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34-577: Ever After High is a fashion doll franchise released by Mattel in July 2013. It is a companion line to the Monster High dolls, with the characters being based upon characters from well-known fairy tales and fantasy stories instead of monsters and mythical creatures. As with Monster High and Barbie: Life in the Dreamhouse , the line varies in different countries and varies in languages. It has spawned

68-599: A United Kingdom publishing company, was formed in 1988 by friends Guy Parr and Paul Anderson. In 2001, it became part of D. C. Thomson & Co. Parragon began its early years by developing business through overstocks and reprinting dormant titles from key publishers archives such as Penguin Books and HarperCollins . In 1992, Parragon shifted focus through a trial bargain book table placed in Asda 's grocery store in Nuneaton . Following

102-627: A web series , a film, and a five book series . Ever After High is a boarding school located in the Fairy Tale World. It is attended by the teenage children of fairy tale characters. The main characters are Raven Queen, who does not want to be evil like her mother the Evil Queen , and Apple White, the daughter of Snow White who wishes to live " happily ever after ". Raven prefers to be free to create her own destiny, while Apple, to protect her and others' own destiny, believes that Raven should become

136-731: A deal for a new series of activity and novelty books for the 'Squinkies' toy brand, and a new license for a range of books based on the Power Rangers Samurai brand. In 2012 Parragon launched its stationery imprint, Life Canvas. In February 2013, the Giftware Association 'Highly Commended' the Life Canvas 'Story of Me and My...' range of keepsake journals in the finals of the 2013 Gift of the Year Awards. Later in August 2013, Life Canvas

170-777: A deal with Disney to publish books into the UK book trade, hiring new staff to oversee the Disney brand license. Significant licensing activity, including brands such as Looney Tunes and Bratz followed. Parragon also expanded focus across the children's, adult reference, and cooking categories. In 2007, Parragon launched its global cookbook imprint, 'Love Food'. Parragon has sold over 100 million Love Food books worldwide. Core series include Step by Step, 100 Best Recipes, Food Heroes as well as stand alone titles. In 2011, Parragon renewed their existing license with Discovery Kids which included rights to publish titles in eBook format. Parragon later signed

204-541: A fashion doll to the French court so that copies of her style might be made for the women of France. As an adult in Scotland, Mary, Queen of Scots owned dolls, called "pippens", which were dressed by her tailors , and may have been fashion dolls. Jane Seymour , third wife of Henry VIII , owned great and little "babies" dressed in gowns of cloth of silver, satin, and velvet tied with gold "aglettes", like her own sleeves. In

238-471: A spin-off line of dolls. The company estimated only about 10-20 million was budgeted for the development. Mattel's 2013 annual report noted that visitors of the website had spent an average of 20 minutes viewing content, and that it had contributed to gross sales. In October 2013, Mattel launched Ever After High globally, reaching 14 countries, with plans to reach 30 territories in 2014. Six fashion dolls were initially released, and related social media such as

272-748: A treatise on collecting printed in 1565, Samuel Quiccheberg noted that princesses and queens sent each other dolls with details of foreign clothing. Jeanne d'Albret bought dolls, called poupines , in 1571. In April 1604, Helena Snakenborg, Marchioness of Northampton had a doll dressed in the latest fashion in London to send to her sister Karin Bonde in Sweden. During the period of 1715–1785, Pandora dolls became more common and were manufactured and used by seamstresses, milliners, tailors and fashion merchants, and displayed in their shop windows and sent across borders to illustrate

306-431: A website, YouTube channel, global Facebook, and an interactive music video directed by Wayne Isham . Ever After High has a series of animated shorts on YouTube. In June 2014, Netflix announced it was developing a series of episodes based on the webisodes, which was released on February 6, 2015. The theme song was composed by Gabriel Mann and Allison Bloom, and was performed by Keeley Bumford. A live-action music video

340-593: The Ever After High books can reach kids who are not regular readers. The first book reached number 7 on the New York Times bestseller list for Children's Middle Grade. In addition to the trilogy, Hale was written a collection of short stories that were compiled in Once Upon a Time: A Story Collection . LBYR has also released a second Ever After High book series by Suzanne Selfors. The first novel, Next Top Villain ,

374-557: The Ideal Toy Company in 1962. Advertised as "The Doll You Love to Dress", Tammy was portrayed as a young American teenager, more " girl next door " than the cosmopolitan image of Barbie. Sindy was created by the British Pedigree Dolls & Toys company in 1963 as a rival to Barbie with a wholesome look. American Character Doll Company released their " Tressy " fashion doll in 1963 to compete with Barbie. Tressy

