W Club Lunch News

Burning questions answered...

Design process:

JA: organic
CS: starts with fabric
DB: starts with movies,  fashion,  old magazines. Things the concept by Vaughn.
VS: fabric availability idea the biggest issue. Jason still the creative director of FR but the still be a shift for next year.  Generally Jason had been choosing dolls and dresses and hairstyles. Next year Jadon will be doing the saturday event with his Jason Wu line and Jessy doing FR and NuFace for convention. 
AT: exciting stuff for next year featuring every brand...

Timing of releases:

VS: China production issue.  Designing started earlier but they still ended up delayed.  Hairstyle samples were wrong.
CR: china going through turnover and changes. It's taking more rounds of samples to get it right. People being retrained.
VS: biggest delay in training for face paint and hairstyles.
AT: this year is exceptional.  Death Vadar going to the Death Star to strangle people. (Team going to china).
VS: deadline for next year convention is Dec 30th.
DB: starting the style lab on tuesday.

Character sculpts:

JA: violaine... wanted to reuse that sculpt and the family resemblance.
VS: we will always make changes.  Agnes likely won't change.  Oldest sculpts have less realism.  Need refreshing.

Faces of Adele treatment again:

JA: thought about it.
AT: box with 52 agnes heads... many moods of agnes

Collaborations:

DB: what's a good fit... possibility
AT: licenses add an element bur bur always realistic.  Likenesses
VS: sculpt approval took forget.  Jessica redone completely the times. 
DB: rupaul extension of an existing license

Club event dolls:

AT: Agnes is an IT direct/ w club exclusive.
CR: challenge between new and favorites

Next year:

CS: big event for a character and an old friend returns. New sculpt AA character.  Now wardrobe mix match concept.

DB: poppy keep in get time frame save for industry and club events. 1962-1972. Chip will make a return but she might get another love interest.  Keeping homme body for poppy and industry.  Tulabelle's mom an option... but she's actually David's age...90s supermodel age. Club doll repro inspired by bergdorf. Then another club doll.

JA: concentrating on a personal style for each character for NuFace. For Fashion Royalty a mix of nostalgia and futurism. Club dolls a continuation of Sacred Lotus and then Opulence.

VS: face sculpts... old sculpts refreshed and new sculpts. Male twins a possibility.

AT: diorama planned maybe for upgrade but coming.  Furniture planned. Dealers in Europe got increased quantities this year. He knows where you live...😊 but we do love our international customers.

Conventions:

AT: dealing with unions restricts the locations possible. Also ballroom size and affordability. Plus 40% international attendees need airport access.

Goodbye words...

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