#one sells barbie dolls one sells clothes and one is like the barbie stores in real life

[percentstardust]

the thing about barbie is that she walks around wearing her accessories and clothes. even things not designed by her. it is her brand and she will endorse it always. she even sleeps in pajamas. she wears t-shirts with the barbie logo on it. it is her being a girl boss. it’s her saying this is MY BRAND. this is mine. i built it. i am going to let everyone know this.

[dnpanimationstudioclone]

Meet Velvette📱🧶

Meet my take on Velvette! I had LOT OF FUN with this one! She’s reviewing Pentabucks newest drink!(being its top influencer can get you it for free!)

My Velvette’s more involved with social media/advertising/trends rather than owning all of Hell’s fashion indurstry. She’s basically a social marketer/influencer who uses her influence to support and advertise a lot of the overlords and high influence peoples businesses, products and services. She’s def still into fashion, I imagine she has something like a Bergdorf Goodmans, luxury end store and probably collabed with other fashion brands). I also see her own some fo the trendiest resteraunts, clubs, beauty salons, etc. def sewn herself into big brands!

I’ve heard she was suppose to be a doll because her pilot look mouth alluded a bit to stitching and wore frilly clothes.

so I ended up making her a rag doll! Doll’s are very popular to sell, especially to sell additional objects such as fashion, accessories, etc. Basically she sells herself out to the public eye 👁️. There’s also a bit of sewing terms that fits with social media such as “Pinned”, “Threads”, etc.🪡📍

And rag dolls are known for their adaptability(perfect for trend setting Vel)! I styled her outfit as a kinda tweaked modern outfit of Raggedy Anne/Andy’s outfit. The jumper and black booties. Restyled into a more flashy romp jumper and heeled boots 👢 Even made it to her name, VELVET!

Ngl many friends of mine have said she gives off Monster High vibes(I feel like 2000’s cartoons def inspired me). As well as Lalaloopsy!!!!!!! I was also a bit inspired by OG Millie’s outfit(love the double straps).

Put her in two shades of brown for a patchwork vibe! Another thing I’m going for with the rag doll theme is to allude to insecurity. I imagine she came from less glamorous origins. Didn’t have porcelain dolls like Charlie or plastic Barbies like all the other popular and rich girls, but simple rag dolls and stuffies. No matter how hard she tries to be like perfect porcelain or pretty plastic…she’s cursed to be seen as just some raggedy rag doll💔. I also imagine her death had something related to becoming…torn up(I imagine it wasn’t a pretty end)…

For this look, went with bubble braids made from balls of yarn 🧶 She has all kinds of hairstyles, from yarn, cotton, stitch on wigs and even real hair(from scalps of those who got on her nasty side, @a-sterling-rose suggested this). There’s even a type of hairstyle called “yarn braids”.

Wears fake nails 💅. Gel, acrylic, she’s made of cloth so she can adapt to any kind.

Gave her actual ears 👂 (added them on herself).

Clout Glasses 😎.

For her color scheme, @the-burd-lord suggested I'd go with RGB theme, colors on display screen(Vox is the leader and a screen) Ngl I was conflicted what colors to go with for the vees(Primary, Red blue purple etc). But then I realized when u mix those colors u get those other colors and then I decided to give the Vees two main color themes for each. One for show, the other their true colors! Velvette likes to use green, magenta and purple, for a visually pleasing vibe, light green and magenta for sweetness with purple/gold for luxury, but truth she’s a vain, envious clout seeker who has and will do less than ethic things for the likes. The two colors r also a mix of Val and Vox’s colors(uses them, advertises them to advertise herself!)

Played around with a assymetry color vibe for the envy vibe, thats she’s two faced 🎭. Having a deceptive social media personality like Miss Heed(less lovey dovey).

@lovesart23 video on Velvette really helped me consider what to do with her, like her beign Envy theme(she’s a clout chaser afterall). I LOVE her use of purples and greens for her! I also really dig the eye theme which mine in a sense does too. In this case, button eyes.

Added more weight on her a bit, to give off a more rag doll type body(especially with the limbs 🦾🦵)

Gave her black purple eyes with pink and mint button irises. Got Pin eyelashes 🪡📍

Her her a needle/selfie stick. Good for selfies, fashion emergency and stabbing people!

What do u think? I’d love to know💖

I’ve also done the Hazbin Gang, Mimzy, and even her associate, Vox 📺.

[setewbro]

It's honestly depressing to see fast fashion stores like Primark with entire Barbie collections. You know these clothes were made unethically. That while the movie can be praised by it's minimal feminism subject, women in the global south are not even being payed a living wage to produce Barbie merchandise.

I'm not even trying to be like "Oh, you, person who watched the movie and had fun is at fault" thats not a productive criticism. It just genuinely upsets me. So much Capitalism Realism. So much "feminism" while oppressing real life women. I think we should be angrier about how capitalism steals our struggles to sell them back to us and continue that very oppression.

I loved playing with barbies when I was a kid but everytime I think about this movie for more than 2 seconds I want to explode everything. It's not just a case of Barbie being propaganda movie to sell dolls. It's directly contributing to the oppression of women when they are the ones being exploited for us to be able to buy pink barbie tshirts. I hate these contradictions. Jesus Christ I need to eat breakfast.

[ghastlyfilters]

𝐇𝐂𝐒 𝐈 𝐇𝐀𝐕𝐄 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐂𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐌 𝐁𝐎𝐘𝐒 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐈 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐋𝐘 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐊 𝐀𝐁𝐎𝐔𝐓 !!

pairing(s): implied randy meeks, billy loomis, mickey altieri + stu macher x gn!reader

warning: none, though some hcs that i have written might be a little modern than others!

RANDY

• Idc what y’all say, this man is OBSESSED with Funko Pops.

• Honestly, I feel that he’s well aware of the fact that he has an interest for collector’s items.

• Bro.. he would squeal if you took him to places like HMV or Hot Topic.

• When he was informed that the Video Store (his workplace) would begin to sell some Funkos of infamous movie characters since that was literally the whole theme of the place, he died off. HE. DIED. OFF.

• Billy and Stu have occasionally dropped by to rent some more horror movies, also teasing him about the pops and telling the whole store it was a.. kink? More Stu’s bad way of putting it, shall we say..

“Can you take their clothes off?” Stu asked curiously.

Randy began to get flustered as Stu proceeded to take the small statue out of the box, knowing he’d get another harsh telling off if his boss found out it was Randy’s “friends” ruining stock.

