Integrity Toys’ current Fashion Royalty dolls because they’re mostly dolls with dour headsculpts, who can’t stand alone or hold items, wearing very femmey high fashion of a type that I never encounter in my daily life, for sale at a price that equals or exceeds the average Hot Toys licensed action figure. I’m not saying that I inherently dislike these traits; in fact, a quick glance at the small populations will show that plenty of them are dour and/or possessed of the inability to stand alone or hold item and/or very femmey and/or really expensive. I’m just saying that the FR line, in which the dolls consistently display all of these traits, bores the poop out of me. Obviously I am not the target audience.

That’s why, when I do happen upon an FR that I like, it’s cause for a blog post. Case in point: Simply Simpatico Darla Daley, from a 2011 Integrity convention giftset featuring Poppy Parker [the main doll in the eponymous line] and her friend, the aforesaid Darla, wearing coordinating and interchangeable outfit pieces. I give exactly zero shits about Poppy, who has a blond flip and a floral blazer and skirt, reserving all my admiration for Darla, who has a short, severe bob, a lilac dress shirt, floral cravat, fitted grey vest and fitted grey trousers.

Check her out! [She’s the fucking awesome one.]

She does need some improvement, of course. Poppy’s stripey dress shirt would look much better with her outfit. The earrings, cravat, fishnets and pumps need to go away. Instead she needs a fedora, a pair of glasses, a bow tie and some black, grey or black socks and black and white saddle shoes. She also needs a makeunder, with removal of the pink lips in favor of just a few layers of satin varnish [maybe a little dark brown in the mouth line]. Furthermore, her eyebrows bend down too far on the inner corners. Ideally that godawful pink eyeshadow would also buzz off and die.

Then she would be really cute.

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