In The Doll World™, doll podcast and YouTube channel

www.inthedollworld.com  Join us for this fascinating conversation with Nav Sikand as he talks about his journey into creating his vintage inspired doll, Anouk and his love for dolls from a very young age.   When friends began to request his services, the seed for making ooak dolls and restoration professionally was sown 

For more information about Nav, Anouk, and VA studio, visit, lapoupeeanouk.blogspot.com.

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Thank you for listening to In The Doll World, to see all the artists we have featured on the show or to leave a review visit www.inthedollworld.com or to see our video interviews please visit our Youtube channel at www.youtube.com/inthedollworld.com.

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www.inthedollworld.com  In this part 2 of our interview with Jozef Szekeres he shares with us the amazing and touching family history his Glamour Oz dolls have as well as how the fashion he has chosen for his current dolls pay homage to his Austrialian roots. He also talks more of his time as a Disney animator. Another fascinating time with Jozef.

To see more of Jozef's work visit his facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/jozef.szekeres

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Thank you for listening to In The Doll World, to see all the artists we have featured on the show or to leave a review visit www.inthedollworld.com or to see our video interviews please visit our Youtube channel at www.youtube.com/inthedollworld.com.

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www.inthedollworld.com  Join us for a wonderful conversation with Brenda Ragland, Founder and CEO of My Heart Expresions, as she shares with us her journey into creating the inspirational fashion doll Makayla and her mission in helping young girls develop self-love through her doll.

My Heart Expressions Inspirational Fashion Doll Makayla's mission is to Inspire Young Minds to Believe in their Dreams. Makayla's Inspirational Fashion Line will help young girls develop self love, Beauty within, build self confidence, discover their purpose and understand their value, While having fun. Brenda's goal is to one day have Makayla and her Fashions in various stores throughout the world, and her mission is to travel with Makayla and help young girls understand their Value.

To visit Makayla please visit:  https://www.myheartexpressionsdoll.com/

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Thank you for listening to In The Doll World, to see all the artists we have featured on the show or to leave a review visit www.inthedollworld.com or to see our video interviews please visit our Youtube channel at www.youtube.com/inthedollworld.com.

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www.inthedollworld.com   An amazing interview with doll artist Julian Kalinowski. Julian Stanislaw Kalinowski is the creative mind behind many vintage-inspired fashion dolls including Lola, Lalka, Severine, Sevinyl, Solange, Sable, Stella, and Sylvain.

He shares his journey into the doll world and talks about his against the grain dolls and how those creations and characters came about.   Although his dolls are beautiful their characters are not usually what we would expect a fashion doll to be and at one point they have been referred to as "The Sex Pistols of the doll world", by Dolldom Blogspot

https://dolldom.blogspot.com/2017/08/who-are-those-s-grils.html?m=1


In The Doll World intro music created by: Rick Taylor ([email protected])

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www.inthedollworld.com  Join Tammy and Georgette as they talk with Cleveland Wycoff aka Cj Starz as he shares how he got started designing dolls, his love for this medium and how he is creating a new line of dolls with his newest company Studio XOXO!

Studio XOXO!’s Mission Statement: Studio XOXO!’s mission is to produce beautiful, high quality, ethnically diverse fashion dolls influenced by real people. Studio XOXO!’s vision is to create alternative choices for doll consumers who seek real world relatability and urban style authenticity.

Studio XOXO! has recently formed our Young Adult Collector Label aimed and addressing the ever-changing world of millennial Tweens/Teens while creating products that will capture their attention.

Cleveland has also established several doll groups: Founding member of the Black and Beautiful Doll Club and Social Life Dollwear group on Faceboook
https://www.facebook.com/cj.starz.7
https://www.studioxoxodolls.com/

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Thank you for listening to In The Doll World, to see all the artists we have featured on the show or to leave a review visit www.inthedollworld.com or to see our video interviews please visit our Youtube channel at www.youtube.com/inthedollworld.com.

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www.inthedollworld.com   In this episode we talk with Jozef about his new line, the Glamour Oz Dolls and get a real life glimpse into his life living in China as he is literally taking a hands on approach into the making of his dolls, from design to production and also share some some design hiccups that has incurred while being in China during the production process.

