JHD Dolls "Private School Girl" Gloria Sculpt Mizi Doll
- Wendy Dandridge
- Jan 23
- 4 min read
January 23, 2025
So, in truth both of Susan's friends arrived on the same bus (AKA the same box) but since I opened her next let's say "Private School Girl" was the next to arrive at camp that summer. She's the upscale, possibly rich or upper-class girl in the group of 3 'Valley of the Dolls' offerings that JHD released this winter that are supposed to represent Hollywood in the 60's. Actually, they are supposed to represent the pinnacle of Hollywood glamour in the 60's according to the ads but if you look at them, you can tell these girls aren't movie stars. In my opinion, they're more interesting. They're wearing an approximation of what my mom would've worn because she was a teenager back then. In fact, lots of the women I have known and loved were alive back then and they sure weren't movie stars. I'm sure they were looking adorable too, seeing as how they're still adorable and all.
Since JHD blatantly refuses to name their dolls, I'm not going further with this farce until I've named this girl. She seems kinda fancy, so I decided to pick the name of one of my mom's fanciest friends - Trish. I think it's obvious from Trish's perfectly pressed skirt pleats, her turtleneck lavender sweater top, her headband with the little bow attached, the pearl earrings and bracelet, Trish is the goody two shoes of the group. Even her name - "Private School Girl" indicates that her background's just a little better than the other girls. And her face sorta says "You don't have my dad!" like she is afraid of getting in trouble in a way the other girls just aren't. But that doesn't necessarily mean she won't let loose at summer camp. Vegas rules at summer camp.
Trish has got the bomb body because she's got the Katie Girl 2.0 just like Susan. Although her outfit shows off the absolutely impossible waist on these dolls her body is slightly more demurely hidden because her skirt is longer than Susan's jumper/bathing suit with buttons, and you gotta love her skirt. It's a finely made item. The two little buttons are next to a tiny decorative seam, and the pleats are so perfectly sewn in place, I've had pleated skirts, but they only dreamt of such uniformity.
Trish has beautiful blue eyeshadow and a blue manicure, which you might think would clash with the pastoral lavender of the rest of her outfit, but it really works in my opinion. It's a needed splash of a bright color and it ties into the plaid in her skirt which has some faint blue in it. She also comes with this hair ribbon, which is a cute concept, but in practicality its just a headband that goes all the way around her little head and its pretty thick. It doesn't want to stay up by her hair bump where it belongs and likes to slide its way down her head to her hairline, and I got sick of having to keep hiding the ends of it behind her curls at the bottom of her hair. The damn headband kept making me break my number one rule when it comes to a doll with a hard-core hair style that already works: DON'T TOUCH!
And this is when George Michael started singing "Freedom" in my head because look at how lovely she is without that damn thing! Her hair is ferociously parted on the side and her bump and curls are shining like the chrome on her prep school boyfriend Norman's new corvette. You may notice that Trish actually looks a lot like Susan, and that's an eagle eye you've got there. For some reason JHD used the same exact "Gloria" sculpt on both dolls, which I really don't get because JHD has quite a few sculpts and there's only 3 dolls in this collection. I'm becoming a bigger fan all the time of this brand, but I've got to say, repeating the same sculpt in a series of 3 dolls? - Pretty lame JHD. They're still beautiful dolls but they could have been a lot more exciting.
Despite their similarities they are actually individuals enough that Trish looks somehow smarter to me than sexy Susan did. Not to say that you can't be both smart and sexy, just look at Paul Reubens (R.I.P.), but for some reason Trish seems to be both for sure. She'd be the one of the three trying to talk some sense into the other two right before they did the thing that got them all arrested that summer.
When I looked into Trish's eyes using my special secret methods of doll soul detection taught to me by my little Grammy, I saw a doll who's just a little bit smarter, a little better, a bit more capable than the other dolls. It's got to be her new progressive Katie Girl 2.0 body, maybe it's her bodacious hips or slightly thunderous thighs, but I'm going to try and make sure she has a good time here at summer camp. She's convinced me that she's the future and I want to be on her good side.
***After trials and travails with the USPS, I finally received some of the dolls I have ordered from IT in the middle of this week, but I haven't had enough time to compose a post for my newest Integrity companion yet. Stay tuned next week to meet her! ***