![]() “I want to show people how talented these independent people are,” Mixon says. Claire” doll, an assortment of clothing and other doll-related items. In addition, they can meet and mingle with the likes of independent doll artists Doug James, creator of the CED fashion dolls and clothing Sam Dawson, who designs cutting-edge fashions for her Empire Clothing line Paul Pham, a doll repainter who is known for elaborately transforming the faces and skin tones of various sybarite fashion dolls and Cindy Friesen of the Red Silk Thread fashion line. The convention, scheduled for June 13-15 in Ontario, Calif., allows attendees to dress their own convention dolls in one of eight gorgeous gowns. Mixon’s desire to share the spotlight motivated her to organize the Red Carpet Glamour Fashion Doll Event. “I like to help people who have a following,” she says simply. Mixon, who is perhaps best known for offering unique-and sometimes, risqué-dolls and doll clothing through her Fashion Boulevard Web site, is equally enthusiastic about her commitment to helping fellow doll artists see their designs go from concept to reality. She’s brutally honest, whether the subject is some of the early dolls that triggered her collecting passion (“I collected crap,” she says bluntly) or her entry into the doll-designing arena (she compares her first version of the fashion doll “Felice La Rouch” to a substance-abusing lady of the evening). Spend just a few minutes talking to Doris Mixon, of Lake Elsinore, Calif., and you’ll soon realize you’re in the presence of an avowed doll lover-and a colorful, down-to-earth straight shooter.
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