Jozef does reference some doll photos during this interview, which you can see on our website www.inthedollworld.com

For more information about Jozef Jozef Szekeres and his Glamour Oz Dolls please visit https://www.facebook.com/jozef.szekeres

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Cee Robinson aka Queen Cee is a mother of 5, wife, singer/songwriter, actress, community activist for the empowerment of women & girls and Black doll artist.

Over the past 4 years, Queen Cee has added doll artist to her artistic passions under the name, Queen Dollylama. She customizes and reimages Black dolls and turns them into more positive representations of Black people and creative characters. Queen Cee has also designed and developed her own Black doll line called Herstory Doll, to represent the beautiful diversity of girls (and boys) of African descent.

She’s a 2010 recipient for the YWCA’s Woman of Distinction Awards for Arts and Creative Energy and has two organizations, When Sistahs Get Together and Be-You-tiful Girls Club Inc., a Not-for-profit who's focus is building self-esteem and powering girls through creative and artistic means. 2014, Queen Cee was the recipient of the John C. Holland Award for Community Arts and was also officially awarded Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal from MP David Christopherson.

http://www.herstorydoll.com/
https://www.instagram.com/HerStoryDoll/
https://www.facebook.com/herstorydoll

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www.inthedollworld.com   Laurie Lenz talks about her journey to becoming a renowned OOAK (one-of-a-kind) repaint artist. A fascinating conversation on how she got started, from designing album covers, to her involvement with graphics for several of Disney's Little Mermaid doll products to creating OOAK repaint masterpieces. Check out our In The Doll World site to see her amazing repaint and recreation of Chewbacca.

Laurie also has a wonderful surprise she is offering to all our listeners, and you don't want to miss it, so listen carefully.

You can check out her beautiful repaints at www.laurielenzdollstudio.com

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Thank you for listening to In The Doll World, to see all the artists we have featured on the show or to leave a review visit www.inthedollworld.com or to see our video interviews please visit our Youtube channel at www.youtube.com/inthedollworld.com.

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www.inthedollworld.com   We wanted to just share a little about ourselves with our listeners as we introduce who we are and what the show is all about.

In this episode we listen to the story of Georgette Taylor, Co-Host of In The Doll World and former co-founder and VP of Big Beautiful Dolls. 

She shares with Tammy Fisher, her co-host of In The Doll World her journey from  co-creating and co-inventing the first plus size fashion dolls to being the producer and co-host of In The Doll World, to how these dolls have become her muse and so much more about her journey after the dolls.

A small peek into the world and lives of our co-hosts, why they do what they do and why they love what they do. We hope you enjoy!

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Thank you for listening to In The Doll World, to see all the artists we have featured on the show or to leave a review visit www.inthedollworld.com or to see our video interviews please visit our Youtube channel at www.youtube.com/inthedollworld.com.

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www.inthedollworld.com   We are so excited to interview Debbie as we talked about her journey into doll collecting, how it all started with her daughter, to being a top authority in Black Doll Collecting. She is the author of several books; The Definitive Guide to Collecting Black Dolls, Hobby House Press, Inc, Black Dolls: A Comprehensive Guide to Celebrating, Collecting, and Experiencing the Passion, a full color book which references and values over 1000 black dolls. Her most recent work, The Doll Blogs: When Dolls Speak I Listen.

Debbie maintains her personal Black Doll Collecting blog and the Ebony-Essence of Dolls in Black blog where she periodically profiles past and present doll companies, doll artists, and doll collectors and is co-founder and editor of The Black Doll-E-Zine, 'the first and only e-zine devoted to collecting black dolls,' her doll research, writing, and networking with doll collectors and artists continued.  

It was such a delight because I have known Debbie for many years, I have had the pleasure of being on doll panels with her as well as the honor and pleasure of having one of our Big Beautiful Dolls, Dasia be featured in her collection that was highlighted and featured in the "Eye of the Collector" Exhibition the Perot Museum in Dallas, TX, March 2016.

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Thank you for listening to In The Doll World, to see all the artists we have featured on the show or to leave a review visit www.inthedollworld.com or to see our video interviews please visit our Youtube channel at www.youtube.com/inthedollworld.com.

Did you know you can now listen to In The Doll World on Alexa, just ask Alexa to open "Doll World"