“They’re plastic dumbass,” Billy remarked. “It’s practically molded onto their figure.”

“Can you guys please sto-”

Stu snorted. “Well you can take the clothes off Barbie dolls and shit like that, can’t you? They even have parts.. uh- you know?”

“Wha- no, these aren’t like that-”

Randy was cut off once again as Billy spoke up and wrinkled his nose in disgust at the taller male. “You really stripped the clothes off of dolls just to investigate when you were a kid?”

Randy and Billy both shared the same look as Stu grinned wickedly.

…

And then it came. “Don’t ask questions you already know the answer to.” Yep. Classic Stu.

• Wherever this mf goes, he always ends up eating a bag of potato chips. Nor you or his friends know where he pulls them from, but he does, he just does..

BILLY

• There is so much I could say about Billy Boy here..

(He’d most likely tell you to go fuck yourself if you called him that. Well, depending on who you are lmao)

• If you are the kind of person who loves that shitty trending pop music, you are probably better off hanging out with Stu for the day. Because Billy HATES it.

• He’s not particularly into heavy metal, i’d say more grunge. Stu bullies him for it but gets an ass whooping later so, eh.

• If he gets woken up in the middle of the night, he’s one cranky fucker about it. This man prioritises his sleep. He almost broke the cable to the house phone after Stu kept calling him one night, complaining on how he couldn’t sleep and that he wanted to go somewhere. After Billy not being able to get back into dreamland, he gave in. Pretty sure Stu ended up choosing the McDonald’s drive thru, much to Billy’s annoyance.

(That shit happens way too often but hey, who doesn’t like late night drives?)

• Billy wants a piercing but at the same time, he doesn’t? He’s not sure if he can really commit to it or not, but he does think people with piercings are cool!

• Plus his Dad would probably kick him out over something as stupid as that. Billy would just tell him to get bent either way lol.

• He can be quite a germaphobe. Sick people scare the living FUCK out of him.

• You have a cold? Aw, pity. DO. NOT. APPROACH. BILLY. LOOMIS.

• Stu accidentally sneezed on him once and Billy literally felt his heart stop. He showered about three times that day.. maybe more? Fuck knows, man.. 😭

MICKEY

• Something about him and the song Paparazzi.. IDK WHAT IT IS BUT IT JUST.. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

• He’s very open about his opinions, as we all know. If you dissed his fav movie or TV show, bam bam bitch he’s gonna answer you and he ain’t gonna be so fucking nice about it.. 🫡

• Literal Beyoncé stan. I swear whenever her music is playing and y’all are at a party, he def wants to have a lil boogie with you.

• Mickey is the one person you know to have a weird, WEEEEEEEIIIIIIIIRRRRRD obsession with black coffee..

HE LOVES IT A LITTLE TOO MUCH, YK?

• You, Mickey and Randy were all out at the mall once and some little girl ran up to him saying he looked like Edward Cullen?

Randy just had no idea how kids had the balls to say whatever the fuck they wanted, meanwhile Mickey didn’t know whether to take it as an insult or not..

“Vampires who sparkle like a fucking Hello Kitty sticker? Wow, new name for ya, Mick..” You giggled.

• Really spoiled, bratty girls with all their designer gear is a big no no for him, he just hates them.. 😭

• You catch him watching all the true crime documentaries. He even has books about America’s most popular serial killers. TONS, of books.

STU

• This man, THIS MAN RIGHT HERE FOLKS!!

• Stu is literally every personality combine. Like a lab experiment gone wild, honestly.

• He asks you the weirdest questions sometimes. They are so random and beyond unexpected lol.

“Wait, do you think clowns can also honk their di-”

• Stu has the most ridiculous obsession with boobs. Randy now calls him the titty monster anytime Jamie Lee Curtis shows up in the horror movies they’re watching.

• He was BORN a dog lover.

• Annoys Billy anytime he gets a new girlfriend.

• I can picture him eating anything blue raspberry flavoured he can find. CANDY GOO, BLUE SOUR PATCH KIDS, YOU NAME IT😭😭

• Has the best snack cupboard no one else can compare to having in their house.

• He’s the kind of guy to stick his tongue out to kids in public just so he can get a giggle out of them!

• Loves it when him and the gang go out to the cinema. Which is more often than you’d expect.

• Has like, the LONGEST list of cinema snacks when y’all are paying to get your food.

these men all have their differences, but all expect one thing. THEY BE FINE AS HELLLLLL (anyways, hope you enjoyed this little list of hcs i have for my favs. HAVE A GOOD DAY!!!!!!! :D

[lucythornwalter]

In Greeting and Introduction:

In 1986, Pleasant Company unleashed the American Girls upon the world, and nothing has ever been the same. If you’re between the ages of 25 and 40 (sorry, Gen Z, but this is really a millennial phenomenon) and were at any point in your childhood aligned or identified as a ‘girl’, you probably have memories of decadently arranged extra-wide catalogues coming in the mail, or slim box sets of six books with names like Samantha Learns a Lesson or Changes for Kirsten, or visits to a toy store that was more like a luxury hotel, or – if you were especially lucky – unwrapping a long and heavy box on your birthday or on Christmas to reveal a much-anticipated new best friend. Even if you weren’t subjected to the rigors of late-twentieth-century girlhood, you probably knew something about this brand thanks to the way it took hold in the hearts and minds of an entire generation of – ha! – American girls who went to school with other American children and often brought dolls and books and catalogues and trip reports back with them.

So, what exactly was this brand?

1986 is a fascinating year in pop culture, and one I’ve been personally fixated on for over a decade. It’s the year of the (first) death of Optimus Prime in The Transformers: The Movie, the year of Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, the year of Phantom of the Opera’s spectacular West End debut, the year of Labyrinth, the year of Hellraiser. If you outgrew American Girl and trended toward the weird and darkly gothic, this is a year you’re intimately familiar with, whether you know it or not. Fitting, then, that it’s the year the dolls were born.

The story goes that educator Pleasant Rowland, in the process of attempting to buy dolls for her family, found herself frustrated by a perceived gap in the market. While baby dolls served as proxies for burgeoning parental instinct, and fashion dolls served as more mature aspirational figures (or, in many cases, adult stars of complicated child-crafted soap operas), there were no dolls that girls could look upon as peers. I find myself skeptical of this claim, largely because mythical doll origins are often hilariously selective and inaccurate – for one thing, Barbie was not even close to the first adolescent/adult fashion doll for little girls – but it is consistently cited as one of the concerns in developing the line. With that frustration to chew on, and inspired by a visit to Colonial Williamsburg (a living history museum focused on life in America in the immediate years preceding the Revolutionary War), Rowland developed the concept of the American Girls. These would be eighteen-inch cloth and vinyl dolls portraying distinct historical figures living in different eras of American history, each with their own name and family and backstory. She worked with author Valerie Tripp to develop the identities of each girl, and then launched the brand under her new company, Pleasant Company (which is such a clever idea for an instantly recognizable corporation) with three dolls ready to go.

