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reminds me of skylin's avy. 
wow... these are beautiful
nice dress!
but I hate those disproportional eyes.
What's with people's affection to big eyes?
but I hate those disproportional eyes.
What's with people's affection to big eyes?
Dolls need to have big eyes I guess, regardless of ethnicity.
"doll-like eyes"
"doll-like eyes"
QUOTE(beggar1000 @ Sep 26 2006, 06:05 AM) 
nice. who sell those things?
Hanfu!
QUOTE(kunomchu @ Sep 26 2006, 03:25 PM)
Hanfu!
huh?
lol the doll doesn't look asian though lol
QUOTE(NewYorker @ Sep 26 2006, 04:26 PM)
huh?
I was referring to the chinese dresses. If I had a daughter, Id get her these instead of barbies!
Huge eyes! They look anime-ish.
Ugly. More traditional chinese looking dolls
^ their lips r way too small
Those are more "Chinese"-looking than the ones first posted.
how about these..
^ 1st, 2nd and 4th look japanese
They are so cute...I wonder where I can get some?
Those are all nice. The best is the 1st green one.
some more
Do they have specific cultural meaning?
QUOTE(gomeny @ Sep 26 2006, 06:43 PM)
Do they have specific cultural meaning?
what do you mean by specific cultural meaning? all i know is that they are bunch of dolls dressing in mostly Tang dynasty costume.
QUOTE(GotMilk? @ Sep 26 2006, 04:58 PM)
Tang dynasty costume.
yeah that's what I meant, as in what signifance are they in Chinese culture. thanks for clearing it up for me.
I want one. It can be friends with my GI Joe.
QUOTE(gomeny @ Sep 26 2006, 07:10 PM)
yeah that's what I meant, as in what signifance are they in Chinese culture. thanks for clearing it up for me.
well....Tang dynasty is considered as a high point of Chinese civilization in terms of cultural development, architecture, military power, economic power, arts, science, trade, and everything. It was an incredibly diverse dynasty with ton of foreginers living in China. i.e Persian, Indians, Arabs, Silla(koreans), Japanese, central Asians........It's sort like today's USA. It's a very open and outward dynasty. Japan and Korea got most of Chinese influence during Chinese Tang dynasty in terms of arts, literature, architecture, culture, political system and pretty much everything else. Japanese kimono and Korean Hanbok got many Tang dynsaty influence. Specially the kimono. So you see the similarity between Tang dynasty dress and Japanese kimono.
QUOTE(AgentBach @ Sep 26 2006, 07:13 PM)
I want one. It can be friends with my GI Joe.
A korean doll would fit that role better.
QUOTE(MING-LOYALIST @ Sep 26 2006, 07:24 PM)
A korean doll would fit that role better.
The dress looks beautiful but I found the dolls to be very very creepy.
QUOTE(GotMilk? @ Sep 26 2006, 05:23 PM)
well....Tang dynasty is considered as a high point of Chinese civilization in terms of cultural development, architecture, military power, economic power, arts, science, trade, and everything. It was an incredibly diverse dynasty with ton of foreginers living in China. i.e Persian, Indians, Arabs, Silla(koreans), Japanese, central Asians........It's sort like today's USA. It's a very open and outward dynasty. Japan and Korea got most of Chinese influence during Chinese Tang dynasty in terms of arts, literature, architecture, culture, political system and pretty much everything else. Japanese kimono and Korean Hanbok got many Tang dynsaty influence. Specially the kimono. So you see the similarity between Tang dynasty dress and Japanese kimono.
I learned something new today, thanks. How do you properly say Tang?
QUOTE(gomeny @ Sep 26 2006, 07:40 PM)
I learned something new today, thanks. How do you properly say Tang?
sounds like the word ' tongue ' in english
The ones the thread starter posted are actually Super dollfies, a type of Japanese doll that is modeled after the anime look. For more information, Wikipedia. I used to be obsessed over collecting their photos. They're really, really expensive as well, but there are lots of people out there who are willing to pay thousands just to get them. The clothing they're wearing right now though, they are ancient Chinese clothing, yes.
QUOTE(MING-LOYALIST @ Sep 26 2006, 08:24 PM)
A korean doll would fit that role better.
can't find one, might as well find whatevers second in line.
very nice clothing
This one is so beautiful...I just love the way the artist capture a doll's moment. So innocene but, what drawn me to this particular one is how neat the artist did her hair.
QUOTE(gomeny @ Sep 26 2006, 06:43 PM)
Do they have specific cultural meaning?
they are dolls.
those dolls look spooky.
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