#bild lilli

[valleydoll]

The new Bild Lilli book has arrived from Switzerland and features amazing pictures of the original Bild Lilli fashions, modeled on Peter Isler’s amazing collection of Bild Lilli dolls (including some ultra rare brunette and redhead Lilli’s).

The cover mimics the original Bild Lilli fashion catalog from the 1950s:

And the back cover features an old advertisement suggesting a gentleman could get a Bild Lilli doll as a cute gift for a loved one:

I’ll only post a couple of pictures from inside, the one below shows a couple of the brunette Lilli dolls:

And of course the tennis outfit:

And my gorgeous Lilli’s getting ready to browse the book:

For anyone interested the book can be purchased at www.lilli-book.com directly from the author/owner of all the beautiful dolls inside.

#dolls #doll #bild lilli #bildlilli #barbie #barbie doll #vintage barbie #vintage doll #vintage dolls #bildlillidoll

[cashureos]

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#doll #vintage #antique #bild lilli

[the-swift-tricker]

isn't history fascinating

#barbie #bild lilli #ruth handler #mattel #swift-tricker's posts

[nickysfacts]

Barbie has been positively reshaping girlhood since her creation!🩷

💖👩🏼💖

#history #barbie #dolls #ruth handler #mattel #womens history #bild lilli #barbie movie #sisterhood #girlhood #soft girl #american history #bimbocore #girly girl #barbiecore #femininity #united states #barbie girl #girly things #toys #barbie doll #barbie history #womenhood #dolletecore #american culture #nickys facts

[gelu-the-babosa-multiversal]

One of the reasons I didn't like the Barbie movie was because it tried to erase a lot of the toy/doll history, forgetting a lot of strong and wonderful women who created way better dolls than Barbie.

Including the inspiration for Barbie herself who Mattel treated dirty... and she is prettier!

#my art #my stuff #art #fanart #digital art #doll #toy #bild lilli #bild lilli doll #bild lilli gesicht #bild tabloid #barbie #pink #red #retro art #retro aesthetic

[understandingbimbos]

Rosalie Duthé, Anita Loos, Bill Wenzel, and Barbie.

I think at this point we've all accepted there's no single bimbo point of origin (or, POO). No bimbo ground zero. Rosalie Duthé is often cited as not only the first example of a bimbo but the first dumb blonde.

At the moment, she's even on the Wikipedia page!

Which is honestly really unfortunate imo seeing as she was a real person and a prostitute, but that's neither here nor there, I guess. Anyway. Unless I'm mistaken, we don't actually know much about Rosalie Duthé. And even if she was a singular influence on the very concept of bimbos and dumb blondes, then what happened? Where are the examples of dumb blonde and bimboish characters appearing in plays and literature from 1775 onward? How far did this idea spread outside of France? I'm not saying its not possible or that these examples don't exist, but its hard to pin down. When Rosalie Duthé was alive "bimbo" was still only Italian for "little boy". And while the play mocking her may have introducd the concept of the dumb blonde that doesn't mean it was necessarily solidified as an archetype right then and there.

Enter Anita Loos. By the time her comic novel, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, is published in November of 1925 (after having been serialized in Harper's Bazaar) the dumb blonde, bimbo, and gold digger are already established archetypes. While Loos most definitely helped popularize these idea with her internationally best-selling often-adapted satire, she was utilizing what was already there. If anything the original idea she pushed was that men prefer blondes and that blondes have more fun. Anita Loos also wrote the screenplay for the 1932 film, Red-Headed Woman, where Jean Harlow plays an ambitious flirty giggly woman that fucks pretty much every male character that appears in the film (and doesn't appear in the film).

(pictured, Jean Harlow and Anita Loos)

Then of course in the 50s we get Marilyn Monroe, Jayne Mansfield, Mamie Van Doren, and Judy Holliday. There were also men's magazines like Humorama featuring art from artists like Bill Ward, Dan DeCarlo, and Bill Wenzel. Featuring women who were either clueless, horny, or gold-digging, but all extremely buxom.

And 1959 saw the release of the original Barbie, which was just a slightly modified version of Bild Lilli, a German sex doll. I don't have much to say about that, its still something I need to do more research on, and that's part of the point of this post. Connections are there but hard to find. I really can't speak to what influence Barbie has had specifically, I think it may all be surface level, but there's something to be said about the fact so many women I follow will cite or invoke her. And that "doll" is even considered a compliment/ideal in general, physically and non-physically. You know in the sense of "You're such a doll" or "She's so pretty she looks like a doll." Its interesting. My friend says dolls represent "an easily replicated curated aesthetic" and that may be the reason for the point of reference.

There was a lot more I was going to say and this post was going to be a lot less nonsensical but I am extremely tired. I thought I could clearly and quickly get my thoughts out before I had to go to sleep. I was wrong. Sorry. Goodnight!

#understandingbimbos #bimbotxt #bimb0 #bimtheory #bimbo theory #bimbeau #bimboz #bimbeaufication #anita loos #gentlemen prefer blondes #bill wenzel #red-headed woman #jean harlow #idk #rosalie duthe #marilyn monroe #bild lilli

[barbielore]

What are your thoughts on Bild Lilli? The proto-Barbie?