Now, there are American Girl stores in multiple malls, and when I was a little girl there were near-mythical American Girl Places in Chicago and New York and I think somewhere in California, but when Rowland began her business model was entirely by mail with no brick-and-mortar location to visit. Little girls and their families became aware of the existence of these dolls and their stories when catalogues that quickly became iconic arrived in the mail once every few months, and despite the high prices of everything from the dolls themselves to the books telling their stories, they bought up everything Pleasant Company had to sell. Rowland had a bona fide hit on her hands.

She had launched the brand with three characters – Kirsten Larson, a Swedish immigrant and pioneer living in the Minnesota Territory in 1854, Samantha Parkington, an Edwardian girl from a rich family living in New York in 1904, and Molly McIntyre, a Scottish-descended girl from a solidly middle-class family living in Jefferson, Illinois in 1944. Each doll, when ordered, came with a book bearing their name, and there were two additional books available for purchase alongside the collections of themed accessories and furniture. This number quickly expanded to six, all bearing similar names and reflecting similar themes across multiple decades. In 1991, a fourth historical character joined the lineup – this was Felicity Merriman, a gentleman’s daughter from 1774 Williamsburg. After her was Addy Walker, introduced in 1993, a fugitive slave who escaped to Philadelphia with her mother and lived there in 1864. Next in 1997 came Josefina Montoya, a rancher’s daughter living near Santa Fe, New Mexico in 1824 with her father, sisters, and extended family. In 2000, Kit Kittredge of 1933’s Cincinnati, Ohio joined the lineup. And lastly, at least for this analysis of my own history with the brand, in 2002 we have my dearly beloved Kaya’aton’my of the Nez Perce, living with her tribe in pre-contact years in 1764.

There are other American Girls. Mattel bought out Pleasant Company and has slowly been hollowing out the brand’s credibility, but it persists. Other historical dolls have been introduced, and many of them sound just as brilliant as the ones I grew up with. But those eight, those “original” eight, were my American Girls, and it’s their stories I want to examine, and their impacts upon my life that are still felt. Kit’s resourcefulness and adaptability when her father lost her job helped me when I was twelve and my father lost his job, Felicity’s determination to find the right balance between gender nonconformity and gender conformity inspired me to never settle for being forced into a box I didn’t fit, Samantha’s fierce loyalty to her friend Nellie was a balm to my prepubescent closeted lesbianism, and Kaya’s connection to her tribe and their traditions and culture gave me something to cling to in the midst of my rootless, forcibly assimilated indigenous childhood. (Yes, I’m indigenous, no, I’m not really going to be making my writing and blogging about an #ownvoices kind of thing, because we should get to be nerds and have the same access to privacy that white people have, but it’s relevant here and it’s relevant in my original fiction because it’s part of me.)

Of course, growing up and getting an education means looking at your past again with a wiser, more critical eye. Historical education has changed a lot since 2002, and has changed even more since 1986. The stories of the American Girls are both narrative and informative, intended to capture realistic-feeling moments in time that are grounded in real historical events and practices. How do they hold up to the standards of 2024, nearly two decades since I grew into Brontë and McCaffrey and Hugo and Dumas and Homer? How do they feel to me as an actively reconnecting indigenous lesbian whose perspective on America is very different now than when I was a child and my family tried hard to pretend we fit in? Are their books and wider stories even any good?

These are the questions I’m seeking to answer in this series of blogs, which I’ll be calling The American Girls and Me. Each fortnight (that’s every two weeks) I’ll examine a different girl, starting with her main books and going forward from there. The first series of book blogs will be published simultaneously here and on my Patreon page, completely free to read and open to the public. After that, Patreon will get things a week before they’re published here, but I’m not looking to make a serious income, so if you pay me the exorbitant price of $1 you will get to see things whenever they’re posted or you can wait for seven days to catch up. There will be some Patreon-exclusive bonus content once every couple of months, though, plus when I start publishing my original fiction it will be there alongside here, so if that sounds interesting maybe consider giving me a click?

My cutoff year is 2005 – that was the last year I asked for and received an American Girl doll as a present from my grandmother, and that was the symbolic end of the American Girl era of my life. I may take a look at the two American Girl movies that came out in 2006 and 2008 and adapted the stories of Molly and Kit respectively, but I didn’t go to great lengths to watch either of them. I was too busy rewatching The Curse of the Black Pearl and Van Helsing and The Revenge of the Sith to care about people who were now three and four years younger than me, and my own visions of both girls’ lives were too precious to me to risk a bad or disappointing adaptation.

Okay, then, what exactly will I be covering?

Like I said above, I’ll start with the stories. All eight girls, all six books + their “Looking Back/A Peek Into the Past” chapters. I’ll talk about my childhood impressions, my connections with different narratives, how those have changed now that I’m in my thirties, and places where I think the books have aged particularly poorly or particularly well.

After that, we’ll look at their short stories pre-2005, and see what those add to or detract from the canon of core story beats. These were in some cases published over a decade after the books finished up, and the tonal or thematic differences should be interesting to note.

Once the fiction is finished up we’ll look at each doll. I’ll talk about my experiences with the ones I personally own, and examine their accessories and artifacts in-person, and if it’s a doll I don’t own we’ll be looking at the catalogues from 1998-2002, which can safely be considered something of a golden age for the brand. That’s how I experienced several of the dolls, and therefore that’s what I’ll be revisiting

Next, I’ll be taking a look at nonfiction books – each of the original eight girls got a Welcome to [Name]’s World book issued for their era in American history, taking the nonfiction historical context chapters and fleshing them out to give more detail and explain more about how the lives of our girls fit into the story of the country as a whole. These are apparently extremely high-quality for children’s history books, and while I never had them as a child I definitely want them now.

Finally, having finished up books entirely, we move on to crafts and ephemera. Each girl got a paper doll set, and most of them also received a craft book and cook book. There were theater kits for pretend play as well, but I’ll be excluding those for purely practical reasons – they’re often the hardest to find, and I was never interested in that kind of pretend play with these girls.

