#lara morelli-strauss

[thelivesofourdolls]

Generation girls 💖

[paperdollheart]

Lara Marie Morelli-Strauss, a la the Generation Girls line.

[Image ID: Art of Lara from the Generation Girls line on a textured light green background. She’s on the center-left side of the image. Lara is a slender mixed-race French girl with dark blue eyes, pink lips, and long loosely-curled dark brown hair. She’s wearing a pink splatter-dyed tank top and a large power blue cardigan with pink, yellow, and blue flowers on the sleeves. She’s also wearing a choker with pairs of pearls loosely strung in a zigzag pattern. She’s in front of a paint-textured green background. /.End ID]

[barbielore]

Could you talk about how dolls used to often be renamed in foreign markets? Of course there's Brazil which outright replaces characters most of the time, but here's some rename examples:

Sensations: Becky (which is already renamed Dana) to Bibi, Bopsy (renamed Diva) to Becky, Europe

Generation Girl: Ana Suarez to Marissa Suarez, Lara Morelli-Strauss to Marie Morelli-Strauss, Tori Burns to Susie Burns or Vicky Burns

My Scene: Madison to Westley

Tara Lynn (from Western Stampin') to Tina in Brazil

Whitney to Laura in Europe

Locket Surprise Kayla - Alexia in Europe

I have been asked about this a few times but to be honest I haven’t done it (except my post about Kira and Miko both being renamed into the single character of Marina) because I don’t have a lot to say about it!

I know it’s something that has happened a lot over the years and some international markets did it more than others and sometimes for perplexing reasons - like the Sensations dolls for example; that’s a real standout to me - but I’ve never been able to think of anything interesting to say to tie it together.

[fuzzychildchopshop]

Generation Girl Dance Party Lara by autumnrose83

[fyretrobarbie]

Generation Girl (1998)

L-R: Barbie Roberts, Ana Suarez, Tori Burns

Nichelle Williams, Lara Morelli-Strauss, Chelsie Peterson

[my-plastic-life]

New doll diorama is up! This year marks the 20th anniversary of one of my all-time favorite Barbie lines, Generation Girls. This series depicted dolls from all over the world, each with their own distinct personalities. I still have all the ones I had as a kid, and I proudly own the entire series with the exception of the Gear (fashion packs) and some of the books. I even still have the high school! :D The high school wouldn't fit inside this diorama, so I went a different route. The third and final line of this series was called My Room, and each doll came with a box that turned into their room, and of course each doll's room matched their personality.

Chelsie wasn't included in this line because, according to the story, she'd "transferred" at that time. But she did live in New York with the other girls before that time, so I made her a bedroom inspired by the style of the others (except bigger of course)!

Chelsie is from London (every GG character came from a different part of the world) and she's a singer/songwriter who loves poetry and music. I incorporated this into her room, with music note bedding and pillows, as well as throw pillows with words on them to reflect her love of poetry. Her favorite color is purple, so I put some of that in there as well with her furniture and sheets.

Nichelle's room already had purple/lilac walls and I didn't want to use the same thing or drown the room in purple, but none of the dolls really had green so I chose a green ivory pattern wallpaper (each room had funky wallpaper with a solid color strip border at the top). Each room also had printed details like shelves, doors, furniture, etc. on the walls, so I incorporated that by printing a closet door on one wall. Since I had more room, I decided the rest of the goodies would be "real" rather than printed. Each room also had a 3D printed window about 2" high, so I made one of those too (looks a little small on the larger walls lol). I also added some poetry and music posters, and a nice elegant area rug. I think the room defines Chelsie well! :)

I used the first line of these dolls for this scene (except Blaine and Mari, who weren't introduced until the second line) because I wanted to include everyone in their original clothes, which wouldn't have been possible since Chelsie wasn't in the third line and Ana wasn't in the second.

Now that I've taken everyone down memory lane, enjoy the diorama! All the friends are hanging out in Chelsie's room, listening to her latest song and clapping/dancing, and giving support!

Left to right: Nichelle Watson (from New York), Chelsie Peterson (from London, England), Lara Morelli-Strauss (from Paris, France), Tori Burns (from Sydney, Australia), Ana Suarez (from Mexico City, Mexico), Blaine Gordon (from NYC), Barbie Roberts (from Malibu, California), and Mari Nakano (from Tokyo, Japan)

Nichelle, Chelsie, and Lara

Tori, Ana, Blaine, Barbie, and Mari

Tori, Barbie, Mari, Blaine, and Ana

Blaine and Ana (it was always implied that these two were a couple, both in the books and in some stories on the website)

Tori is sitting on the piano bench - Chelsie even has a piano in her room that doubles as a desk to write poems and songs!

Barbie

Lara

Chelsie

Nichelle and Chelsie

Nichelle

Generation Beat magazine, the official magazine of the line (I made that!)

London poster as well as musical instruments from around the world

[thelivesofourdolls]

Chelsie and Lara on generation girl surveillance cam 📹

[fuzzychildchopshop]

Generation Girl My Room Lara by autumnrose83

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Generation Girl 1st edition Lara by autumnrose83