"Designed and crafted to capture the essence of evil at its best, the Villains Designer Collection re-imagines the stylish wickedness of classic Disney Villains."
Evil Queen Queen of Hearts
Ursula Mother Gothel
There are 13,000 of each of the six dolls, and every villain doll will come with a Certificate of Authenticity.
Beginning in September, the dolls will be available in
select stores in North America and Europe. These original “bad girls” of
Disney will also be available online on http://disneystore.com, http://disneystore.co.uk, http://disneystore.fr and http://disneystore.de. Each doll will be available for $79.50 US/$87.50 CAN/£50/€65.
An
online-exclusive set including all six dolls will be available for
pre-order on Monday, August 20th. This will be the only opportunity to guarantee a purchase of all six dolls. The entire set will be delivered on or shortly after Monday, October 15.
And there's more! Here is a glimpse of the complete Disney Villains Designer Collection
coming soon, featuring delightfully chic beauty, apparel, and home
products.
Inside the Disney Villains Designer Collection Artwork
Designer Steve Thompson
is one of the main creative masterminds behind the designs of
the six villains in the new Designer Collection..
Steve Thompson’s career with The Walt Disney Company began at age 19.
While attending CalArts, Disney Consumer Products offered him a job as a
Senior Character Artist. He jumped at the opportunity and moved up in
the company, eventually spending 10 years working for Disney Feature
Animation and Disney Toon Studios as a Clean-up Artist and Character
Designer. He currently works as a Principal Designer for Disney Store
North America, where he has been since 2005.
This is an excerpt about the Disney Villains Designer Collection from Steve’s personal blog, where he posts awesome examples of his work and inspiration.
So excited about finally being able to talk about these! It’s the second outing for myself and fellow designer Sang Plumlee for the Disney Store’s “Designer Collection” series, whom I was lucky enough to work with on the princess designer series as well.
Six dolls in all, the villains were a whole different challenge than the princesses. The princesses were inspired by fashion illustrations from the 50’s and 60’s. The villains were inspired by something all together different. I wanted them to be more modern. So, I looked at art, architecture, texture, theatrical costumes and of course fashion by some of today’s more avant-garde designers. These villains are “inspired” by the film characters through a designer’s eye. We didn’t want to just take a doll and put it in a fancy dress. We wanted them to look like a fashion sketch come to life. I wanted to capture the essence and attitude of each character, but represent them in an unexpected way. For example, Maleficent in the film is very angular in design. So, I keep that same feeling with the structure of her dress. Also, since in the story she becomes a dragon, so we used a leather-like fabric and the lower half of her bodice looks like scales. Even the dresses are storytelling! There will be much more info to come, but for now I hope you like our new girls.