This will be a long, involved, organized blogging project unlike anything I’ve ever really done before, but I think it will be a rewarding one. These girls are like my sisters, even those with wildly different life experiences than my own. They were a fundamental part of my childhood. They deserve to be remembered and discussed, and this era in my life deserves to be loved.

After all, I, too, was once an American girl.

[desertdollranch]

What a week it's been. Woke up to horrible political news on Wednesday, and had to take a social media blackout for a few days just to stop being sick to my stomach and reminded of what a nightmare we're all facing here in the USA. Then more than a foot of snow fell, and my electricity kept flickering on and off all night. So I'm trying to focus on the positive things in my life as best as I can and try not to let the stress overwhelm me.

So let's talk dolls.

Last weekend I attended the Albuquerque doll show not as a buyer, but for the first time as a vendor.

My mom came over with a huge carload of things to sell. We had two tables and still didn't have enough room for everything! Most of what we sold came from her and her sister's collections, since both of them are clearing out all their 18 inch doll stuff. They are only interested in Barbie these days and so everything else had to go. I don't share their interest in Barbie and am still thoroughly enjoying my 18 inch dolls, so I did get to have first dibs on their merchandise. I didn't end up picking anything besides a couple of American Girl books.

I actually didn't sell very much, but truly I didn't bring a whole lot of things to sell anyway. Mostly some extra wigs of various sizes, off-brand doll clothing that I priced at $1 per outfit, and a few thrift store dolls (of various brands) I bought and then decided not to keep. Now I have to list my leftovers for sale online, which is overwhelming to think about, considering how hard I worked to get everything ready before the show only to have to put in even MORE time and effort to get anything sold.

Overall, selling at the show was a tremendous amount of labor for not much financial reward, so my mom and I agreed that we're never doing this again. It's so much more fun just attending the show as a buyer. And selling online is by far easier and more profitable.

But I did meet a lot of very nice customers, and that was the best part. That's something that doesn't often happen online! Everyone I sold to was wonderful. Not one person I encountered was rude or unpleasant. The other vendors I talked to were lovely as well. There were a few sellers who make/buy/sell dolls and toys year-round and do it for a living, but a lot were collectors like me who were just selling parts of their collections to make room for new additions.

Speaking of new additions. The only thing I bought at the show was a Gotz doll.

She's an 18 inch Hannah doll from 2008. She was unbelievably inexpensive (they're around $100 or more brand new), so I was pretty surprised to see her and many other Gotz dolls at her vendor's table still for sale after closing time when I swung by. Her vendor was delighted to see Hannah go to a happy home.

I may or may not make a post advertising the stuff I'm selling. I usually do okay by just listing on Mercari and letting buyers come to me. I'll decide once I'm ready whether it's worth the extra effort posting them here too.

[pinkienova]

I FINALLY GOT 2 BARBIE DREAM BESTIES DOLLS! 💕 i debated about redressing them a lot but teresa’s outfit was so eye-bleedingly red that- yeah I redressed them after all.

some things I want to add: compared to a monster high g3 doll, the limbs move so much more smoothly! I’m not scared to rip an arm out!

however- out of box, thier hair requires work. With teresa, a few sprays of conditioner was enough but Barbie’s pink strands were so paper-like that she needed a full on wash AND conditioning. I’d also recommend buying the dolls irl. Sadly the store near me didn’t sell Barbie Brooklyn, and I can’t find rene ANYWHERE not even online, but seeing the dolls irl I could see that there’s some misprint danger :,) hell if you look at my Teresa, her eyebrow has a misprint but she looked better than the other one in the shelf…

it’s awesome tho that Barbie clothes fit them without help from Gummi bands or something.

[dollsonmain]

Stuff I Did Buy - expanded

Articulated bodies yay.

The 90's Barbie and the broken Basics doll (chunk of her neck is missing but oooo steffie face) were in a ripped-open bag. There probably were more dolls in the bag at one point but I didn't feel like looking at every doll that I wasn't interested in to find which ones did and didn't have price tags.

Very 90's mermaid. I don't know what her deal is, yet. I'm getting old and can't see the marks on their backs anymore.

My Goodwill has been bagging small toys lately so to get one thing I might want, I have to get the whole bag. Everything north of the yellow pony was bagged together. $3 for the Extra Mini (articulated body yaaaay) and a bunch of other stuff that's going right back to Goodwill.

I wanted the fancy fakie but she didn't have a price tag, so I found a bag of other things that was ripped open and shoved her in. The purple and yellow fakies were in there, too. the pink one with the ice cream butt had it's own sticker. That one kind of reminds me of Strawberry Shortcake dolls.

That yellow electronic pony stinks.

Some weird-ass, flat backed rubber dolls with rubber clothing. Or soft vinyl. I don't know. I haven't been able to make myself touch them, yet. I know I'm not going to like it.

I moved a toy there and touched tape residue and about died.

And a bin that I didn't want, but there were no carts even though the store had only been open for 20 minutes.

I can always use a bin, though, so don't feel bad about it. They sell Dollar Tree bins for $3... This is not a Dollar Tree bin.

I had gone for yard work pants and didn't find anything that I could justify destroying when someone else might need them and could use them. Then I went to Walmart and looked at those men's work pants that are $40, but when I held a pair with a too-big waist up to my thigh, the leg couldn't even get halfway around.

Got some $10 lounge pants instead. Might end up wearing them to lounge in instead of for yard work..... I've gotten too big for a lot of my other lounge pants.

[zannia]

The shelves thus far!

🩷The Barbies! Lashana Barbra and Daphne. Barbie dolls stopped coming with names so I had to come up with my own. (I hate dolls not having names tbh)

🩷Monster High Scaradise Island. Really thought this line was cute, waiting for a huge sale to consider buying Heath (no one on FB Marketplace sells boy dolls). Venus is there because she met them in the show at Scaradise island (had no space on the other MH shelf)

🩷More Monster High. Mostly signature dolls + monster ball. Oh and monster fest Clawdeen (she's just leaning against the wall because i ran out of stands and she refuses to stand on her own.)

🩷Mini dolls! Crybabies BFF & Magic Mixies Pixlings so far. I have the hardest time trying to hunt down the crybabies and I want more pixlings.

🩷 Rainbow High. I love these dolls so much sad about the rebranding because the new dolls are so hideous unappealing to me. There's still plenty i want to get but these are so annoying to get on the 2nd hand market NIB

🩷 Shadow High. Sad they've been discontinued but i really love fantasy skin tones. These are also impossible to find NIB on the 2nd hand market.