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408-581: The My Scene line in 2002 and the Flavas line in 2003 to rival Bratz. In 2010 Mattel launched the Monster High doll line, based on fantasy and horror monsters. Subsequently, they launched a spinoff in 2013, titled Ever After High , inspired by fairytales. In 2016, both lines went through a massive reboot and were discontinued soon after. Also in 2016, Mattel launched an animal-themed line titled Enchantimals ; it

442-561: The Passage Choiseul area of Paris an industry grew around making clothing and accessories for the dolls. Child like bisque dolls appeared in the mid-19th century and overtook the market towards the end of the century. Jackie Ormes contracted with the Terri Lee doll company in 1947 to produce a play doll based on her little girl cartoon character in Patty-Jo 'n Ginger . As in the cartoon,

476-626: The Velvet Doll and friends are 18". British designer Mary Quant 's Daisy doll from 1973 had a large selection of contemporary 70s fashion designed by Quant. Fulla is marketed to children of Islamic and Middle-Eastern countries as an alternative to Barbie. The concept of her evolved around 1999, and she hit stores in late 2003. Bratz were released in 2001, designed by Carter Bryant and manufactured by California toy company MGA Entertainment . They are distinguished by large heads with skinny bodies and lush, glossy lips. Mattel introduced

510-456: The 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. It was created by Alicia Larguía, who was inspired by the French predecessor of Bleuette , a doll available through the famous magazine for girls La Semaine de Suzette The game proposed by Marilú was, on the one hand, that of the transmission of motherhood in the girls—who were called the doll's "mommies"—, but the doll's clothing also occupied a central role. The advertisements encouraged girls to change and renew

544-614: The Gaultier dolls, the Huret dolls, or the more recent Vogue dolls and Barbies. Barbie was launched by the American toy company Mattel in 1959, inspired by the German Bild Lilli doll . Barbie has been an important part of the toy fashion doll market for more than fifty years. Many fashion doll lines have been inspired by Barbie, or launched as alternatives to Barbie. Tammy was created by

578-464: The doll represented a real child, in contrast to the majority of dolls that were mammy and Topsy -type dolls. The dolls were popular with both black and white children. The first American fashion doll, Cissy, was released by the Alexander Doll Company in 1955. Cissy sported a pronounced bosom and high-heeled shoes. Marilú was an Argentine composition doll that was highly popular in

612-504: The doll's clothes according to the occasion or season, with the Marilú brand thus promoting the clothes they made to accompany the toy. In addition, the Billiken and Marilú magazines included patterns for the girls or someone in their family to sew the doll's wardrobe, and published instructions and fashion tips. In this way, Marilú can be placed within the genealogy of fashion dolls, such as

646-652: The dolls themselves. Many of these works are one-of-a-kind and are referred to as art dolls . These artists are usually not connected to the original manufacturers and sell their work to collectors . Fashion dolls may have been in use as early as the 14th century, and from around 1642 onwards some were called "Pandora". They were in use at European royal courts in the 16th century to show the tactile qualities of fashion which could not be incorporated into paintings or described to tailors in words. A letter dated 1515 and sent by Federico Gonzaga on behalf of King Francis I of France to his mother Isabella d'Este asks her to send

680-478: The following students do not agree with their destinies and want their own destiny: The following students have website profiles, but it is not clear what faction they are part of: The following students are supporting characters that have yet to have a doll or a website profile. Some are not tied to either faction. The following are the faculty members of Ever After High: Building upon the success of Monster High , in July 2013, Mattel announced plans to launch

714-639: The grocers until 2004 before their demise. In the late 1990s, Parragon's publishing business increased, and the company opened new offices in New York and Cologne before DC Thomson took a controlling stake in 2001. Their acquisition of Funtastic gave them significant distribution into the Australian market before further sales offices were opened in India and China, bringing the Parragon brand global. In 2005, Parragon signed

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748-483: The latest fashion trends. Rose Bertin was among those fashion merchants who used them. Pandora dolls fell out of fashion in the late 18th-century, when illustrated fashion magazines became common after the publication of Cabinet des Modes , and were finally banned by Napoleon I , who feared that they could be used to smuggle secret messages. During the first half of the 19th century, fashion dolls were sometimes used to display fashion garments for clients before it

782-418: The next Evil Queen. The students are generally divided into two groups. The "Royals" are the students who side with Apple in embracing their destinies and following in their parents' footsteps. The "Rebels" are the students who side with Raven in wanting to create their own destinies. Many of the stories are about the students' regular interactions as teens, but there is an underlying story arc where, according to

