The corset is decorated with timepiece movements

Tick sports her earwigs!

She really is a unique Sybarite and like her name would suggest she has time related touches to her outfit such. For example at first glance her corset looks like it is covered in silver sequins. However on closer inspection we see that it is actually resplendent in metal timepiece movements as well as vertical lines of tiny crystals.

The timepiece motif continues with her earrings, the first time I have known Sybs to have earrings. Although this being a Sybarite, and no ordinary doll, her earrings are known to us as ‘Earwigs™’! The Earwigs do not puncture the precious resin earlobes though but hang from tiny hooks descending from the undersides of her wig.

The jet-black wig itself is a gorgeous concoction and boy is it high! There is a very Spanish influence with flavours of flamenco dancers and a matador’s banderilla. Plaits loop at the front and sides of the up-do with thicker plaits coiling around the back.

Her make-up is orange based to matching the coloured elements of her outfit and headdress. The colouring complements her luminous green eyes well and her applied eyelashes have a few silver lashes added in to continue the futuristic look.

The rest of TiCK’s ensemble consists of white feather skirt  both in mini form and attachable open fronted skirt in the same tradition of Paris showgirl as previous festival exclusive Sybs. She also sports what can only be described as an armoured vest. This is apparently a ‘Social Screener issue 032010 Super Screener’ as printed on the outside and one can only wonder what this could mean for our future couture! The vest is finely stitched in orange and fastens under the bust with a silver buckle. She is also suitably equipped with orange UV active armbands.

A pair of sheer orange hose lead down to the pièce de résistance and perhaps the finest killer heels that Superdoll has ever come up with. Silver spiked stilettos with ankle straps that fasten at the back with the tiniest of zips. The platform soles actually turn out to be hidden powder compacts complete with mirror and powder puff. Yes you heard right; powder compacts in the soles of her shoes!

More photos of tick can be found on my Flickr page here.

A selection of festival souvenirs including Superdoll fan!

Well dear reader, as I am now safely back in the UK I thought I ought to put finger to keyboard and right a review of my first Fashion Doll convention. So here we have part 1…

The Paris Fashion Doll Festival 2010 took place at the Novotel Paris Est at the end on the Metro Line 3 in Bagnolet. Which is somewhere you wouldn’t normally find yourself for a weekend in Paris, I shouldn’t think, unless of course you happened to be a fashion doll lover! However the welcome there was friendly enough and the hotel modern and comfortable. We arrived a day early due to my birthday falling on the night prior to the main events but nonetheless there were still some ‘doll people’ already ensconced. My companion was particularly sensitive to spotting them, despite (or because of!) not being one themselves!

The first day’s events began on the evening of the 12^th March with the Superfrock breakout event ‘Disco 3000’. Registration began that afternoon. This is were we discovered that the promised convention exclusive Barbie had failed to materialise due to some error or other at the Mattel end. Instead we got to choose from several of the newer Barbie repros and we ended up with ‘Student Teacher’ and ‘Astronaut’ respectively. The rumour later was that the convention exclusive doll was to have been a colour variation Astronaut. That would make sense, I suppose, given the theme of the festival was ‘Haute Couture of the Future’.

The Superfrock Venus D'Royce medallion

There was quite a wait for that evening’s event to begin but then this was France and it would be rude to be on time according to the local custom! However, with a suitable level of anticipation, it wasn’t long until we were issued with small pink packages and silver wristband. Theses were the keys to getting our hands on the exclusive Sybarite doll later on that night. The packages turned out to contain necklaces, medallions in fact, of the Venus D’Royce moniker. Venus of course being the most famous of the Sybarite head sculpts. Charles Fegan and Desmond Lingard, the chaps behind Superfrock Ltd, then made their entrance, suitably attired in futuresque disco garb.

The festivities were really on now and as well copious champagne and cocktails we were treated to metallic trunked go-go dancers on the catwalk. Let us just say that there was plenty of audience participation! Then the real meat of the evening came around and TICK, the exclusive Paris event Sybarite, was handed out. She came presented in commemorative shipper decorated with Superdoll motif smiley faces. Plus a welcome handle for the onward trip home! Many of the guests were soon seen scurrying to survey their doll in the privacy of their rooms. However I chose to head straight to the bar and drew quite a crowd as I inspected my new gal.

The Superdoll becomes a smiley!

She is quite a beauty, I should tell you and I will be making a detailed review and taking more photographs for your viewing pleasure very soon. One of her key points are the compacts concealed in the soles of her shoes which were pointed out to me by none other than Desmond himself. There were to be four dolls in all presented over the weekend, TICK, TOCK, Slipper and Librium. The rest of the evening continued as it began and I can safely say, a good time was had by all!

To be continued…