I think calling her the proto-Barbie undersells her a little! Keep in mind of course that Bild Lilli was a comic strip character as well as a doll and had a whole story behind her before Ruth Handler ever discovered and was inspired by her.

Seriously though I think she has her charming elements, and you only have to look at the two dolls side by side to see that the lawsuits raised against Mattel were not without merit.

That all being said I don’t have nearly as much to say about Lilli as about Barbie - Barbie now has more than 60 years of story behind her, and the unfortunate fact is that I don’t speak German and am poorly equipped to do a deep dive on Lilli.

One thing I want to add though is that a lot of sources call her a “call girl” or an “escort” or similar. To the best of my knowledge, Lilli was a provocative gold digger, but not actually a sex worker.

On a related note I’m currently reading You Don’t Own Me: How Mattel vs MGA Entertainment Exposed Barbie’s Dark Side and there is a chapter of that book that talks about Bild Lilli so I wanted to get through that chapter before I replied to this ask.

#barbie #barbie history #bild lilli

[9663375263]

Bild Lilli dolls

#bild lilli #O&M Haußer #O&M Hausser #Bild Zeitung #Reinhard Beuthien #Max Weissbrodt #1955 #barbie

[stardrawsrmblogs]

To everyone on TikTok or Instagram who wants to talk about Barbie's history, please STOP saying, Barbie was based on a German Sex Doll.

If you all have no clue, please watch Darling Dollz's video to debunk these claims.

#barbie #bild lilli #tiktok #instagram #barbie history #barbie movie #misogyny #doll history #Youtube #ruth handler #mattel

[hibiscusbabyboy]

#1950s #dollcore #bild lilli #lilli #barbiecore #vintage coquette #coquette #coquette aesthetic #vintage #not mine #flickr

[valleydoll]

I’ve been super busy lately and haven’t had time to post but I thought this dolly was worth finding some time for.

I’ve previously posted about how I wanted an 11.5 inch Bild Lilli doll because I’m so in love with the 7.5 inch version I was lucky enough to find. I even repainted a Hong Kong Lilli to tide myself over. I loved my Hong Kong Lilli, but I have a good dolly friend who absolutely fell in love with her so because I am a Good Friend™ I gave that Lilli to her. I missed having the larger size doll though and tried to find another Hong Kong Lilli to repaint but couldn’t find one that struck my fancy so I resigned myself to being 11.5 inch Lilli-less for a while.

And then this happened:

I definitely didn’t find this beauty at the Goodwill, but it I did get extremely lucky getting a mint condition Bild Lilli in an original outfit that is also in great shape for a very very good price.

And yes this tennis outfit is quite something!

#dolls #doll #barbie #barbie doll #vintage barbie #bild lilli #bildlilli #bild lilli doll #bildlilli doll

[dat2ndaccount97]

I was today Years old when I found out there was an American Made 15" (and 18" version of Bild Lilli (the doll that inspired barbie) Called Miss Seventeen made by Marx Toys. My Friend Darling Dollz made a video on Bild Lilli where I found this out (it's a great video go check it out)

#bild lilli #doll #Miss Seventeen doll #Marx Toys #Darling Dollz

[orangebratz]

Couldn't help but make Barbie movie posters!

Below is some context and explanation of some of the posters:

2nd: Kennedy replaced Barbie in My Scene however she is said to still carry the same style as Barbie and if anything she looks more like Barbie than Barbie did before the replacement.

4th: This is a reference to the 2005 My Scene Swappin' Styles commercial where the girl says “She changed her head”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouXnXV3jSd0

5th: Reference to the Barbie Fashion Fever commercials where Hilary Duff would ask "Where'd You Get That?" along with the song. One example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zV2AtUQMI0

If you want to see my posters for the Barbie Cinematic Universe here’s the link: https://www.tumblr.com/orangebratz/714094156004392961/had-to-make-posters-for-the-barbie-cinematic?source=share 

#Burdine Maxwell #burdinemaxwell #my scene #myscene #barbie my scene #my scene kennedy #my scene swappin' styles #swappin styles #swappin' styles #mysceneswappinstyles #myscenefabfaces #my scene fab faces #carter bryant #ruth handler #barbie #barbie the movie #barbie movie #barbie 2023 #bild lilli #bildlilli #hilary duff #hilaryduff

[arr-jim-lad]

youtuber mentions bild lilli in relation to barbie

doesn't propagate the myth of lilli's origin

#the only youtuber aside from darlingdollz that i ever heard NOT spreading that myth #barbie #bild lilli #jamble ramble

[qwainte]

Everyone complaining about the so-called "anti-male" message of the Barbie movie when its real crime was telling people that Barbie was the first ever non-baby doll. Bild Lilli and the others deserve better.

#barbie #barbie 2023 #bild lilli #doll history

[rinariaahh]

every barbie video essay calling bild lllli a "call girl" is ugly and should do better

like how can we expect any kind of thorough analysis from a person who didn't even bothered to educate themselves on the topic and blindly trusted company's propaganda

#barbie #bild lilli