816-419: The school's headmaster, if the students do not follow their individual destinies, their stories will cease to exist and they will disappear forever. Ever After High has a number of characters from its various media. The characters listed below are profiled at the franchise's website and most have featured dolls. These students are content with following their destinies as listed in their fairy tale: Some of

850-443: The trial's success, Parragon extended their bargain book strategy to other key retailers such as Tesco and Woolworths . As sales increased, these retailers employed Parragon to distribute titles from other major publishers. The distribution business continued until the mid to late 1990s before Parragon decided to concentrate on their own publishing. The distribution business was offloaded to Cork International, who continued to service

884-526: Was awarded 3 awards at the 2013 UK Stationery Awards including the 'Special Judges Award'. In 2014, Parragon published two Life Canvas collections called 'Wild' and 'Paris'. In May 2012, Nickelodeon, Viacom Consumer Products and Parragon announced Parragon's acquisition of master publishing rights for the Nickelodeon entertainment brand portfolio. In 2013, Parragon announced a licensing partnership with Mattel for publishing rights to their Monster High brand in

918-746: Was created in 2003 in Korea . Japanese fashion dolls marketed to children include Licca (introduced in 1967) and Jenny (introduced in 1982) by Takara Tomy . In the mid-1990s larger fashion dolls mostly marketed to adult collectors appeared. These include Gene Marshall from Ashton-Drake , Tyler Wentworth from Tonner and Alexandra Fairchild Ford from Madame Alexander . They are between 15.5 and 16 inches (390 and 410 millimetres), larger than typical fashion dolls marketed as children's toys. In 2005, London artists Desmond Lingard and Charles Fegen, created Sybarites , 16" resin artist-dolls as fashion dolls for adult collectors. Parragon Parragon Books Ltd ,

952-480: Was first exposed to the Ever After High franchise, "immediately dozens of ideas were spinning in our heads...How could we resist publishing this? It was a no-brainer." The first book, The Storybook of Legends was written by Shannon Hale , who had worked on other titles such as Princess Academy and The Goose Girl . It debuted in October 2013, with the first print of 300,000 copies. Hale has remarked that she likes that

986-526: Was first sold as an 11½" fashion doll, and, after being acquired by the Ideal Toy Company , by the late 60s was sold as a larger pre-teen doll. Tressy featured a long swatch of hair that could be pulled out of the top of the doll's head by pushing a button on the doll's midriff; that mechanism allowed children the ability to comb the hair in a variety of styles. In the late 1960s and early 1970s Ideal released several other large fashion dolls with hair with adjustable length. The Crissy Doll and friends along with

1020-486: Was followed by many similar vinyl fashion dolls intended as children's toys. The size of the Barbie, 11.5 inches (290 mm) set the standard often used by other manufacturers. But fashion dolls have been made in many different sizes varying from 10.5 to 36 inches (270 to 910 mm). Costumers and seamstresses use fashion dolls as a canvas for their work. Customizers repaint faces, reroot hair, or do other alterations to

1054-616: Was made in the salon of the milliner, seamstress or tailor, until Charles Frederick Worth introduced living human models in the 1850s. The earliest bisque dolls from French companies were fashion dolls. These dominated the market between approximately 1860 and 1890. They were made to represent grown up women and intended for children of affluent families to play with and dress in contemporary fashions. These dolls came from companies like Jumeau , Bru, Gaultier, Rohmer, Simone and Huret, though their heads were often manufactured in Germany. In

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1088-544: Was on the Publishers Weekly best-sellers list of Children's Frontlist Fiction for ten weeks. LBYR released a third book series called The Secret Diaries. LBYR released a fourth book series called Once Upon a Twist. Parragon Books has licensed Ever After High for activity packs, novelty-and-book sets, and gift box sets. Fashion doll Barbie was released by the American toy-company Mattel in 1959, and

1122-572: Was originally a spinoff of Ever After High but became its own line soon after. In 2014, artist Nickolai Lamm unveiled Lammily , a fashion doll based on Lamm's study comparing Barbie's figure with measurements matching those of an average 19-year-old woman. Asian fashion dolls are made by Asian manufacturers and primarily targeted to an Asian market. Blythe dolls with oversized heads and color changing eyes were originally made by American company Kenner but are now produced by Japanese company Takara . Another doll with an oversized head, Pullip ,

1156-461: Was released on October 15, 2013, featuring Stevie Dore as a high school senior and four younger girls dancing at a campus. Little, Brown Books for Young Readers (LBYR) has developed a book series for Ever After High . The company had worked on the Monster High book series, which had sold over two million copies. LBYR vice-president Erin Stein said in an interview for Publishers Weekly that when he

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