My first was Monaco. I’m absolutely not into bride dolls, but I loved her brunette hair. I think Red Venus and Premiere came not too long later. Interestingly, I think I saw the dolls at a doll show before my first doll arrived to me. Yes, I got those “delayed” notifications and kept re-upping on my preorder.

Coming from the world of Barbie I was bit dismayed at her size. It’s hard to tell in those dreamy and ethereal advertisements that we’d seen of the first 3 dolls. I almost changed my mind. They were soooo big compared to the Barbie world in which I inhabited. However, once my doll(s) arrived I was in heaven.

I’ve made so many friends over the years. I was part of an amazing Gene club here in Los Angeles and I’m still friends with several of them…going on 30 years!!!