🩷 O.M.G! Love these so much and how easy they are to find in thrift stores, mercari, goodwill, and flea markets.

🩷 Bratz! The only two I own. A birthday gift from 2022 🥰 I want to get more but I'm not paying $60+ for an unarticulated doll with missing clothing/accessories. I'm hoping one day I'll come across one in the wild at the thrift store or something. I want more but they're sooooo annoying to collect rn.

🩷 Also 2 Bratz chairs, both NIB one full price (🤢) and the other found on fb marketplace. I def want more doll furniture/playsets but i don't have much space to work with.

Just my shelves as of 2024. I'm two years into this and wow there's a lot of dolls. I went a little overboard in 2022 & early 2023 💀 but super happy and love all the ones I have. Wanted a visual archive for when i eventually move shelves around or finally get new furniture to display them on. Also interested in what my opinion will be in a few months/years if I still like my collection (or collecting in general?) or which dolls fall out of favor etc etc.

[newlyy]

Show me them dolls!!

Ok so first, right off the bat, I round the corner into the toy section and find two myscene dolls!!!!

Not in their original outfits obviously, but still not fucking bad for a thrift store that usually has nothing in the way of toys. And I also got the doll on the right. I haven’t identified her yet (I don’t think the dress is hers), but I thought she was pretty and wanted to learn more about her. And they had a 90s generation girl dance party Barbie, but I already have her, and she was missing everything except a shirt and necklace, so I left her.

But then, I keep looking and find a bratz horse!

And Polly pockets!

They’re the bigger 2000s ones with the rubbery clothes. I probably would have bought them on their own, but what really convinced me was that white purse in the case on the left. I was like I KNOW that’s a bratz purse

And these are the bratz accessories that were in there. I think the pants and hat are from Wild West kiara maybe? Which would also explain the horse. And believe you me, I searched up and down that toy aisle trying to find the implied bratz, but there were none 😔 oh and this littlest pet shop hamster thing was in there too

And then finally I found this plush Barbie Swan lake unicorn thing

Which I’m kind of eh on, but I might wash and fix her up and sell her. And then this old hamtaro hamster thing that I need to do more research on, but was intrigued by

So not fucking bad!!!! I only happened to go in today because I was dropping off a package next door. I think someone definitely donated all of their 90s/2000s toys cause there were a shit ton of beanie babies and stuffed animals from the 90s, like lady and the tramp and 101 Dalmatians, Bambi, that kind of thing.

[capostone]

Week 5: Ok fine, I'll make stuff (sort of)

This week mostly consisted of figuring out what kind of forms I'd potentially want to use, and what I'd be saying with each one. That started with just going through Pinterest and picking the images that I liked the most to make a collage out of. There wasn't any particular message or goal, I just wanted to do it to look at things relating to the topic that I liked, and to make a cute assortment of pics.

This primed me to think up three potential projects.

Dress up in different alt/generally eccentric alt-inspired outfits and vlog the experiences of how I'm treated in them vs. more "normal" clothes. This would be somewhat inspired by Nikki S. Lee's various "Projects" as she did attempt to assimilate into various subcultures as closely as she could. I wouldn't be trying to do the exact same thing, but this is a definite precedent for this sort of idea.

Make my own dream clothes and document that process/what it is about them that makes them "dream" clothes. I'd need to learn to sew for this, but I'm happy to do that. I've been inspired by Miochi's designs, particularly the I Dropped My Keys coat (https://www.miochi.store/product-page/non-nsme-yet). They make their dream clothes, one-of-a-kind pieces, and I think it's a solid precedent for the sort of thing I'd be trying to do, though maybe slightly less complex. While they sell these clothes, they're all part of a project Miochi is currently working on about designing the dream clothes they've wanted since they were a child, rather than being limited to what's available premade in stores.

Make a life-sized interactive paper dress-up doll game with me as the paper doll. This would definitely need some iterating, as I'd need to decide on sizing, materials, and how realistic I'd want the doll/clothing to be. Lots of considerations. I found Sylvia Kleindinst (https://buffalo.com/community/the-enduring-art-of-paper-dolls/article_c9d54462-a434-11ee-a8f9-3b080b2b2193.html), an artist, former art teacher, and paper doll collector and designer, as something of a precedent. She has a passion for paper dolls and how simplistic, accessible, and customizable they are, even compared to normal, mainstream dolls like Barbies. I'd love to use this sort of project to work out the difference between personal perception and expression, and how others view me and would style me, and what that means. I made this absolutely insane mock-up just to get an idea of what kind of options there'd be.

I'm still working on exactly what POV I want to investigate, but I'm getting there. Coming up with some potential project ideas really helped me zero in on the ideas I'd be most interested in investigating. This is a bit of a shorter post, but I did less thinking and more doing this week, so there's kind of just less to describe compared to the past few weeks.

[rosecreer]

The World Domination of Barbie: How the Sales of the Movie Became it’s Success

Mattel and Warner Bros. have partnered up with various consumer brands to provide exposure and almost world domination of Barbie pink to keep the movie in consumers minds even if they don’t plan to watch the film. With the limited-edition release of Barbie pink in luxury clothing and even food brands, Mattel encourage sales for the movie which now has a worldwide responsibility to be a massive success.

“For merchandisers, it’s only good if the movie is a success. If the movie is a thud, everyone is going to be putting a lot of pink merchandise on sale.” according to Allen Adamson of a marketing and branding agency.

The iconic doll has had her reign since 1959, and has been a massive success ever since creating a doll universe and even several animated movies all a staple of many late 1990s early 2000s children. By releasing movies, children would want the outfits Barbie wore in the film, even the sets and pets too. By continuously revitalising and reinventing Barbie’s looks and growing the Barbie universe, any child could start to love Barbie at any time, and one Barbie outfit could never be enough...

The live action Barbie is no different with Mattel releasing reinvented Barbie and Ken dolls inspired by the film.

“Clothing and jewelry makers such as French fashion house Balmain and jewelry maker Kendra Scott, pool float-maker Funboy and home-sharing service Airbnb have all teamed up with Mattel to create Barbie-themed products and experiences. Airbnb has a listing for a one-night stay at Barbie's Malibu Dreamhouse, while department store Neiman Marcus is exclusively selling a Balmain x Barbie collection. A hoodie from the limited-edition line retails for $1,350.”

Having characters like Barbie come to the screen takes a huge responsibility on representing positive and important teaching topics. Setting an example through a beloved character.

