I have a family of nineteen Neo Blythe dolls! Can you even?? I can't! But I have been collecting since late 2009, so naturally my collection has grown in my thirteen years of on-and-off collecting.
Meet all my girls and read about them here, where they appear in the order in which they joined the family!
My first girl, and to this day, the Blythe of my heart! I love Aury so much it's actually worrisome and weird. If my house were burning down she is THE thing I would rescue. I got Aury in December of 2009 on Christmas Day, and I don't recall ever feeling so happy. Aury's name was inspired by the word "aurora," and is pronounced like "Rory."
There's nothing Aury can't wear, no style she doesn't rock, no adventure she can't undertake, no fellow doll she can't befriend! She's friendly and rabbit-like and outdoorsy, and though her stock is winter-themed she is summery and sunny. I love her shade of blonde hair because it's got a slight peach tint to it, and I adore her super blushy cheeks soooo much.
Aury is 100% stock.
I got Beatrix, my second ever Blythe doll, very soon after Aury! I intended to customize her -- and to an extent, I have! Her hair received a bob and a re-parting, and she's got a bunch of eyechips in colors that complement her minty hair. She's also had her Takara body replaced with a Licca body, though that isn't pictured here. Someday I might get her a faceup because I've always thought she'd look so nice with cute freckles and brown eyelids... But, she remains fairly stock in terms of her faceup.
Beatrix is the nerdy, scholarly, vintage librarian of the group! She's known to wear vintage Ken doll duds, Star Trek uniforms, and almost always has glasses on! I love dressing her in oranges and browns and "ugly" colors. If Beatrix had another name it would be something like "Trudy."
Plummery is very special Blythe for me. Dear Lele Girl is a doll designed to have a mori girl vibe, and I was (...still am) obsessed with mori girl kei. When she was released I was crazy for her!!! And I was so lucky and blessed to be gifted her for my birthday from one of my dearest friends. So she is doubly special, as such a wonderful gift and as a girl who was a grail doll for me that I wanted so badly.
My darling Plummery is every bit the mori girl, cottagecore, Little Red Riding Hood sort. She loves to carry baskets, wear bloomers and petticoats and fur and hand-knitted items. She loves boots and hats and many layers and mushrooms and lace and picnics and fireside weaving. Her spirit is the most gentle and soft and sweet amongst all my girls.
Plummery is almost totally stock, except I have changed out one pair of her eye chips.
Gavin (often called "Gavvy") is the most unsettling girl on my dolly shelf, or so I have been told! Prima Dolly Paris's complexion is very pale and matte, and she has cool-toned lips, and her FBL face mold might have a little to do with it, too. But Gavin a) caused me to fall in love with the FBL mold, and b) is the Blythe that named herself the absolute fastest. Her name was instantaneous and I have no idea why!
I lean into the spooky girl aesthetic with Gavin, but she remains the most challenging girl to dress that I personally own! Her skin tone and faceup don't lend themselves to a lot of palettes, but I tend to stay with grays, black and white, and pastels. If Gavin had a Pinterest mood board of her very own, she would pin: Tim Burton's Sleepy Hollow; keys; birds and nests; baby owls; lipsticks for pale girls; Lydia Deetz; Twiggy; platinum blond hairstyles.
I've changed out two sets of Gavin's eyechips but she is otherwise stock.
Another special girl for me, as she too was a gift! Named after a character on one episode of Firefly, Petaline is my most prim and proper girl! She loves being well-appointed yet modest. Her style icon is Kate Middleton, but she also likes more Victorian style clothing as well as cottagecore -- because the Victorians are the original cottagecore lovers. Her own stock straw hat is perfect for strolling in the garden. She rocks riding boots like no other and likes quiet hobbies such as reading. She hangs out a lot with Beatrix for that reason, I think.
Petaline has had one set of eyechips switched out, but is otherwise stock.
Another winter-themed Blythe, named "Klara" which means "clear" and "bright." I got Petaline and Klara at the same time, out of my absolute mind with FBL adoration!! To me Klara is one of my most show-stopping girls, with her scads and scads of peach hair and all of her stunning eyehips. (She has so much hair, she can hardly stand upright! It's glorious!) To me she is also a mori girl, and I associate her very much with wolves and foxes, so she has many items of clothing with foxes especially! She'll take winter walks with Plummery, but will also do more wild things like fish and trap! A timid spirit, she is not! Out of all of my girls, she's the one who could definitely live outdoors and survive.
