Anouk - Pre-Order madness!!!

So finally the factory have sent the pre- ordered dolls so I can get them out to all the patient clients who had ordered their Anouk dolls in advance. This is also my first opportunity to see the beautiful production dolls . I had a slight fear that the production dolls would not match the charm of the prototype sample dolls but they actually do. Each one has her own charming personality just as I had wished. The various skin tones and hair shades are exquisite and there are so many interesting variations, depending on what they are dressed in.

It took three solid days to style, dress, and assemble each package with the relevant accessories, booklets etc but it was finally done and all the dolls went out Thursday, Friday and Saturday (today) this week.
Shipping them out I realised how Anouk has gone Global :-) The packages went out to:

America
France
Italy
The Netherlands
Switzerland
Finland
Belgium
Germany
Australia
New Zealand

Including England that is 11 countries. I am a happy man indeed :-) :-) I will now of course, be on tenterhooks to hear from my clients! Watch this space!

First I checked off the outfits against the stock spreadsheets

Then I had to pack the accessories for each outfit

Then to style and dress the dolls themselves

Then packaging, booklets and labels

Capri, Printemps, Lingerie and Trotteur

Opera in both Gold and Silver versions

Capri, Lingerie, and Printemps

Trotteur dolls

Printemps

Capri girls

More ladies in Opera

A beautiful Titian sporting Anouk's short pageboy hairstyle.

#007 "Swim" dolls

Fianally packed them up in their shipping tubes, ready to fly to their new homes :-)

Anouk gets some personal attention.

Beautiful Brunette Anouk heads await assembly at the factory

So we are almost there! The factory sent me these fascinating pics of Anouk being rooted, cut and styled. I love the way each doll gets pampered and the personal touch. There will be two hairstyles, one long and one short though I may do unique hairstyles on some dolls also.
 It has been a long drawn out process but this means that Anouk will be perfect. To all of the people that pre-ordered their Anouk dolls, I am very grateful for their patience and kindness. Not long now!

 Anouk will be releasing in June 2016. Sales will be directly with myself, but I may list some dolls on eBay also. There are only 300 production dolls and a good number have already been sold on pre-order.
For all sales enquiries please contact Nav at navsikand@aol.com

Anouk's Fashion Parade

Anouk sporting some nifty Mod era style Flight attendant fashions by Monsieur Z.

To demonstrate that Anouk is truly versatile, I worked on a photo shoot of her modelling the clothes of other vintage fashion dolls. Anouk's proportions are a cross between Barbie and Francie. She is slightly shorter than Barbie, with a smaller bust and curvier hips. However because she is not anorexic and skinny, she can fill out Barbie's clothes well enough, even though she is a little more diminutive than Queen B.

The following photos show Anouk dressed in Monsieur Z, Vintage Barbie, Tressy, Francie, and generic vintage clone clothing from the 1960s. As you will see, they fit Anouk very well. Although you may need to wiggle very fitted garments over her generous hips! But they will fit :-)

In Barbie's Pan Am outfit

In Barbie's Student Teacher

In Barbie's Invitation to Tea

In a vintage Barbie dress.

In Francie's It's a Date.

In Francie's Wild Bunch outfit

In a clone version of Francie's Gad Abouts

In a Hong Kong Lilli clone dress

In a vintage Tressy outfit, Surprise Party.

In a brocade dress for HK Lilli

In Tressy's Executive Sweet

In Tressy's Evening Date outfit

A becoming Beehive

In Barbie's Evening Splendour

Anouk in aTressy dress, After Six

Bookish, yet glamorous!

For all slaes enquiries please contact NAV at navsikand@aol.com