May 2008 Tonner "Dreamscapes" Convention Competition Categories
#5 - Venus de Milo
: Aphrodite was the Greek goddess of love and beauty, called Venus by the Romans and immortalized in the famous sculpture "Venus de Milo." Now, you are the artist, seeking to create with your favorite Tonner/Effanbee female fashion doll, your own Venus de Milo vision for our time using fabric, your skills as a designer, and embellishments appropriate for your vision. Your entry will be judged on its overall beauty, skill of execution, and your creativity in capturing the theme.
# 9 - Fire and Ice Ball
: Your favorite Tonner/Effanbee female fashion doll has been invited to attend the celebrated "Fire and Ice Ball," a charity gala where the glitz of Hollywood mixes with the staid glamour of old money, and the personality and individuality of theatre and fashion. Admittance can only be gained through private invitation and by arrival in colors, fabric, and fashion appropriate for the ‘Fire and Ice" theme. Your entry will be judged on your interpretation of the theme in your fashion doll’s gown and its execution.
#6 - Blue-Butterfly Day
: Ellowyne and Pru each have their own tastes in fashion. Blue-Butterfly Day is poem by renowned poet Robert Frost. Draw your inspiration from the poem or an element of the poem to costume either Ellowyne or Prudence and call the result "Blue-Butterfly Day." Your entry will be judged on imagination, skill, and creativity of the resulting fashion.
It is blue-butterfly day here in spring,
And with these sky-flakes down in flurry on flurry
There is more unmixed color on the wing
Than flowers will show for days unless they hurry.
But these are flowers that fly and all but sing:
And now from having ridden out desire
They lie closed over in the wind and cling
Where wheels have freshly sliced the April mire.
#3 – In the Land of Nod:
Your favorite Tonner/Effanbee child doll is off to the Land of Nod, whether to dream of monsters and untold horrors, young love and lazy summer days, ambition and adventure, or some surreal mixture not to be unraveled in daylight. Costume your doll for his or her visit in the land of nod. Your entry will be judged on imagination and execution of the theme.tion