I love dressing Klara in green because it contrasts so beautifully with her peach hair but matches her pale green eyeshadow.
Currently Drew doesn't look like this -- looking back on this picture makes me nostalgic! Nevertheless, Drew is my one and only custom Blythe! As you can see, her faceup is very, very subtle. The smallest amount of lip carving and makeup, and a few light freckles!
I fell in love with her on Flickr and hinted to her owner that should she ever want to part with her, I'd love to adopt her. She ended up with me and has been with me ever since! She came to me with dark blue hair that had a little bit of fading in the front, and a pinpoint stain on one of her legs. None of this mattered/matters to me! I love her so much. I love her name; I love her sleepy eyes and the leaf charm that makes her jingle; I love all of her eyechips. Even though her blue hair has since faded to a weird sickly brownish-purple shade and I've changed out her scalp temporarily for a green one, which you can see here, Drew will forever be my little blue girl.
My cravings for a pink-haired girl were sated by this girl, called Mallow after pink marshmallow! Her stock is sweet Lolita-themed, and so I feel free to be as poofy and lacy and little girl-ish as I could ever desire to be when I style Mallow. (This photograph of her is actually an anomaly in terms of how I dress her, usually, but I think it's a good picture of her anyway!) Mallow is an extremely chill, cool girl with slight otaku leanings. She has been voted "most likely to wear a cat-eared headband," "most likely to do cosplay," and "most likely to go to a Lolita meetup." She, along with Aury, is the most willing to wear fully ridiculous costumes.
Like many of my girls, Mallow has had eyechips changed out. She has also had the gentlest of gaze lifts! But otherwise she is stock.
Oh, Lamb is BY FAR way too stylish a girl for ME to own!!! Lamb (often called "Lamby") was a gift from my best friend. She has oodles of bouncy blonde curls and gives me Gwen Stefani-by-way-of-Farrah-Fawcett vibes! She is attracted to two styles: university fashionista and glam af. But since she's mine, she's often forced to dress in rockabilly or unbearably precious styles. She's very forgiving about it, as she has little choice in the matter. But I think she's got Gossip Girl in her DNA. She'd never dress as fancy-free as Serena van der Woodsen because she's very much a Blair Waldorf-but-in-oxfords type.
Lamb is 100% stock! Can't improve on perfection!!!
This is just a phone pic and kind of a goofy one, at that, but somehow it captures Fey's vibes so immaculately...!
First of all, Fey's stock body was so wonky that I changed it out for a Licca body, and so she and Beatrix are my only two Licca-bodied girls. While Beatrix handles it well, Fey is more... tipsy. Combined with her precious FBL face, this has given her a very young and wacky sort of aura. I think of her as very airy-fairy, impish, giggly, and happy. She is one of those who, to me, is a style chameleon, able to wear almost anything and pull it off. I went traveling with her to California and she fit those vibes extremely well too. That trip with her also left me with a particular fondness for her! Check out those blushy cheeks -- you know I am really into blushy cheeks!
Besides her Licca body, I've also changed out some of Fey's eyechips.
Sweet Fidelia is more commonly called "Delia" or "Deely" by me! And sometimes "Fiddy Cent," not gonna lie. SBB was a highly coveted girl for me and I remember stalking her on eBay before finally buying her with a work bonus. Such a happy time! She has the best and softest hair of any of my girls. It came out of the box perfect and remains perfect to this day.
Fidelia is sometimes a challenge to dress due to her bright hair and my own weird color-related compulsions, so she's one of those girls who doesn't have a specific style, per se. But I love the color of her hair combined with her doe brown eyes!
Fidelia is 100% stock.
The longer I've owned Holland, the more I've fallen in love with her. Her honey blonde curls have only gotten more ringlet-y with subsequent hair treatments, and I love her netural eyechips. I really think she is friggin gorgeous! And of course, I love love love FBLs. Given Holland is my last FBL (unless I decide to acquire another in the future) I also love her for that reason.
Holland's stock is very leopard print-y, and I kind of hate animal print personally. But with Holland it adds to the impression of a stylish London girl to me. I love schoolgirl styles for Holland, but also a bit of poshness that's more of a modern, tacky, fun posh, contrasting Petaline's upper crust poshness. Holland is a coffee addict, probably a loyal Tumblr user to this day, and loves White Girl Autumn.
Holland is 100% stock.
