Posted by Dennis in IN on August 15, 2022, 12:52 pm
I did not think I would ever own this very unique doll...i had only seen her in magazine photos prior...one finally showed up on E-Bay...and I was surprised the bids were not higher, although I am glad it sold for less than my maximum bid!
This is the Milou doll...I believe she was released IN 2009...I think I had originally seen her in a Haute Doll Magazine article...she can wear Gene's clothes...she is just slightly taller than Gene in the legs, so I am thinking comparable to the Ashton-Drake Madra dolls...she is a hard plastic and jointed at the neck (swivel), the arms (complete rotation as well as outwards from the torso), and the hips/legs (much like the arms)... believe the arms and legs are strung like a BJD, or at least that is how it feels to me...I thought her torso was wire like the Theatre de la Mode dolls...I could have sworn I saw a photo of her with black wire instead of white plastic...perhaps it was a prototype or digitally done to compare to TDLM...not sure...she was an edition of 500, I believe...she also supposedly has two other fabulous outfits for her, but I have only seem the promo pics of those two outfits, so i am not sure of they were ever made...but they are quite gorgeous as well...
Okay, here are pics of Milou...
And here is a Gene doll wearing this fabulous and FULL golden ballgown:
I now have Milou dressed in an SSP gown ready for next week in Indy...so, those of you who will be in Indy for SSP will get a chance to see this rare doll in person...the rest will have to wait for pics from the event...