Blythe "Manga Girls Inspiration" Charity Auction

The "Manga Girls Inspiration" Blythe dolls which were created for the 9th Anniversary are now auctionned at Crown Jewel.  

Mirwana & Captain Cat are amongst them !

100% of the proceeds will be donated to the victims of the Japan earthquake.

More information and all the dolls can be found on the official website.

        

Mirwana & Captain Cat

I am very happy to introduce my anniversary doll for

the 9th charity exhibition "Manga Girls Inspiration".

Base doll was Jardin de Maman

"According to the legend, Mirwana and her inseparable friend and crew member Meow (whose skills and reputation owed him the well-deserved title of "Captain Cat") started their lives as two fictional characters whose adventures were depicted in a manga.

Somehow, they managed to escape their two-dimensional existence and went on to live their own life in other realities.

They now travel through galaxies and constellations, space and time, on board their spaceship "the Wanderer", and were last seen near the Milky Way.

They are now writing their own story".

Although Mirwana and Captain Cat are entirely the product of my imagination, they were inspired by the manga characters who deeply impressed me ever since I was a kid and who are still my heroes to this day.

I was absolutely thrilled to work on this project & pay tribute to my favourite heroes from the wonderful world of Leiji Matsumoto. I think his space operas are absolute masterpieces.

Captain Harlock (Albator in the French version), Maya, Queen Emeraldas, Maetel, Mi-kun, Kei Yûki (known as Nausicaa in the French version), Shep & Stella from Interstella 5555, Sen-Nen Joou (Princess Millenium)...

More information about the event can be found here.

Check out all the other manga girls :-)

The exhibition has started at Omotesando Hill, Tokyo.

More event report on the Blythe official website.

Blythe "Fashion Obsession" Charity Auction

Blythe dolls exhibited at last year's anniversary event will be auctionned from June 17 to July 4, 2010.

Mathilda is one of them !

More information can be found on the Blythe official website.

Check out the 109 dolls which travelled from Japan to Honk Kong, Singapore and Thailand.

A click on the pic will direct you to the Crown Jewel auction site.

Mathilda, my anniversary girl

Time to introduce Mathilda and my little contribution to the Blythe 8th anniversary charity exhibition. This year theme is "Fashion Obsession".

I picked the 70's as the main influence for my set.
Keywords : 70's, bohemian, autumn :-)

As a kid, Mathilda loved to spend her time in her grandmum's attic, her little wonderland. The wardrobes and trunks were full of old time treasures: bags, dresses, coats, hats, purses, jewels and shoes from previous decades. All forgotten. They all seemed to be asleep, only waiting to be awaken. For Mathilda, there was something magical about them: they had a soul, a story to tell.
Later on, as a grown-up, Mathilda's love for retro clothing had turned into a real passion, which led her to go to garage sales, second hand shops and flea markets, always searching for that special piece of clothing awaiting to be brought to life once again.



(Real patchwork shoulder bag, vintage custom boots with added lace.
Embroidered felt coat with faux fur.Vintage "buttons". Half belt at the back.)



Mathilda's outfit takes us back to our favorite decades music and fashion wise and revisits the bohemian look which has been a recurring fashion theme throughout the last century and beyond.
Her dress, inspired from the 20's, pairs with a skinny fit embroidered coat which screams 70's. Some lace up boots and a patchwork shoulder bag complete her retro look.
I was absolutely thrilled to work on this project.


Handmade "catwalk" with embroidered leaves and felted bush.



Information about the Blythe anniversary charity event can be found here.
See all the dolls



More pictures of Mathilda in her Flickr album.