“Barbie's impact on the construct of femininity, for better or worse, is immeasurable and worth exploring in adulthood. Like the men who sit religiously through every Marvel and DC film, women deserve to take a piece of their childhood with them as they age. Given the unrealistic expectations society sets forth for women — in part because of Barbie — it's the least Hollywood could allow women to do: reclaim our girlhood.” - Alyssa Capri

If I am to look into merchandising behind animated character, it is important to reflect on the successes of characters that have inspired productions and how marketing and cinema go hand in hand in creating a popular character.

www.cbsnews.com. (2023). Seeing pink: Brands hop on ‘Barbie’ bandwagon amid movie buzz - CBS News. [online] Available at: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mattel-barbie-themed-merchandise-brand-partnership/ [Accessed 24 Jul. 2023].

Film. (2023). Greta Gerwig’s Barbie Breaks Every Single Hollywood Rule About ‘Toy Movies’. [online] Available at: https://www.slashfilm.com/1346454/greta-gerwigs-barbie-breaks-hollywood-rule-toy-movies/ [Accessed 24 Jul. 2023].

[kosomolski-dolls]

Ok, I'll tackle a few questions, and see if I can tackle more tomorrow.

Good place for buying clothes and wigs: you can check the various dealers out there like Alice Collection, Legend Doll, or New Clover singing (Google should bring you right to these sites if you search for them). Etsy used to be great and there are still a lot of artists selling over there, but I would check the sellers to see if they maybe have an external page or Instagram listed, since prices might be lower there. I know a lot of people buy clothes and wigs from TaoBao, but you'll need a proxy afaik to buy from there. AliExpress is also great for some cheaper clothes, but I would advice to check the stores before buying. If they sell dolls, it's probably a fake and I try not to support these people.

There are a lot of dolls that don't have sculpted muscles! Doll family H comes to mind from my own collection, Charmdoll, too. I think my Asleep Eidolon boy doesn't have any either 🤔 i need to check the others, but generally I'd say, go and check the dealers, there you can see many different companies. LegendDoll let's you sort by body, too!

As for faceups, there are lot of good tutorials/ videos on YouTube, you can look for Faceup or Custom Doll, the materials are pretty much the same. You'll need a sealant (many use Mr Super Clear, but there are alternatives as well, though except for airbrush ones I haven't really tried a lot of these), something to blush (could be air brush and paint, most newbies prefer soft pastels to brush on), paint (i started with water colour pencils, by now I use gouache paints as they're easy to clean up before dealing). For scars, you can paint them on, or if you want something more 3D, you can use pva glue for example, or you can use tissue paper + glue for more textured ones, depending on the look.

You can commission an artist of course, and a lot of them also offer work on bodies, like tattoos, body blush, and scars.

Storage. I keep my dolls in a separate room from my cats and in a cabinet (it's an IKEA Billy shelf with glass doors and UV protection foil on the glass).

As for the question of resin vs vinyl. Both will stain, but vinyl stains A LOT easier, and stain removal from resin is pretty easy (give it a good scrub with a magic eraser sponge and it will be as good as new), while it's a damn process on vinyl, needing chemicals to remove it, and even then you might still have remaining stains. Both will also yellow, though in my experience, Resin yellows faster. You can prevent it to a degree by keeping the dolls out of direct sunlight, though they will yellow over time by aging.

But resin and vinyl dolls are very different. Resin is heavier, vinyl dolls are lighter. Vinyl often (! Not always!) Is cheaper. Vinyl dolls more often have anime features, while resin dolls often have more realistic looks. Again, there are exceptions to this. Resin dolls are usually strung with an elastic while vinyl dolls have a skeleton. Vinyl dolls usually are easier to pose because of this.

As for yellowing and getting a new doll. Unless you put your doll in the bright sun, the yellowing shouldn't be that bad. Usually, the colour just shifts from rosy to more cream coloured. I have many dolls that are yellowed (usually due to them being really old, but some yellowed because I like to keep my dolls out of the dark and take them out in the sun for photos) and it's really not that bad.

Be careful with 1/6, because it can mean 2 different things. Correct 1/6 scale is not compatible with 1/4, it is Barbie scale, so very different proportions. But in the bjd community, the child dolls are often referred to as 1/6 when in reality, they're also 1/4 scale, but... well, children. They also sometimes are referred to as YoSD. I'm not quite sure what your question is here, because you pretty much answered it yourself. "1/6" or "YoSD" size is what you want to look for if you want a toddler for your dolls.

If you have more questions, feel free to ask!

My various BJD questions in a single post

I have multiple Questions about BJD’s and I’ve decided to make a single post to ask them all so it’s organized and not a massive mess

You can answer my questions in the replies or reblogs, and feel obligated to answer them all if you don’t have an answer eheh~!

What is a good place for buying 1/6, 1/4, and 1/3 sized clothes? (For girl dolls and boy dolls)

A good place to get fantasy-colored wigs for dolls? (1/6, 1/3, and 1/3 sized dolls)

Also, are there any boy BJD’s that don’t have sculpted on muscle? Also for size about 1/4 or taller if possible.

Tips/tools to use for face-ups? Or is it better to “commission” the face-up from an artist? But then how would I get the couple scars I’d need for the character I wanna make that are on his body… would that be in the face-up category? How would I go about making/commissioning the fac-up since I’d need body scars I don’t know how to make myself?

What’s a good way to store the BJD’s so they don’t get ruined or broken? Especially if you have 3 playful cats.

And finally, which is better in the long run, a vinyl doll or a resin doll? Considering things like staining and yellowing I’m scared to get a doll because I don’t want it to be ruined. If it yellows in let’s say a few years where I could easily order a new dollie then it’ll be okay. One of my dolls is gonna be in strictly darker colors and I do night want them to stain.

Also, along with the previous question. For resin dolls, what would be a good doll/size to get a toddler-like body? I have a character I wanna make but he’s a toddler so I need the toddler-y body proportions. I’d like him to be 1/6 scale so his two older sisters can be taller than him.

Any help is greatly appreciated! I can’t wait to get my first BJD and I wanna know everything for my first BJD, and future BJD’s I get. I also seen there are chairs and stuff for BJD’s and I’d love to get some to use with my dolls eheh~

[letters-to-lgbt-kids]

My dear lgbt+ kids,

I wrote this letter about gender being a joy-centered experience - and in this one, I want to go into detail and share some specific things with you that give me joy or make me feel euphoric as a bi trans man.

