Andi Raven

NAME: Andi Raven
TYPE: Bow Wow Trad
BIRTHDAY: September 17th
LIKES: underground comics, pop music, horror fiction
DISLIKES: people being too loud in trains
FAV MUSIC: She & Him, Pocketbooks, Natural Q, Couple, advantage Lucy!
FAV BOOK: anything by Edward Gorey!
ORIGIN: Dollz Inc. (Singapore)

Previously named Sylvia, but the name didn't stick. She preferred to be called Andi instead :)

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Aislinn Swan

NAME: Aislinn Swan
TYPE: Heart of Montmartre
BIRTHDAY: June 28th
LIKES: fairies, picture books, Ghibli movies, windy days
DISLIKES: crowded rooms
FAV MUSIC: Depapepe, Velvet Underground
FAV BOOK: all of them!
ORIGIN: Dollz Inc. (S'pore)

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Chantal Coccinelle

DSCF2112, originally uploaded by marineko.

NAME: Chantal Coccinelle
TYPE: Natasha Moore
BIRTHDAY: April 8th
LIKES: dinner parties, cute dresses, books!

DISLIKES: bus rides, loud noise

FAV MUSIC: Carla Bruni, Francoise Hardy, Nico, Julie Doiron
FAV BOOK: Invincible Summer zine anthology, Vol 1 & 2

ORIGIN: Dollz Inc. (S'pore)

My brother helped me buy her from Dollz Inc.

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Fiona Crown

DSC00610, originally uploaded by marineko.

NAME: Fiona Crown
TYPE: Mod Molly
BIRTHDAY: December 24th
LIKES: big cities, fancy dresses, foreign films
DISLIKES: hot weather, spiders, being ignored
FAV MUSIC: P.J. Harvey, Patti Smith, Stereo Total, April March, The Clash, X-Ray Spex
FAV BOOK: Sarah by J.T. Leroy
ORIGIN: Dollz Inc. (S'pore)

My brother got me Fiona when I went to visit him in Singapore. I think she's probably the prettiest of my girls :D

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Francesca Spider

NAME: Francesca Spider
TYPE: Save The Animals
BIRTHDAY: October 8th
LIKES: Italian food, dancing, folk tales and fairy tales, poetry
DISLIKES: being bored
FAV MUSIC: Francoise Hardy, April March, Stereo Total
FAV BOOK: Weetzie Bat, by Francesca Block. Also the Arabian Nights.
ORIGIN: Dollz Inc. (S'pore)

My brother got her for my birthday present in 2007.

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Shirley Finch

Shirley, originally uploaded by marineko.

NAME: Shirley Finch
TYPE: V-Smash
BIRTHDAY: June 18th
LIKES: sleeping in, sunny beaches, cats, books
DISLIKES: coffee, cigarette smells
FAV MUSIC: OK GO!, Letters To Cleo
FAV BOOK: everything! especially chic lit and cult novels
ORIGIN: Junie Moon (Daikanyama).

I was looking for a Tailor Gibson but they were fresh out, and I finally gave in to my need of V-Smash, which I had wanted since I got Doris. She is Anna's younger sister!

Picture taken near the artificial waterfall on Raya morning (Oct 2007)

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Asami Ame

DSCF2073, originally uploaded by marineko.

NAME: Asami Ame
TYPE: Rainy Day Parade
BIRTHDAY: April 28th
LIKES: Hello Kitty, spring, strawberries, candy, pop music
DISLIKES: going to the dentist
FAV MUSIC: Belle and Sebastian, advantage Lucy, Salyu, YUI, Spitz, The Softies, Tsuji Ayano
FAV BOOK: The Blue Fairy Book, by Andrew Lang
ORIGIN: Kiddyland (Harajuku)

I bought her on a very very rainy day, about the week of her release.

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Anna Finch

Anna, originally uploaded by marineko.

NAME: Anna Finch
TYPE: Birdie Blue
BIRTHDAY: April 12th
LIKES: picnics, Sanrio-X, tea parties, fairy tales
DISLIKES: sad stories, rude people
FAV MUSIC: Dear Nora, Tori Amos, Aimee Mann, Julie Doiron
FAV BOOK: anything by Charles de Lint and Andrew Lang's fairy tale anthologies!
ORIGIN: Junie Moon (Daikanyama).

Birdie Blue is one of my dream girls, so I was really lucky to have nabbed the last one in Junie Moon! My roomate, Wan, named her.

Picture taken on Raya morning in the Malacca house garden (Oct 2007)

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Kailani Moon

taking a rest, originally uploaded by marineko.

NAME: Kailani Moon
TYPE: Primadolly Ebony
BIRTHDAY: March 20th
LIKES: travel, guitars, oldies
DISLIKES: being stuck at home
FAV MUSIC: Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, The Beatles, Petula Clark
FAV BOOK: On The Road by Jack Kerouac
ORIGIN: Dollz Inc. (S'pore)

I bought her through Joo Li, who preordered her for me and went to Singapore to get her. She's the one who accompanies me when I travel!

In this pic she's near the immigration office - I was there to renew my passport.

* At the moment Kai is temporarily living with Allen.

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Lucy Heart

Lucy in Black, originally uploaded by marineko.

NAME: Lucille Heart
TYPE: Picadilly Dolly Encore
BIRTHDAY: January 1st
LIKES: music, playing dress up, comics, RPG games
DISLIKES: outdoorsy activities, the tiring kind and the boring kind!
FAV MUSIC: The Donnas, Julie Ruin, Le Tigre, Cibo Matto
FAV BOOK: Cinderella's Big Score, by Maria Raha. Also all of Yazawa Ai's manga and Neil Gaiman's comics.
ORIGIN: XL-Shop (Times Square)

My parents were away for over a month and I was lonely, so I got a new girl!

Note: Lucy has been adopted by Mischelle.

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Doris Ghost

classic Doris, originally uploaded by marineko.

NAME: Doris Ghost
TYPE: Tea For Two Encore
BIRTHDAY: October 23rd
LIKES: tea parties, picnics, reading, gardening
DISLIKES: going out for too long or too far away from home
FAV MUSIC: The Softies, Kings of Convenience, Belle and Sebastian
FAV BOOK: The Perks of Being a Wallflower, by Stephen Chbosky
ORIGIN: XL-Shop (Times Square).

My first Blythe! Named Doris after the Doris zine, and Ghost because I was going by "ghostgirl" back then :)

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