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Why are we attracted to dolls?

Jul 31, 2021

Blythe Doll, Doll World

Sigmund Freud, the father of psychology, following a German literary tradition of ‘the uncanny’ stretching back through the legacy of fairy tales, made a famous foray into this weird world in a 1919 essay called ‘The Uncanny’ (Das Unheimliche). In this essay, he explores the strange feeling that dolls create....

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Hobbies and Sports Blythe

Jul 20, 2021

Blythe Doll, Custom Blythes, Doll World

“You have what no one else has — you. Your voice, your mind, your story, your vision. So write, draw, build, play, dance, live the way only you can.” ~ Neil Gaiman Originality is a unique form of human expression that emphasizes the exclusivity, harmony, naturalness and ease of our...

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Celebrate Diversity and Explore the Universe of This is Blythe

Jul 7, 2021

Blythe, Doll World

We have some great news for you. The time for travel has come! The tempting and exciting allure of bright foreign shores is here, and calm and peaceful retreats across the world beckon weary visitors. This time, it does not matter at all which season it is, and even if...

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Meet this Summer with ‘This Is Blythe!’

Jun 2, 2021

Blythe, Blythe Doll, Doll World

The summer mood awakens in us a desire to update our image. But what new image is right for you? And what if you don’t want to change dramatically, but your soul still yearns for it? Do you want to change your hairstyle or dye your hair? Leave naughty curls...

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Blythe’s Universal Cuteness

Aug 21, 2020

Blythe, Doll World

The most distinguishing feature of Blythe Dolls is the remarkable dimensions of their faces. In this post, we’re going to look at the idea of cuteness and explain why Blythe Dolls look the way they do and why they elicit that unmistakable “awwww” response in us. Ethology is the study...

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The Science and Mystery Behind Blythe

Jul 31, 2020

Blythe, Blythe University, Doll World

Why are we attracted to dolls? A celebration of the bizarre, the beautiful and the uncanny is something central to Blythe Doll’s fandom. For many people, including kids, Blythe has an eerie quality. The word eerie (or ‘eery’) like uncanny, for which it has the same meaning, is originally a...

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Blythe as a Window to the Soul

Jun 26, 2020

Blythe, Doll World

Every artist needs a muse. Blythe has been the muse for many an artist, including Allison Katzman, the originator of Blythe, Gina Garan, the television producer responsible for the reinvention and rebranding of Blythe, and in the last post, we looked at the painter, Margaret Keane as well as the...

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Blythe’s Big Eyes Inspiration

Jun 19, 2020

Blythe, Blythe Doll, Celebrities, Custom Blythes, Doll World

Blythe’s unique look was envisioned by the toy designer and Arts Institute of Chicago alumna, Allison Katzman’s early 1970s creations while working as a toy designer for Marvin Glass and Associates. Allison passed away recently at the age of 95 at her home in Seattle. Her dolls were ahead of...

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Blythe Dolls as Investments for the Future

Apr 16, 2020

The uniqueness of a Blythe is not just in her placid yet penetrating gaze. Blythe Dolls are painstakingly designed and as such, they are objects of art in their own right. That’s why Blythe Dolls are so collectible and sought after: no two customized dolls are the same. Over time,...

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Why Dolls Are So Important to Us

Apr 10, 2020

Dolls are as old as human civilization itself. People have created and idolized amazing varieties of dolls in all of the world’s cultures. They have typically symbolized beauty, fertility and magic and have been central to societies as sacred talismans to other worlds as well as protectors in this one....