Between you and me -- I MEAN IT, DON'T TELL THE OTHER GIRLS -- Didee Eureka is maybe the most gorgeous Blythe? In my opinion her stock does her zero favors. It's Wizard of Oz cosplay (cOZplay?) but to me, it isn't very nice and doesn't really suit her. But out of her stock, this doll is mind-blowing! Stunning! Almost heartbreakingly beautiful, in my eyes!!
Wisp's my first and only RBL+ girl, and her large eyes are super evident to me. But because she has brown chips, I am of course unreasonably enamored with her. Her complexion is very English Rose and beautiful, all creamy with peony pink blush. Her brown hair has a chestnut tint to it, very warm and welcoming.
Wisp was named for Rainbow Brite, because I kept seeing rainbows when I got her (in addition to the Wizard of Oz theming). She would have been named Winnie otherwise. (But it was kismet that she wasn't, since I later adopted a Winny!)
In terms of style, I've dressed Wisp not nearly as much as most of my other girls, so I haven't settled on a personal style for her. That might mean she's one of those Blythes that can wear literally anything! She's looked so good in everything I've put her in, I rarely want to redress her.
Wisp is 100% stock.
Five years passed between adding Wisp to my family in 2015 and adding Olwenn to my family in 2020!
Olwenn has the same peach hair as Klara, but there's a world of difference in the amount of hair and style of hair, as well as in their complexions and face molds. I love Olwenn's super blushy cheeks and gray eyes, and she looks killer in red. Just amazing. Takara knew what they were doing giving her red stock!
Sporty Lover Finesse is a sporty girl, but Olwenn's sporty in the way Taylor Swift is sporty when she dresses up for Travis Kelce's football games. In fact, Olwenn is a big Swiftie. Her favorite era? Red. I'd go so far as to say Olwenn would happily wear anything Taylor Swift has ever worn.
Olwenn is 100% stock (but it's very likely I'll change at least one set of her eyechips someday).
Zasha is THAT GIRL! That girl with the heart-shaped sunnies! That girl who can wear the gogo boots and the fabulous fur coat and the thing you wish you could pull off but you can't. Every time I dress her I go gaga for her and can't believe how good she looks, with her tan complexion and dirty dishwater hair. She has the same hair color as Petaline, but again, she couldn't look or feel more different than prim and pale Petaline.
Zasha is the moment. Zasha is Insta-fabulous. Zasha can wear a fedora and not look dated OR try-hard. Zasha would look equally at home in a trech coat on a rainy film noir set, a golden gun in one slender hand with her red mani on fire, and at the beach circa 1953, wearing an itty bitty teeny weeny yellow polka dot bikini, all California Girl.
Zasha's 100% stock, for now.
Winny's an older doll, released closer to my beloved Aury than my beloved Zasha!
You may already know this story, but I adopted Winny rather than buy her new/NRFB, which isn't the way I usually go about my doll acquisitions. But I fell in love with her over Instagram and leapt at the chance to adopt her. She's so freaking cute, I will just never get over it!! Her prior owner styled her somewhere between mod and Brady Bunch-esque colorful 70s, and this is the style that is indelibly Winny's to me now!
Someone at some point, I'm not sure who, customized Winny lightly with these adorable bowl-cut bangs, giving her a super cool and mod feel that's a far cry from her pink and flowery pioneer girl Little House on the Prairie-esque stock. I adoreee her fringe!
Otherwise Winny is 100% stock.
Vesper has Big Fairy Energy and a name to match. She is, by quite a large margin, my most exquisitely fancy girl! I'm honestly not sure how I'll dress her (as of writing this, I've only just changed her out of her stock for the first time) but the keywords in my head are: dreamy, fairy, Galadriel, woodland goddess, bridal, bluebells, Queen Anne's Lace, timeless elegance.
I find Vesper to be intensely beautiful. She has an almost FBL grace and serenity to her face, without being an FBL!
I am so shocked to have Shelley Victorian that to this very second, I don't have a read on how I will style her. I have grandiose ideas but very little wardrobe to support them. Keywords: Lucca from Chrono Trigger, fire magic, metallics, vintage adventurer (think Rachel Maksy), Gibson Girl.
Citron's another girl with hyper-blushy cheeks, a noted weakness of mine, and her hair is the kind of burnt auburn red Anne Shirley longed to have.
It might be due to her namesake, but Miette is extremely fancy. Or at least, she thinks so. Her stock supports her thus far, being full of pearls and jewels and frills. She's still so new to my collection, I have only just changed her out of her stock, and you're seeing the results above! Check back here in the future for the (radiance) evolution of super-chouette Miette.