This will be a somewhat self-indulgent letter: my therapist suggested that I write a list like that for myself, so I can look at it on bad days or after painful experiences, and remind myself of positive things. I figured that it may be interesting or inspiring to some of you as well - just keep in mind that these are my personal experiences and not meant to represent anyone but me.

So, without further ado, here are some random "Oh gosh, I love being a man, I love being bi, I love being me, I love being alive" things:

- There are many songs that make me feel that way. In fact, there are so many that I made a whole "Gender Euphoria" playlist for myself. Some of the songs in it are self-explanatory, some are connected to personal memories and a few are just Gender Vibes for a reason I myself don't even understand. All of them make me feel good.

- Clothes shopping. More specifically, going into a clothes store and heading straight to the Men's section without making up some excuse (to the person I am with or to myself) or "accidentally" ending up there. I remember so many shopping trips as a child that ended with both me and my mom in tears because we have been in this store for literal hours and still haven't found one single piece I am not absolutely refusing to try on... and now I walk in, find like five pieces in five minutes and actually have to stop myself from finding more? Clothes are fun and that keeps being a delightful surprise for me.

- Talking about stores and child-me: Hey, young me, do you remember that time you saw that yellow toy car in a store and you wanted it so badly and you got that Barbie doll instead? Guess what I just got you. Hint: It's yellow and it's just as fun to play with as you imagined it to be. Nobody, absolutely nobody, can stop you from getting a yellow toy car when you are an adult and there is something deeply healing and freeing about that realization.

- While trying to look as hypermasculine as possible can be fun, interacting with (or even just looking at) other men is a beautiful reality check, and that goes double for other queer men. Gay and bi men, even the cis ones, have all sorts of gender-fun, and experimenting with clothes, hair, hobbies, language etc. in ways that are not strictly hypermasculine actually makes me feel MORE connected to manhood rather than less.

- Everything that has my name on it is an automatic need. Do I need a new cup? No, the cupboard is full. Do I need a cup that says Oliver? Yes, yes, yes, desperately so. I finally understand why gift shops sell so much stuff with names on it. Turns out, stuff with your name on it is a must-have when you actually feel connected to your name.

- I feel like my name needs a separate bullet point. Shoutout to myself for naming me Oliver. I am an Oliver. I couldn't be anything but an Oliver. Oliver is a freaking awesome name for me.

- When I look in the mirror now, there is a dude looking back at me... and that just happened, slowly, over time. I just realized it the other day when I stood there in the morning and heard myself think "Wow, dude, you sure look tired" and there was just this sudden feeling of... warm, comforting normal-ness? I didn't even think about gender, didn't need to have any internal discussion about the fact that I am a man, I was just thinking about the bags under my eyes. It was a given that it is a whole-ass dude who has those bags.

With all my love,

Your Tumblr Dad

P.S: While writing this, two random encounters popped into my mind and made me smile, so I will share them here as well:

- A group of Gym Bros (the bodybuilder type, probably had more strength in their little fingers than I have in my entire body) all greeted me (very much not the bodybuilder type) with a loud and enthusiastic cheer of "Hey, bro!", "What's up, bro!", "Bro! Nice to see you!", "Bro!!". May have briefly considered not clarifying that we don't know each other and just let them adopt me as their (much, much smaller) bro.

- A very polite, elderly gentleman asked about my gender, immediately apologized and asked for my pronouns instead, explaining that his grandkids taught him that "the young people don't do gender anymore" and he thinks that's fantastic, he is just very old and forgets his manners sometimes.

[dulcegyaru]

Hi!! Ive Looked Everywhere For This Information And Although Im Probably Just Not Lookign Hard Enough, I wAs Hoping You Could Tell me Some Brands/Shops That Sell Gyaru Clothes? Or Just Things That Can Be Passed Off As Gyaru With Other Accessories And Items Paired with It?

Hello! Currently I don’t know of any stores that have a gyaru focus (i do plan to open one but that’ll be in the future) however with the rise of y2k fashion you can find pieces at different retailers. Anything can be gyaru as long as you know how to put it together, accessorize and do hair + makeup.

For second hand brand stuff such as alba rosa, d.i.a., ma*rs, etc you’re better off using japan mercari or similar sites, resellers will scalp you but you can find gyaru brand items there for acceptable prices. Sadly I haven’t really been able to find dupes for items of said brands.

I do know Charlotte Russe//Ruse (??) was having a preppy-ish collection:

Plaid skirt + vest/cardigan + button down + loose socks + Japanese school shoes or platform sneakers/shoes = a solid kogal fit. From that the loose socks can be bought on shein or AliExpress and the shoes depends on you: ebay carries Japanese school shoes, and AliExpress there’s also store-envy sellers who carry cosplay products so you might find some there. I personally don’t like the concept of using school shoes so i wear af1s

Forever 21 was having a barbie collection, and while this isn’t a 100% gyaru, some pieces can be incorporated and create something Manba like.

I recommend finding what style you like best wether modern or older gyaru, see the sub style you enjoy and from there visit magazine scans. You’ll grow familiar with the silhouettes and patterns and create your own co-ords. You don’t have to be decked top to bottom in one brand, or og gyaru brands.

For example this outfit:

Accessories:

The girl on the left has:

- hoop earrings

- layered necklaces seem to be silver crosses, maybe crystals, or those silver ones that have engraving

- simple bracelet i believe its one of those leather ones

- leather belt matches the bracelet.

☀️ Most of these can be found at different retailers (burlington and marshalls usually carry good belts + nice stainless steel jewelry also pleated for those who prefer gold)

Top:

In this case it’s a baby doll cut crop // cropped tee. Doesn’t have to be camo, currently most stores carry cropped tees like that. Alternatively children’s tops usually have a similar fit

☀️ Shein, pacsun, forever 21 usually carry tops with these tighter fits rather than the traditional loose crop top

Pants:

Bell bottoms, in this case they’re a dark wash but pair them according to your top and what looks good.

Dark wash + a hot pink or white crop would look nice.

Light wash + a white crop is good.

Black on black is also a good choice

☀️ Everyone and their mother is selling bell bottoms. Ive personally found the best ones at forever 21

Shoes:

Wooden finish platforms with black leather straps (matching the bracelet + belt)

☀️ Now this is the harder part, these seem to be platforms with a wooden-ish finish. These were more common m//trendy in the 70s and there’s not a boom for these currently. However Steve Madden and Shein are carrying platforms with a wooden finish

I can’t really point you in one direction due to the lack of resources, but gyaru magazines are an amazing guide. As long as you know what item you’re looking for or well what is it called you can create any outfit you want!!

