Machine translation from German
Machine translation from German
Late Sunday afternoon at Eiscafe Majer. "Actually, I wanted to finish a doll today for next Sunday." - "Is that a lot of work?" - "Unpack, put it together, give it a name, choose a wig, find shoes, choose a wedding dress, put together the first outfit - probably an hour." - "And iron it!" - "Well, I always tell my dolls to iron their clothes, but they don't. They're like me there - I also wear non-iron shirts." (Iron-free doesn't mean wrinkle-free - editor's note).
Then at home in the evening. I open the big box. The doll in "Snow White's coffin" is well packed in air cushion bags. First I take the hip with the supporting leg - it's her right leg. Do I already have a name for the doll? Yes Oxana I write their name on the "interfaces".
Oxana is a simple doll. Her "free leg" has a metal hook that inserts into a slot in a sheet metal plate under the waist piece. Turn the free leg 90 degrees - done. Oxana is made of glass fiber reinforced plastic, the metal connections are glued in. Oxana should be in the window most of the time if her creators had their way. Without a platform outside in wind and weather, it is quite vulnerable. But that's her doll life. Some dolls are as "unbreakable" as a bank card, with molded-in rigid plastic connections.
I write her name on the free leg and hang it up. how are her feet I guess size 38, medium heel. looking for shoes. First fitting, size ideal, but the heel a bit too high. A wedge can make up for it, but Oxana keeps looking. Second fitting - heel also too high. Third attempt - too big, that doesn't work at all. Fourth try - ok, the ideal heel height. The shoes could be half a size smaller. But we have to compromise because we have limited selection of doll shoes. Oxana stands quite well - some dolls have terribly twisted legs.
Now the upper body with head, arms and hands - write Oxana's name on all "interfaces", put on the upper body, screw on the hands. Oxana has seven parts: hips with supporting leg, free leg, torso, two arms and two hands. She is tall and athletically slim - well built, not as skinny as Betty. She needs laundry now. Our doll laundry is not well sorted. First I give Oxana a thong. Fitting white corselet - too big. Second try: strapless white bra - well. Then a white and a black body.
For her first day, Oxana needs a pretty wedding dress. First fitting: Gr. 36, smooth, shiny top with spaghetti straps, wide, knee-length tulle skirt, jacket, veil - well. Second fitting: Ami dress with tulle and sequins, short, cream-white gradient, slightly pink around the hips, strapless, bridal alarm total - unfortunately too wide at the top. Third fitting: tulle dress like from the fairy Amaryllis - quite tight. That would be a dress for Betty or little Annette. Fourth fitting: 70s - oh yes, a dress made for Oxana. That's it!
What color hair does Oxana have? Oxana decides that all by herself. I close my eyes and reach into the wig box. Not blonde again. Someone once asked me if the dolls are all blonde. Definitely not, but all nice.
The outfit that dolls go outside in for the first time is traditionally out of the trash, so to speak. First suggestion: a skirt from a well-advertised brand (how else?) - great, exactly Oxana's size. Why was the skirt just in the trash? What about it? A red shirt? Quite oversized - oh no. A short pink top? - well, ok, I'll take it.
Name, shoes, standing test, underwear, wedding dress, hairstyle, first outfit: a look at the clock - 75 minutes. The hour was not too short an estimate. We choose the things for the photo excursion just before the excursion.