Anouk among the stars

With Sylvie Vartan on the cover of Jours de France

Anouk always kept good company. In the 60s she was photographed with all the prolific and celebrated stars of screen and the Yé-yé pop princesses. Whether it was Anouk Aimée (her namesake), Sylvie Vartan, Anna Karina, Françoise Dorleac, or Françoise Hardy, Anouk was seen with all of them.

Ok, I photoshopped her into the images of some of my favourites, but what fun! Enjoy.

With Anna Karina

With Anouk Aimée

With Françoise Hardy

With Françoise Dorléac

With Sylvie Vartan again.

Anouk series 3 new advert

Another new advert for series three in the vintage tradition. this time showing more outfits, but also Anouk's living room and scooter. I am hoping to go beyond just prototypes and get these gift sets into production, but at the moment the cost is prohibitive!
The French versions of these ads are to follow.

Series three is now available. For all trade enquiries, please contact Nav at navsikand@aol.com.

Anouk series 3 Publicity

Anouk would not be Anouk without her accompanying publicity in authentic vintage style. Here are two that I worked on. Not prefect but a good start. I will work up more ideas and also do English language versions. Series 3 is now on sale!

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Anouk series 3

So finally, all components of series 3 have arrived. I have been busy styling, dressing, and packaging up all the pre order dolls. That is 70+ dolls! I really do appreciate the patience of all who pre ordered their dolls weeks ago. They will be with you soon.

The first thing to do was to construct the lovely posing stands, which are a new addition with series 3.

Anouk stands to attention on her lovely stands.

Next I had to divide all the lovely little accessories into the individual sets.

Next to dress and style the dolls themselves.

It has been a long process. But we are nearly there now😊

Series 3, introduced on Dolldom.com

Series 3 has been introduced in a fabulous photoshoot by Ernesto Padro Campos, and his Dolldom.com blog.
The beautiful photos have to be seen to be believed. You can view the article here:

http://dolldom.blogspot.com/2017/08/a-hopeful-type-of-girl.html

Here is a little taster:

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Series 3 booklet

So I have been beavering away, working on the booklets for series 3, Anouk en Vacances.
It is finally ready and in print as we speak. I feel it is a good introduction to the new series and is a mixture of original artwork and photographic shots.
Thanks to Fokke Hoekman for formatting the files for print, and for the great layout of the back cover.
Hopefully all will be ready for ordering very soon.

The front cover featuring Anouk's "Vacances" outfit.

The print ready files of the whole booklet

A peek inside, and series 1 and 2 booklets in the background

From left to right: series 1, 2, and 3 booklets

Anouk's new look

To accompany the new outfits for series 3, the dolls will have a significant updating. Their facial screening will be more vivid. Dark eyebrows that have been extended, and more importantly a darker pink and fuller mouth.
There will be two new shades: Raven Black, and a Pale Blonde with silver highlights replaces the previous Champagne Blonde. The Black Anouk dolls will also sport the new Raven shade instead of the previous Brunette. There will be a return of the long haired Titian who was absent from series 2, Anouk in Japan.

A new short side part flip hairstyle and a long high ponytail will be the new looks. Inspired by the likes of Natalie Wood, Sandra Dee, Sylvie Vartan, Sharon Tate, Ann-Margaret, Jane Fonda etc. Style icons of their day. Some images below to give you an idea what influenced these choices and what you can expect to see Anouk series 3 sporting...

Sharon Tate

Sandra Dee

Jane Fonda

Ann-Margaret

Natalie Wood

Sylvie Vartan