«Where does childhood go? Which cities? And how can we find a means to get there again?". But there is such a tool and these are dolls ...
As a child, we really like different games, funs and, of course, toys. And the beauty doll is rightfully the queen of all toys! Growing up, it seems to us that dolls remain in the past, but this is completely not the case, because different dolls accompany us all our lives. Some bring us good luck, some protect us from troubles and failures, and some simply warm and delight the soul with their beauty.
A variety of dolls around the world amazes, amazes and delights from material, size and purpose. And what is the most beautiful doll in the world? You are interested? So do we, too, so let's find out together ... We have already slightly opened this veil. We will share our impressions with you now.
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Dolls that cannot be played
Country of the rising sun - colorful Japan is famous for its ancient traditions, which are still fiercely observed to this day. One of these traditions is to give dolls for all occasions, but not simple dolls, but those that depict the heroines of Japanese literature and poetry and not on a simple day, namely on the puppet festival, which takes place in March.
Ichimatsu dolls - girls in beautiful kimonos were created primarily for learning the art of dressing kimonos. Look at this beauty, aren't the masterpieces of world puppet art?
But the most interesting thing is that you cannot play with these dolls. They are hidden behind seven locks and taken out a couple of days before the festival of dolls and after it they also hide until the next year. There is a legend that these dolls helped unmarried girls to marry well and have children. Here it is. Take note!
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Madam Matryoshka
Who does not remember the beloved young lady Matryoshka? This wooden folding doll is the hallmark of the harsh, colorful and multifaceted Russia.
It is she who symbolizes a true, beautiful Russian woman in a red dress and shawl, with curvaceous and healthy blush on her face. As a rule, Matryoshka consists of two halves made of wood and holds up to five small copies of itself. A special painting with bright acrylic paints makes it very beautiful.
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Talented master from Yekaterinburg
Another representative of the most beautiful dolls in Russia is the author's textile dolls of the miracle master from Yekaterinburg Larisa Isaeva. Her dolls are characters from folklore, songs, tales, legends, myths from around the world.
And what a beautiful outfit! You can not look away. I want to note that the whole process of creating these lovely dolls is completely manual to the smallest detail, on which the price is worth it. See for yourself.
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Dolls for adults from Marina Bychkova
Did you know that there are dolls for adults? And it is true. They are also made by the Russian master puppeteer Marina Bychkova. The master does the whole process from beginning to end. And this is not only costumes and jewelry, but also sculpting figures and faces, and this is already called sculpture.
The truth is that a talented person is talented in everything. Just look at this refinement and grace! This divine beauty, in which there is absolutely no hint of vulgarity or indecency, amazes and amazes.
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Ukrainian dolls amulets
Ukraine also honors its ancient traditions, as evidenced by the living tradition of making handmade dolls-amulets, which have appeared in Trypillian culture under the name - motanka. The name comes from the way they are created. Despite the fact that these dolls do not have a face, they are very cute and beautiful.
Each motanka doll is dedicated to a certain event and symbolizes a certain life process, for example, a wedding or the birth of a child. Basically, all the dolls are in a traditional style, but there are exceptions. According to legend, these dolls protect their masters from troubles and misfortunes.
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Reborn Baby Dolls
You just look at these cuties ?! Yes, it’s hard to call them dolls either, because these are real pink-cheeked babies, who sleep sweetly in their beds.
At first, such dolls were made rather as collection items and only in 2002, thanks to their great popularity, they began to be sold to ordinary customers as well.
It is noteworthy that in each new box with a Reborn doll there is always a certificate in which the doll's date of birth, its height and weight are indicated. It seems that this is not about a toy, but about a living child. In the manufacture of Reborn they use the highest quality materials - real hair, vinyl, fabrics and much more.
These dolls are not cheap, so they are rarely bought by children, most of these dolls go to private collections or they are purchased by adults for themselves, because it is so nice to feel such a miracle in your hands again.
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Leggy Swede named Tilda
Swedish artist and designer Tony Finnanger became famous after inventing and stitching her first rag doll. The craftswoman came up with her funny name - Tilda. These dolls do not amaze the eye with their grace and splendor of the outfit, but any other rag doll can hardly be compared with their charm.
This doll can be sewn at home, you just need to stock up on the necessary materials and go through a couple of master classes. It may not work out for the first time, but you can confidently tell your friends that they see the doll you created.
You can find out about the most beautiful Swedish girls in an article on our site most-beauty.ru.
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Porcelain beauties
Porcelain dolls are famous for their grace and colorful outfits, charming faces and charming eyes.
In the 19th century, the French presented porcelain beauties to children, and for the holidays and just like that. But in the old days it wasn’t customary to play with porcelain dolls, and today they are most often used as interior decor or to replenish a private collection.
The editors of most-beauty already wanted to buy such a beauty.
In most cases, porcelain dolls are made to order, which means that such a doll will be in a single copy. Mass production of porcelain dolls is also practiced, which is why their quality suffers, but the price of such dolls is much more affordable than that of collectible porcelain dolls.
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The incomparable beauty Barbie
For over 60 years, Barbie has remained the most popular and sought-after doll in the world. The appearance of this graceful doll for all the years of its existence has not changed much, but Barbie's style has always been impeccable.
Mattel produced Barbie dolls of various professions and nationalities; over its long life, the doll has been a doctor, flight attendant, business woman, rock star, firefighter, teacher, military pilot and even a mermaid.
And today the Barbie doll does not lose momentum, but only becomes more and more popular among girls. According to world statistics, Barbie is the best-selling doll on the planet.
