Doll-A-DAy 2019 #363: Simply Gene in Midnight Angel

  Today's doll is one I love. She's Gene.

Gene is the creation of Mel Odom,and made by Ashton Drake.The back story on Gene is that she's a movie star from the Golden Age of Hollywood. All of the Gene dolls and Gene outfits were given a story of the (fake) movie they came from. 

 This is one of the earlier versions. The last time Gene was produced she looked a lot different. I don't like the newer ones.

This particular Gene is the Simply Gene doll. She originally came in a shorts suit printed with her name.

She has jointed knees which the earlier Gene's didn't have.

I think jointed elbows would have been nice too,but I suppose they would have shown in some outfits and ruin her realism in that respect.

Her arms do look a little stiff though.

She's wearing a Gene outfit I love, called  Midnight Angel. It was available as just an outfit,with no doll. The fake movie it came from is called "Love's Ghost".
 

They wrote quite elaborate back stories for the fake Gene movies. I'd like to see this fake movie!

It consists of sheer stockings,pale pink heels,(Neither of which she's wearing here.She's wearing the heels she came in.I didn't want to try to untie the laces and change them,since they didn't show anyway.),a pale pink dress...

With detachable cummerbund,as the paper says,

Nice detailing.

...a tulle crinoline,a navy blue wool coat...

The coat has a huge gold bow in back.

The broach is sewn on. I notice it's missing the rose that's supposed to be on it. I'll have to scour the box!

All those tiny buttons are for show.The coat snaps closed.

...and a matching navy blue hat.

The dress is supposed to be worn under the coat. That's the way it's shown on the accompanying paperwork. But I tried it, and there's no way that dress fits under that coat!

The sleeves of the coat are too tight to fit the dress sleeves under.

And I could barely get the coat snapped as it was.

It's very form fitting, and that's without the dress under it.

They work well separately,although I'm disappointed they can't be worn together.

I had to keep closing the bottom of the front of the coat so her crinoline wouldn't show!

  You may have seen my other posts on various Gene dolls. If not, check out 'Gene doll'  in the sidebar.
  That's the doll for today. See you again tomorrow for another doll.

Doll-A-Day 288: Hello Hollywood Hello Gene

  Today's doll is another of my favourite Gene's. She's Hello Hollywood Hello Gene.

I love the 1930s and ''40s. This Gene is very 1940s.

  Gene is the creation of Mel Odom, and made by Ashton Drake.

I love her suit with the matching muff.

There are two gloves with this set, but she was only wearing one in her box. I assume it's because etiquette in those days was that a lady wore one glove and carried the other. With the muff on her one hand I didn't bother to have her carry her glove.

This set also has a bouquet of flowers, but that's not the look I was going for here.

I saw her more on a city street, trying to get somewhere.

She looks good hailing a cab...

"Taxi!"

...but she just can't seem to get a cab to stop for her...

"Taxi!"

"TAXI!"

The girl hails a lot of cabs. If you look this good doing it, why not?

What the hey?!"

Her collar is having trouble laying down properly because of the way the cardboard pushes it up when she's in her box.

There is a lot of great detail in this outfit, including the hat...

...the pleats in the back of the skirt...

...the seams in the back of her stockings...

...the button on the muff...

...and the lining in the muff matches the lining in her jacket.

Gene is a beautiful doll. I don't care for the new Gene face though.

The only flaw to these Genes is their lack of articulation. They're only jointed at the neck, shoulders, and hips.

Later they did make this style of Gene with jointed knees too, and later jointed knees and jointed elbows.I have one with jointed knees, and I just got one with jointed knees and elbows. I have to get rid of a couple of the Genes I got recently, to pay for the couple of Genes I got recently that I want to keep. Unfortunately I prefer the outfits on the unjointed girls! What do I do?!Decisions, decisions!