They’re kinda creepy, but…!
I’ve never really understood the craze about Blythe dolls. With their nearly completely round eyes, placed wide apart and with no eyebrows, they’ve always struck me as kind of scary. However, I guess after having looked at Pullips for hours every day for over a month now, I’ve warmed up to the big heads, big foreheads, big eyes, tiny bodies look (I realized yesterday that I no longer consider my Pullips to have large heads, lol..!). There are some really, _really_, gorgeously done custom Blythes that I wanted to show you, check these three girls owned by flickr user susworld:
Also, these stock Blythe are rather nice:
Princess ala Mode:
Love Mission:
- plus Disco Boogie, Bohemian Beats Again, and Tweedly Do. I prefer the ones who’ve had their faces matted, though, and I definitely like them best with the blue eye colour showing. I still haven’t become fan enough to start collecting, certainly not with the prices these dolls currently are going by..! Stock Blythe, I find, is all about retro – and while that’s nifty, it’s difficult to work with. You can’t really put a Barbie Fashion Fever outfit on a Blythe, everything has to be made especially and/or bought from misc. Blythe Etsy stores and such. From the looks of it, most Blythe stay in one particular outfit more or less all the time, perhaps with a coat added or taken off every once in a while.
I actually agree with you! They are not too bad- I especially like the brown-haired one(she has beautiful eyes!). And I have never ever been a blythe person(except that I adore their clothes..hehe). These however are actually swaying me in a positive direction…!
I think the following factors count for why I like them: matted faces, acrylic eyes which look more natural, and fringes hiding the fact that they don’t have eyebrows (with the blonde, eyebrows would naturally not be showing as good – speaking of experience here..). Same thing goes for the stock ones that I like – the blue haired one has a fringe and the others are blonde enough to defend not having visible eyebrows. Methinks.
I love that redhead !
Matte faces and fringe definitely help to make Blythes more appealing.
- and I prefer the blonde, meaning one for each of the commenters so far..! ;)
I admit, while those aren’t as terrifying as I normally find Blythes, I just can’t bring myself to want one. Although, for some reason, Blythe started my whole BJD love affair. (Actually, I believe it was knitty.com’s Blythe Gear patterns that made me sit up and take notice. Knitting and dolls tend to be my weakness. =P)
Ooh, thanks for the link! My mum’s an avid knitter, knit blogger since 2004, Ravelry member and _very_ familiar with knitty.com – I just sent her the link, ordering the coat and the bottom sweater. ;)
lol! I’ve got a Ravelry account too, just gathering dust at the moment! It’s getting all nice and autumn-like in here though, so the needles are coming back out! Have a friend who has a couple of Little Big Eye dolls (they’re a cheaper version of Blythe, sort of a cross between Blythe and Pullip) and she needs a couple of scarves for them, so am working on those right now.
Isn’t that last sweater to die for? Wuh, love…
It’s gorgeous! All the Barbie patterns I’ve been sending her way have been without open backs, and she doesn’t want to start modifying patterns so they’ve never been made – but this sweater is perfect!
I like them best in the order that they appear ! I thought that was kinda neat. XD