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Golden Age of Doll Couture convention in Nashville - event recap with exclusive photos Madra dolls on display Golden Age of Doll Couture in Nashville  The Golden Age of Doll Couture event was held in Nashville August 28-29 bringing just under 40 guests to the Millennium Maxwell House Hotel. The event saw guests enjoying the various sites and sounds of Nashville from the Country Music Hall of Fame to Manuel's Clothiers as well as Chihuly Nights at Cheekwood and the Golden Age of Couture at the Frist Center .    Two new doll lines were introduced at the event including a new historical doll by Cheryl Crawford, of Crawford Manor introduced at a Victorian tea at the historic Hardaway House I attended as well as a new poseable fashion ball-jointed doll by JAMIEshow introduced at Sunday's lunch. Guests received many goodies including cute bejeweled tourist keychain boots which were handed out at Manuel's reception, as well as clothing...

Save the date! August 27th-29th, 2010 for Sandra Stillwell presents The Golden Age Of (Doll) Couture in Nashville. Please mark your calendar and make plans to join us in Nashville, Tennessee, at the Millineum Maxwell House Hotel, for Sandra Stillwell presents The Golden Age Of (Doll) Couture. Limited to only 50 attendees, this intimate doll collector's retreat will be a celebration of friends, dolls, tradition, and timeless couture in Nashville, a fashion forward city known for it's "kick up your heels" atmosphere!  Themed around the London V&A Museum exhibition of the same name, The Golden Age Of Couture  will highlight the creations of designers from Paris to London, 1947-57.  This landmark exhibition, shown exclusively in the United States at Nashville's Frist Center For The Visual Arts, will b...

Sandra Stillwell presents The Golden Age Of (Doll) Couture in Nashville Saturday, July 10th, 2010 As mentioned in August gathering brings doll couture to Nashville , Sandra Stillwell will present The Golden Age Of (Doll) Couture in Nashville August 27th-29th, 2010 at the Millennium  Maxwell House Hotel to coincide with the Frist Center's  "The Golden Age Of Couture" event... Keep Reading » Manuel Exclusive Clothier to host exclusive reception for doll collectors' event in August Sunday, July 11th, 2010 Sandra Stillwell Presents The Golden Age Of (Doll) Couture  When the Sandra Stillwell presents The Golden Age Of (Doll) Couture event comes to Nashville, one of the highlights of the three-day doll collectors' weekend will be a trip to Manuel Exclusive Clothier  for a special Friday night ...

I had a lovely dinner with Sandra Stillwell tonight in Nashville, and she filled me in on plans for the upcoming doll couture event in Nashville. You can read all about it at: August gathering brings doll couture to Nashville along with Frist's 'The Golden Age Of Couture' Tuesday, June 29th, 2010 Exclusive Nashville Doll Couture Event  As announced in Fashion doll gathering planned in conjunction with Frist's ' The Golden Age Of Couture,' an exclusive doll collectors event is being planned for late summer to take place during the Frist Center's "The Golden Age Of Couture" event. Exciting details have surfaced, and event planner Sandra Stillwell was gracious enough to meet with me during one of her Nashville planning trips to share some of the official news. ... Keep Reading  More details at: Fashion doll gathering planned for September in conjunction with Frist's 'The Golden Age Of ...

Fashion doll gathering planned for September in conjunction with Frist's 'The Golden Age Of Couture' Sunday, June 13th, 2010 Celebrating "The Golden Age Of (Doll) Couture"  According to the local dolly rumor mill, an intimate gathering for collectors of 16" fashion dolls will take place in Nashville in conjunction with the Victoria and Albert Museum 's exhibition "The Golden Age Of Couture" at the Frist Center in Nashville. Keep Reading »

Gene Goes to Pittsburgh  Gene in the limelight at the 1999 Barbie© doll convention in Pittsburgh © 1999 by Kathryn E. Darden      The National Barbie convention was held August 4-7, 1999 at the Hilton and Towers Hotel in beautiful Pittsburgh, Pa,  organized by the Western PA Doll Club. With the theme ìWe Can Do Anything, Right Barbie?î this yearís convention paid homage to one of Pittsburgh's own, the famous female reporter of the late 1800's/early 1900's, Nellie Bly. The Hilton was full of glamor and glitz with two sales floors full of dolls and a lobby with other items: Hallmark ornaments, posters, Millers and Barbie Bazaar magazines, and other additional booths. Barbie was the uncontested 11 1/2 inch queen of the hour... but a surprising number of booths featured a strong Gene contingent.      Many Barbie dealers have already added Gene in as a sideline, and a growing number of booths had regular line Genes in prominent display...