Express post: World Doll Day Tag

I've been tagget by Farrah to this nice initiative of the World Doll Day Tag, I'm a little bit late perhaps, but I willingly oblige!
Here are the rules:
1. List 3 favorite dolls from the ones you got last year.
2. List 3 dolls currently on your wishlist.
3. Tag 5 people to do the same thing! (Anyone with a home on the web, not just bloggers, can be tagged!)

And here are my lists:

Favorite dolls from last year:

1. Goffredo - Declan Wade Gloss Convention 2014

2. Sebastiano - Callum Windsor Gloss Convention 2014

3. Ofelia - Full Spectrum Veronique

I actually don't have a wishlist right now, but I can name three grails I don't expect to get anytime soon:

1. Lady in Red Erin from the Tropicalia Convention

2. Rock Ringmaster Lukas

and above all 3. Leading Man Lukas

Now, I really believe it's quite late for the World Doll Day, but, as this is real fun I want to invite some fellow bloggers, if they want to join the (late) celebration!

1. April

2. Vanessa 

3. D7ana

4. Dani

5. Lisa

Kisses Billa

Pets!

Let me introduce you to the pets around here, they are going to pop up in photomontages and dioramas, and (as for everything else around here) they have got their own backstory.

You have already met Nasty: he's Lisa Neault's creation. He first came in the house as the dark side of Asta the dog from the Thin Man Movies. At first he was Cecilia's soulmate, but now he has been adopted by Goffredo and Ofelia.
Of course he is still featuring in Cecilia's posts!

These are Bartolomeo's cats: Frida (the mother), Cezanne and VanGogh the cubs. Luckily they have fake nails so they can scratch safely on the couch!

Winston is Sebastiano's pug. But he will also appear in the Norma Desmond's next features.

Winston and the cats are Schleich's miniatures

Last but not least Odette's and Carlo boxer, he's called Black (also known as Sparklez for his sparkling coat LOL). He's a Villari Capodimonte porcelain dog.

30's fashion: evening dresses

As anticipated, i'm going to show you the dresses I sew for the New Year's Eve party, along with the original fashions that inspired them.
I got the idea while searching in internet for some Myrna Loy outfits for Ofelia, and I came across these beautiful pictures:

Veronica

Evening dresses are not exaclty my greatest passion, as you can see browsing my blog so far, but I really like this kind of design a lot

Agata

So I sew the first dress, and then the New Year's Eve party was on its way!!!

Ofelia

I made two versions of this one, is the one I like best

Camilla

Caterina

And then, among the google result I came across this one, which is from the late 20's, but I loved the oversized ribbon idea

Vittoria

As you see I only picked the general line of the dress, and used satin instead of the softer fabric of the original dresses.
Just to be prepared for next year (and not having to face Cecilia's anger) I'm going to add three more of  these dresses for the tall (FR2) girls: Cecilia, Giada and the new Dania (she doesn't have a name yet).

A new girl: Ofelia

This year I only added one girl to the collection, after much tought I decided to buy Full Spectrum Veronique, first of all because Veronique has the most beautiful face sculpt, second because I loved her short hair and green eyes.

She's a perfect doll IMHO, I called her Ofelia, and I liked her outfit so much that I haven't yet redressed her!

Now she's resting in the display, actually she took a lift from Orso Maria!