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Live puppet dolls
One of the most interesting and unusual types of dolls are, so to speak, living dolls, namely puppets. They are also very diverse, original and unusually beautiful. Among them are funny Arlekino clowns, heroes of folk tales, for example, beautiful princesses, sultans and forest animals. Each doll has its own character and temperament, which is endowed by their owner, who controls them.
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Wonder Dolls by Diana Effner
That is the dolls, after all, the American master Diana Effner is famous for her collection of small 33 centimeter dolls, which are completely made of vinyl and hand-painted by her assistant named Jeri Uribe. The talented master made her first dolls to girls from the shelter in which she worked. Diana puts warmth, tenderness and love into her dolls, and this can only be seen by looking at them for the first time. Why do a lot of words see for yourself.
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Fikon dolls - fashion and style icons
Another rival of the beautiful Barbie, a stylish and graceful doll, or a living girl named Ficon. Have you ever heard of her? We are not either.
But when they saw her for the first time, they regretted it very much. Beauties dolls are very similar to real models, with their rather big wardrobe, wigs and accessories. An interesting feature of these dolls is that, thanks to their outfits and replaceable hairstyles, they are able to change images beyond recognition. From a charming, intelligent lady to a greyhound, but no less cute rocker.
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Beautiful witches Monster High
In our understanding, witches are not very beautiful and cute creatures that caused horror and fear in our childhood, and calling a girl a witch is not a very pleasant compliment. But famous dolls from the popular animated series refute this opinion.
It turns out that witches can also be very cute and charming. Despite some mystery and gloom, these magical young ladies have their own style, image and zest. You just look at their interesting and completely fearless makeup and bright notes in the wardrobe. Is it possible to be afraid of them? No, just admire ...
And about the most beautiful witches from the movie at most-beauty there is an interesting article.
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Beauty is a terrible force, which is what Blythe Dolls say
The rating of the most popular dolls in the world will be incomplete, do not have these charming Blythe tadpole dolls in it. For the first time these dolls were made for sale in 1972, but then this baby was discontinued, because adults and children considered her disproportionate big head to be ugliness.
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Unrivaled Noel Cruz and his Celebrity Dolls
Filipino talented artist Noel Cruz from ordinary Barbie dolls makes remarkably similar copies of celebrities. No, he does not do them from the very beginning, taking as a basis only a naked image, but remakes them from existing dolls. This can be compared to a kind of plastic surgery. Well, look for yourself, isn't it genius?
Well, do you recognize the heroes?
And that is not all…
A couple of years after the publication of this article, we decided to update it, adding some interesting details. Most-beauty.ru always reads your comments and often appends its articles based on your posts.
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Another masterpiece of puppet craft, which began as a regular hobby, are dolls by a talented master from Russia Anna Zueva. These amazing creatures with their originality and unusualness have filled the hearts of doll fans from around the world. These exquisite dolls are created in only one copy and are considered to be purely collectible, and for their creation the master uses only high-quality materials, such as acrylic, paperclay and textiles.
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Designer dolls by Natalia Pobedinoy amaze with their tenderness, an abundance of colors, femininity, sophistication and a certain immodesty in their image. These are some members of the cabaret or ladies from high society dejected by experience, but this is no less elegant and sophisticated. Separately, the artist created a wonderful selection of dolls in the form of mermaids, which are surprisingly good and attractive, see for yourself and admire this beauty. And also in her collection dolls are often found in the form of cute black children unexpectedly, unusually, but so cute, isn't it?
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Amazingly cute, amazingly sophisticated, sincere and positive dolls are obtained from the master Anna Fadeeva. Looking at her creations, I just want to smile back. And to pass by these gentle red-haired creatures is simply impossible. I would like to call these creatures nothing but the ladies of Provence, real ladies and aristocrats.
By the way, we have an article about the most beautiful red-haired actresses.
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But Olga Yegupets dolls do not radiate tenderness and femininity, on the contrary they are natural, funny, varied; like the people around us. The author does not hesitate to show all the flaws of the female figure or inconsistency with the accepted ideals of beauty. Beautiful old age passes through her work as a red thread, but from this her dolls, on the contrary, are gaining more and more popularity, because the trend is now naturalness and individuality, and dissimilarity to everyone is held in high esteem. Many people call Olga dolls some caricatures. And let it be, because this genre also has a right to exist. Moreover, such beautiful and cute specimens.
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Fantastic dolls from Alexandra Khudyakova are simply amazing, they are just cosmic, magical, fabulously mystical, but at the same time very feminine and sophisticated. They are also very fascinating. The wizard’s imagination, talent and patience can only be applauded and envied.
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And finally, having studied all the comments on the first part of our article and, listening to your wishes, we want to write about dolls from Spain from the famous author Antonio Juan Munecas. These beautiful dolls are very similar to our baby dolls of only a huge size, they are very cute, tender and fashionable, in Spain they are called "little children for little children." But are the Spaniards wrong? Just look at these little and funny creatures.
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One of the most popular play dolls for girls around the world are Germanic Gotz dolls. And this is not surprising, because they are developed by the best puppeteer masters from around the world. Here, quality and beauty are one and the same thing, and these dolls are just perfect, like everything that was done in Germany.
The last word…
The world of divinely beautiful, cute, exquisite and unusual dolls does not end there, but we are simply not able to tell about all the existing dolls in the world. But we tried to find for you the most beautiful, famous and unusual world items and we hope they surprised you and liked you!