Have a nice day!! 💕💕💕

[luckyblackcloverrr]

The Black Bulls and their bullshit in the modern time: jobs I guess – Part. 2

Many seemed to enjoy the first part of the series, thank you so much for the love! Honestly I don’t think this part is as good or funny as the one about lifeguard Yami and the café buddies, so look out for part 3 (the last part) I guess? Again I didn't mean for these to turn out like headcanons, but does it really matter at this point? Nonetheless, I hope you guys enjoy this one, which includes babysitter Asta, and the fashion boutique group! :D

Asta

baby babysitter

has enough muscles to carry 4 children on him with ease.

he probably shocks clients by telling them that he doesn't mind working for free (because he's clueless about stuff like that)

but his clients always pays him because they feel bad when they see him get along so well with their kids

never gets mad at the children, but always disciplines them with his loud ass voice whenever they do something wrong

teaches the kids yoga he learned from Vanessa to calm them down

"inner peace in your mind, and breathe in, breathe out."

the session is interrupted when a kid pulls his hair from behind him, and suddenly they're having a nerf gun battle

likes to break dance in the living room to entertain the kids

dislocated his shoulder once because of it

tries to help them with homework but he himself doesn’t understand what the question is asking for

brings the children out to the park to have fun with the consent of their parents

usually brings Luck with him because he has TONS of energy and the children love playing tag with him 

Asta tells him to lose on purpose so the kids don’t cry

absolutely horrible at putting them to sleep because he literally sounds like an alarm clock

so he pretends to sleep with them to get the children to follow him (because they look up to him)

ends up actually falling asleep

immensely fascinated at his rich clients' houses because he has never seen cool things like a water fountain or a built-in theatre before in a house

i totally see him screaming and shouting exactly like the children he's babysitting when playing with them

Vanessa Enoteca

runs a small fashion boutique, and designs all the items in the shop

the only person in the shop that the customers find approachable

she's usually hungover when you see her

but helpful nonetheless when it comes to clothing choices

there's never really a time where the boutique is full with customers

so in the morning she sits behind the counter, either fast asleep or watching cat videos

in the afternoon she becomes more productive though

works with Gordon to finish any ongoing pieces and discusses new designs

lowkey thinks of her customers as dolls

constantly playing dress up with the customers, and her persuasion skills gets them to actually buy her choices

plays bubblegum jpop through the speakers because Zora lowkey enjoys it

5pm to 7pm is the time for her daily yoga sessions

she holds weekly zumba lessons on the space one floor above the boutique for some extra cash

Gordon and Henry always end up being dragged into them, both the yoga and the zumba

has considered becoming a stripper seriously at least 4 times

flirts with male customers only because she wants sales

it works for some reason and she sells a winter coat for $350... in the middle of summer

gives discounts whenever she feels like it

once when she was batshit drunk, she cut 99% off someone's bill

she was dragged to the back to rest while Zora had to take over at the counter and passive aggressively explain why it is impossible and unreasonable for them to offer the discount

Gordon Agrippa

works in Vanessa's boutique pt. 1

was asked by Vanessa to work in her shop because he had a talent for sewing up dolls

now he's Vanessa's apprentice, learning how to properly make clothes and helping her complete outfits

apparently, his fashion taste has significantly improved (according to Vanessa)

she thinks Gordon's appearance is what makes him...Gordon, so she doesn't bother asking him to change it

wants to go out and make friends with the customers

once, he appeared from the back room and everyone in the store fled in fear

Henry gave him pats on the back to console him afterwards

after working together for awhile, all the workers in the boutique can make out his mumbles

likes to stroll around the shop (when there is no one) to appreciate the peace and vibes

has handmade dolls of everyone, and they sit on the table and watch him while he works

also the person who fixes things around the shop

light bulbs, broken shelves, malfunctioning cashier machine, you name it

only because the rest either had no clue how to fix them, or they're too unbothered to care about it

so Gordon learned all these skills from Google

occasionally goes to the café and Charmy's restaurant to fix things too

he just wants more friends, but is also absolutely content with his friendship with the Bulls

Zora Ideale

works in Vanessa's boutique pt. 2

drives a cool motorcycle to work

only working here because Vanessa promised to give him free clothes

you'll never see him without a leather jacket

Vanessa has told him before that he looks too scary for the customers to approach

but he honestly does not give a damn

critiques just about anybody's fashion sense

he'll tell a child that the pink Elsa dress she is wearing looks like shit

or how those blue coloured barbie crocs are NOT it

and the child always ends up crying, but stops when Henry offers her a lolipop

but he does offer actual advice and good choices depending on the customer

just that it comes out very aggressively

and it is up to the customer whether to take his suggestions or leave

he will BULLY anyone that talks shit about the workers in the store

Henry's looks messy and dirty? Zora roasts

Vanessa doesn't take her job seriously? Zora roasts

Gordon looks scary? Zora agrees but still ROASTS

the person who pulls Luck back by the ear before he ransacks the place

also offers relationship advice to couples if necessary

many visit the shop just for his brutal honesty about various topics

at least 5 couples visit monthly for his guidance

REFUSES to join Vanessa's yoga and zumba sessions, he clocks out and immediately heads to the café to chill instead

Henry Legolant

works in Vanessa's boutique pt. 3

wears pajamas to the job

he was invited to work there but Henry thinks of it more as a friendly gathering than work

his job there mostly consists of folding clothes, ironing clothes and keeping the whole store tidy

he's basically in his own world

doesn't get mad whenever the store becomes messy

he doesn't question it and instead he just tidies it up again

also sometimes sits in a corner and draws new outlines for the interior design of the boutique

is the one who recommended potted plants to Nacht for the café

Zora wanted to give him a haircut, but he insists that it's okay

"that's why his hair is so big, because his hair is fULL oF sEcReTs." – Vanessa Enoteca, quoting off the Mean Girls.

as per Gordon's request, he stands outside the shop for 20 minutes daily

to 'get his daily dose of sunshine' is what Gordon said because Henry stays inside too much

makes tea for the rest whenever it hits 4pm

sometimes offers it to the customers, they usually refuse

enjoys Vanessa's yoga and zumba lessons

he thinks it will help him become more productive

and because he has a very pleasant memory of a specific Zumba session with all the Black Bulls

which was Magna, Zora and Luck competing to see who was the better dancer

Finral won in the end by majority vote

Parts - 1 | 2 | 3