Forget Bratz
and Beatrix girls: Identical twin sister entrepreneurs have created a
new range of dolls who dream of becoming bookworms, multi-lingual
researchers and innovators.
Native
New Yorkers Carlissa and Laken King created Elle & Cee World Dolls
in order to celebrate diversity and promote cross-cultural learning and
positive self-esteem.
The
sisters say that they came up with the idea when they were just 17
years old and flipping through a pile of fashion magazines.
'Passing
time in the school library with our best friend, we grabbed a stack of
magazines and processed the images on each page. It wasn’t long before
one of us addressed what we were all thinking: where’s the diversity?'
the girls wrote on their website.
'Not
only did we feel like there weren't enough girls on the pages who
looked like us, or spoke to our experiences, but we realized there were
so many girls who were underrepresented in these publications.'
They
considered launching a fashion magazine, but soon came to the
conclusion that their true passion was for education and interacting
with people from all walks of life.
In
creating the dolls' backstory, the sisters decided that they would
all be 11 years old and hail from different countries covering all seven
continents.
The parent
dolls, Liberty and Clementine, are twin sisters who have seven children:
Edwidge, Aurora, Hilaria, Sidony, Ace, Nova and Alivia.
In
the dolls’ story, each will receive a gold envelope when they turn 18.
The contents of each envelope will predict their destinies - each will
become a defender, a scholar, a rebel, an explorer, a warrior, an
innovator, or a healer.
Carlissa
and Laken are currently creating a Kickstart campaign to raise
funding for their creations. Pemberly from the USA, Maud from Germany
and Zazi from Barbados will be the first three dolls available.
In addition to dolls, the sisters hope to create a global network to connect girls from all walks of life.
'The
dolls would hail from different countries and we’d create a community
for girls all over the world to share their stories, discover their
interests, and become positive ambassadors of the world,' they wrote.
'It would enable girls to connect the global dots at an earlier age.'
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