The August/September 2019 issue of DOLLS features48 four-color pages. This issue features our annual ballot for the Dolls Awards of Excellence Public’s Choice voting, with photos of all the nominees! Inside, you’ll also find features on French dollmaker Corolle’s 40th anniversary, doll artist April Norton, doll outfitter Charlotte Webb, award-winning paper-doll artist Norma Lu Meehan, and more!

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Features

8 Happy Anniversary, Corolle!: French doll company turns 40, remains young at heart
By Stephanie Finnegan

12 Face Value: April Norton crafts exquisite, emotional doll faces
By Stephanie Finnegan

18 Doll Outfitter Extraordinaire: Charlotte Webb makes BJD hats, reborn beds, and more
By Pam North

22 Norma Lu Meehan: Award-winning artist preserves fashion, history in paper dolls
By Karen B. Kurtz

32 2019 Diamond Awards: See this year’s nominees and get ready to vote for the Public’s Choice winners!

40 Diamond Award Ballot

41 DOLLS Reader Survey

Departments

6 Editor’s Letter
28 Antique Q&A
30 Curious Collector
43 Events Calendar
43 Classifieds
43 Advertiser Index
44 Paper Doll