Get all Dolled Up for Halloween in Second Life with DOLL COCO's Mesh Ball-Jointed Doll Avatars

Iris Ophelia's ongoing review of virtual world and MMO fashion

Second Life fashionistas seem to have a very self-aware love for doll avatars. From Marionette-string accessories to the Bloom Doll boom a few months ago, a lot of us just love the idea of dressing our virtual "doll" as a real one. That's why it shouldn't shock anyone that Cocoro Lemon's new brand, DOLL COCO [Click here to teleport to DOLL COCO at COCO DESIGNS], is making a big impression in SL fashion right now, just in time for Halloween.

Cocoro (who also helped pioneer realistic sculpted prim clothing in SL under her other brand, *COCO*) opened DOLL COCO just this week, revealing her new line of mesh avatars mimicking the build and look of asian ball-jointed dolls with remarkable fidelity. True to their inspiration, these dolls are hauntingly pretty, and cute to the point of making your teeth hurt. Even better, they're far more economical than many doll avatars that have come out in the past. The bodies, which are made up of individual jointed pieces, are free with group membership (along with some bonus elf ears and a cute costume), while each head (there are a half-dozen to choose from) costs just under L$500.

The clothing for these dolls is a little pricier, but the detail on each piece justifies it. I'd kill to have the embroidered dress and scalloped button-up boots I'm wearing above for my regular avatar, for example. As with most mesh avatars, it's possible that you will be able to find mesh clothes elsewhere that will fit it, but it will be hit or miss so always demo first. You can also obviously still wear regular prim items with them as well, which makes finding hair or accessories for these dolls as easy as opening your inventory.

I'm expecting to see a lot of brilliant photography springing from the DOLL COCO community. Check out Cocoro's blog for more dolly details, or head straight to DOLL COCO for yours. [Click here to teleport to DOLL COCO at COCO DESIGNS]

Iris Ophelia (Janine Hawkins IRL) has been featured in the New York Times and has spoken about SL-based design at the Fashion Institute of Technology in Manhattan and with pop culture/fashion maven Johanna Blakley.

Comments

[Carol]

These doll avs are really fantastic. It's just sad that Cocoro nowhere gives credit to Marina Bychkova's Enchanted Dolls, where she copied the construction principle from and even took Cisley's photos as base for her textures.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cisley/5208676152/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cisley/5203825928/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cisley/5208078199/
http://www.enchanteddoll.com/
But this she didn't do neither when she copied Farragamo shoes and other accessories.

[loveart]

These mesh avatars are not mimicking "the build and look of asian ball-jointed dolls", they're just copyicking RL artist Marina Bychkova's RL dolls:

http://www.enchanteddoll.com/galleries/index.html

The mesh avatar's texture is directly captured from RL artist's handmade texture.

[loveart]

Very bad very bad, this is steal. Someone should tell Marina Bychkova that her dolls were virtually stolen.

[tracy]

searching to trace from where the black hair from the small pictures are coming from ... any intel ?