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Hi there Catty! How can we clothe you today?     Here's Catty with some other dollies with plus sized or pear shaped bodies.  I arranged them by most to least similar. The red horizontal reference lines are to make it easier to see what lines up vertically.   Vertically, Catty is MORE similar to the shorter Petite Fashion dolls, but she still has a little longer torso.  She's both wider and deeper than Abbey, though Abbey is probably the closest aesthetically.  We don't do aesthetics though, we do measurements!     The doll community has a long history of...

This is an article about how fashion dolls got to looking the way they did and why, and how the rise of ready-to-wear and fast fashion caused us all to forget something very important: There are no bad body shapes, only clothes that do/do not suit different body shapes.

If you read my review on Abbey you might have noticed that I have a problem with the new G3 Monster High hands.  Someone suggested I contact Mattel's customer service for replacement hands, so I'll pass on that advice to anyone who has already had hands snapping off like me! But, being a customizer and dolly doctor, I sat down with my dolls and did some experiments to see if I could find a preventative fix.  I did, and it's pretty easy, so let me show you how: Examining the wrist, it seems like the issue is the knob on...

Hi Everyone!  10 years is a long time.  Realizing you've been doing something for ten whole years comes with lots of feelings and introspection.  Thankfully most of that has been good because I love what I do, but I have decided some stuff needs to change. Like my URL: RequiemArt.com.  Wait.  I go by Requiem Art Designs as a business, what's wrong with my URL? ...because people who don't already know me generally read the URL as RequieMart.com.  And RequieMart.com sounds like a cheap Alibaba.com knockoff hosted somewhere on the other side of the world, possibly run by shady individuals. ...

I had a new ken doll in the review queue but whenever a new MH doll is leaked I start getting questions about sizing immediately. Guys, Mattel doesn't send me stuff in advance!  I get them when I manage to find them at a non-scalper price online or IRL, which by my local stores is 2-3 months after the actual release.  Abbey is my favorite gal from the not-main cast (main cast fave is Cleo) for pretty much the same reason I love Cleo.  Strong personality, independent, equally good by herself or with friends.  And she can pick up Heath...