O. Schwartz.
Collectors will find some of Bruckner's original doll creations in auction sites online. Most of his dolls were part of the Babyland Rag Dolls by the Horsman Company and these usually measures within the range of 13 to 28 inches. The typical characteristics of Bruckner's dolls are those that have flat and simple embossed painted faces with mitten-like hands. Dolls in good condition with labels still intact can cost 9 to 0 in the market today.
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Wednesday, December 7, 2011
All You Need to Know About Hair Coloring
The first colorant properly marketed to public came courtesy of Eugene Schueller in 1909 under the name L'Oreal. It was perfect timing - women were becoming experimental with hairstyles and fashion and were breaking free of the acceptable standards of the past. It was a time of liberation and L'Oreal have led the way in color innovation and technology ever since. The phrase 'because you're worth it' has become one of the most commonly used catchphrases and a byword for style.
Responses to hair color can be fickle and depend on prevailing cultural attitudes, trends and celebrities - what's in one year is out the next. The morality of dyeing one's hair has been much debated and in some intellectual circles it has been frowned upon as mere 'vanity'. Over the years there has been much debate about the need to color grey hair. In my opinion grey hair usually makes a woman look ten years older. And what's wrong with a bit of vanity? I was brought up to take pride in my appearance and the women I meet feel more confident and happier the better they look. Of course there are the obssesives for whom enough is never enough! If you ask me, all hair can benefit from a little color enhancement. Hair without color is like a face without make up. Grey hair is synonymous with ageing so why not indulge in a bit of luxury and relax at the salon with a little chitchat and a magazine whilst your colorless hair is given a new lease of life?
The color barometer can swing to extremes. Natural blondeness is considered the height of beauty - princesses in fairy tales nearly always have cascades of flowing golden locks, not to mention Barbie, Cindy and all the other dolls that little girls play with. Golden locks the color of sunshine always bring forth gasps of delight. But when the blonde is 'fake' the negative associations can be huge; from bottle blonde to dumb blonde - how often have you heard (or used) the expression 'having a blonde moment'? All this, despite the fact that most of the world's most glamorous leading ladies have resorted to blonde locks at some time or another, laying testimony to how much favour blonde has.
With so much blonde inspiration from celebrities in the movie, music and entertainment words it's no wonder the 'blondes have more fun' expression appeared. And just as the world's leading women have become addicted to the blonde bottle so have the leading men from Beckham to Brad, Sting to Rod Stewart.
It goes without saying that for every gorgeous sex-kittenish blonde there's a sultry brunette - yes, brunettes can have fun too! Dark-haired beauties symbolize everything that is vampish, glamorous, bewitching and seductive and throughout history brunettes have transfixed us with their raven locks - the most famous of these temptresses being Cleopatra.
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