Fashion Dolls 101

 Put the glitter back into summer with these glamorous plush mermaids from Ty and Publix!  Two recent thrift store find nabbed me a cute pair of glittery mermaids. The first was Lorelei— a glittering sequin mermaid from Ty, similar to the Ty Girls. With reversible sequins, Lorelei’s scales change from pale pink to purple. Lorelei has lilac polyester hair and lavender eyes, and her tail is trimmed with purple tulle.  A couple of weeks later, I found this golden mermaid from Publix. She has blond yarn hair, turquoise eyes and a gold bikini top and gold scales. Her face is slightly more cartoonish than the Ty doll. And the Publix doll has more pronounced ears.  She was originally $10.99 at Publix.  I had noticed the cute Publix mermaids a few years ago when they first came out, but I passed on them at the time. Now I am the proud owner of one! The two plush mermaids display well together with their sparkle and colors and are the same size, so I am quite pleased wi...

   I have been seeing cute and colorful  plush mermaid dolls everywhere. The first time I saw them was these generic brand mermaids at a Publix in Nashville in November.  Then I ran across these Aurora mermaids at the Ozarkland chain in Missouri in December.  They were next to the adorable plush Disney princess dolls made by Ty. Look for these cuties next time you are out shopping! Related Articles: An ocean full of mermaids: Barbie, Skipper, Ariel 'The Little Mermaid,' and mermaid clones dolls

                                 MERMAIDAPALOOZA! An ocean full of mermaids: Barbie, Skipper, Ariel 'The Little Mermaid,' and mermaid clone dolls Friday, April 16th, 2010 · 1 comment   All photos © Kathryn E. Darden. All rights reserved. An Ocean Full of Mermaid Dolls  The doll that got me back into collecting Barbies as an adult was a mermaid Barbie . It's true I had been thinking about trying to replace the vintage dolls which were stolen from my mother's attic, and a friend had suggested I buy a reproduction Barbie , but the doll that lured me in was a mermaid - the 1995 Jewel Hair Mermaid Barbie Doll , to be exact. I remember passing her in the aisle at Walmart and doing a double take. Until my old dolls were stolen, I hadn't spent time in the Barbie aisles in years, but I had just started...