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STARDOLL.com is the new best thing I have ever seen.
Having only scratched the surface of this sugary pop paperdoll fest, I speak on little authority as to the full functionality of the site. What I do know, however, is all you really need to know -- you get to play dress-up with your favorite icons, and onto some of their faces you can also apply makeup. The end.
Been a while since you've seen Mary Kate and Ashley at the local Coffee Bean? Build your own twin. Wondering if Audrey Tautou's colors are winter or spring? Think she’d look better as a drag queen? Find out for yourself.
Over 400 movie stars, musicians, models, teen idols I’ve never heard of, athletes, royal family are all yours for the tarting. So far, I’ve turned Twiggy into Ziggy Stardust, Camilla Parker Bowles into an extra from a Madonna video, and recreated Bjork’s swan ensemble. Elvis was oddly mesmerizing in his cartoon undies so I opted not to dress him at all.
It’s a virtual Barbie-head for a new generation! It’s a binary Carmen Miranda! It’s calling you…
Sadly, you can’t put makeup on the boys and not everyone gets the same wardrobe to choose from, but these are the only complaints so far. Well, that and the fact that your perfectly glam dolls can’t ride off into the sunset via your pink, plastic Corvette. Maybe in the next version.
