Pat!  You're good!

  Pat Brown <nqsqurtz@staffnet.com> wrote:

Yep, Candis' still got that "look." Be it "The Look of '94" or 2002.
Lunar, have you gone to our List moderator's Candi site? You will get all
the information about the history of the doll that you could possibly need
for your website. To add to what Melissa has said, Candi has been around
much longer than since 1994. That was the year that the doll was
mass-marketed in an African American and in the outfit collectors refer to
as the catsuit, a one-piece black leotard. Until then Candi was designed
as very limited artist dolls by Helena Hamilton. Most of the designs were
elaborately beaded and sold at doll shows and through Ms. Hamilton.

Through a fortuitous meeting at a Kitty's Collectibles doll show in Ohio,
Paul David and MiKelman met Helena and eventually struck up an affiliation.
It was also through Paul David that the limited dolls were also distributed.
Then Ms. Hamilton, Paul David and his partner, MiKelman collaborated on
several projects of dolls on which MiKelman did the screenings, they changed
the bent arm to straight, and the Candi doll became more widely-known and
collected through this partnership. One of the collections was called
Candi Secrets--which I see at your site, it looks like you've got one in a
floral teddy. By 1999 the affiliation was acrimoniously terminated. In
the meantime, Ken Bartram was asked to provide product samples of facial
screenings but I'm not aware there were any dolls produced with his designs.
Other financial and creative issues prevailed for Ms. Hamilton and like
Melissa said, there was a "BIG lull." Both Helena and MiKelman have gone on
to do other projects which, coincidentally, also brings them to working
with Integrity. Ms. Hamilton has and still does own the rights to the Candi
name and is licensing the use of the name and the doll concept to Integrity.

There's whole lot more detail to Candi's history, but check out Anja's site.
It's very thorough. And if there are any mistakes, Suzanne will surely
correct us or we'll all correct each other. Regards, pat
----- Original Message -----
From: Bradford
To: Lunarwolfess ;
Sent: Monday, February 04, 2002 2:06 PM
Subject: Re: Lunar's Page (Was:Toy Fair Predictions?)


> Hi, Lunar!
> Finally got a chance to look at your webpage. Very nicely done! Just a
> warning... Yes, the legs can bend to 90 degrees, but don't leave them that
> way too long as the vinyl has been known to split. Helena Hamilton
actually
> made the original Candi dolls, handbeading most of the gowns. Then, she &
> Mikelman got together for a while & he made the faces gorgeous. When that
> fell apart, Ken Bartram painted the faces briefly before a BIG lull.
> Eventually Integrity took over the license & Jason has been working his
> magic since... Straighten me out anyone if I missed or misrepresented
> something.
> Melissa
>
>
>
> > I've got the WM fashion on my Int Hispanic and she
> > looks divine. I love my Danish Candi too. Hell I
> > love Candi!! I've also got some pics of Candi's up on
> > my slowly developing homepage but haven't yet taken
> > pics of the new fashion or Candi but that will happen
> > soon. Here is the link if anyone feels like taking a
> > peek:
> >
> > http://members.tripod.com/lunarwolfess/id24.htm
> >
> > Also, I put a very brief history of Candi (what little
> > I do know) so if anyone can let me know if I've made
> > any mistakes or should add anything in let me know so
> > I can fix it.
> >
> > Regards
> >
> >
> > Lunar
>
>
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