A Summer Day

The warmer weather of summer calls for adjustments to most everything we do. Summertime's longer days are meant to be enjoyed outdoors even if that means taking a walk after dinner with your beloved pooch. In Dolldom, summer is a time for vintage glamour fantasies. For this entry, Dolldom was inspired by the classic bossa nova song "The Girl from Ipanema" for no other song allows the mind and the soul to wander as leisurely and as stylishly.
Tall and tan and young and lovely,
The girl from Ipanema goes walking
And when she passes, each one she passes goes, “Aaah…”
 
And who better to portray la garota de Ipanema than Joey Versaw's enchanting and unique Mary Magpie, the world's first digitally printed and fully hand painted fashion doll?

Oh, but he sees her so sadly - How can he tell her he loves her?
Yes, he would give his heart gladly,


In Bulgarian fashion illustrator Brani Mladenov's superbly styled mini dress, Mary goes to the plein air markets. Flower Power jewelry by Joy Jarred. Hat by Liz Cole for Retros.


When she walks, she’s like a samba
That swings so cool and sways so gently
That when she passes, each one she passes goes, “Aaah…”
Oh, but he watches so sadly -
How can he tell her he loves her?
Yes, he would give his heart gladly,


Mr. Mladenov fashioned a dramatic corsage with the same lush taupe polka dotted fabric that he used for his dress.



But each day when she walks to the sea,
She looks straight ahead – not at he…
Tall and tan and young and lovely,
The girl from Ipanema goes walking



In Liz Cole's retro bathing suiot and terry cloth robe, Miss Mary Magpie is sure to turn heads.


"Frosted Ice" necklace by Joy Jarred.

Oh, but he sees her so sadly -
How can he tell her he loves her?
Yes, he would give his heart gladly...


In James Bogue's fuchsia silk dress, Mary Magpie is the dream of many.

But each day when she walks to the sea,
She looks straight ahead – not at he…
Tall and tan and young and lovely,
The girl from Ipanema goes walking
And when she passes, he smiles, but she doesn’t see…
She just doesn’t see…
No, she doesn’t see…
But she doesn’t see…
She doesn’t see…
No, she doesn’t see…


Songwriters: GREENBERG, STEVE/CAFTON, CRAIG/REISS, MICHAEL
Girl From Ipanema lyrics © EMI Music Publishing, Universal Music Publishing Group
The song was written in 1962, with music by Antônio Carlos Jobim and Portuguese lyrics by Vinicius de Moraes.