Anouk in Japan sold out. Many Thanks

I am amazed to be writing this post. Anouk in Japan sold out in matter of weeks. I am so grateful to everybody that bought and appreciated her. To mark the end of the line I produced a dozen or so unique dolls that were not catalogued or part of the official line of a Anouk in Japan. These dolls had special hairstyles and included a variation of the trouser suit. There were also six Black dolls with unique eye paint. Even these sold out very quickly via the group.

I do feel rather sorry that the entire line sold in Japan and via the facebook group exclusively. I will make this up to other customers with series three, and make sure some dolls are available on eBay and outside the Anouk facebook group.

The OOAK dolls are pictured below. Although these dolls are now all sold, I hope you will enjoy the images. Stay tuned for information regarding series three!

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Anouk in Japan - Print adverts

Gearing up for the release of the very special and limited edition " Anouk in Japan" dolls.  In preparation I designed and made these adverts. They are intended to call to mind those old vintage ads for the Japanese releases of Tammy, Francie and Barbie etc.
I made two versions. The first has an emphasis on the westernised fashions:

 

 The second gives prominence to the exquisite Kimonos that have been made for this line of dolls:

The background is the Olympic complex in Tokyo in 1964. A fitting backdrop for these ads I thought.
 

A special thank you and mention here, go to Kazuko Hosokawa who translated the text for me, and Fokke Hoekman who helped me to place Japanese text on the images.

Here are black and white versions:

The dolls will release at the end of January / early February 2017. I just received the booklets today which look fabulous! Stay tuned here or at the Facebook group and Flickr for more updates.

For all enquiries contact Nav at navsikand@aol.com