Gotta love Monster High

So, I believe that there are not so many goths out there who does not know Monster High dolls. As the blog scene shows, a bunch of them even have those dolls. Our home has about 14 of them, although none of them are mine.

I disapprove all sorts of branding when it comes to children - actually, adults too - and so I do not like to get my daughters all sorts of Disney etc stuff what is really popular at any given moment. But as every parent knows, what you want and what you actually can have are two different things. I try to explain to them why they don't have to like everything others like and have and how those desires pass. But I am no extremist, we do have some of popular brand stuff, especially books.

Draculaura

So, why do we have so many MH dolls and countless of books, stationery and even some clothes with this brand?
It is all my fault. A few years back we went on a trip to Ireland and visited one huuuuge toy store to get some gifts for our daughters. And I found a cute Frankenstein cloth doll and a vampire Barbie-lookalike. What more can a goth mom want? We bought them, the children loved them, I googled them and... suddenly everything was Monster High! I had never before heard of them and in my country there was not a sign of those dolls, they came about 6 months later.
I was in love with the theme, with those alternative dolls and their quirky bodies - which I find to be less attractive and not-so-easy to identify yourself with, so, a tad bit healthier for little girls. I wanted to get them for my children and of course, they loved them even more than me.

By the time I realised that this thing had gotten out of hand and that MH was so incredibly popular, it was too late. We were sucked into the brand and actually, it does not suck so much.

Elissabat

Lots of the children including my own identified me as Draculaura, a cute pink-black vampire character. I had the black and pink hair and lots of pink accessories and also the scary dark look of course. I work with children so I heard that a lot.
The cutest thing was in Spain, where I traveled for work, where a little girl was at first afraid of me cause I "was a real live Draculaura" and later on fell in love with me, gave me a kiss and danced with me. There were a lot of Monster High fans there in Galicia, children wanted to take pictures with me and shouted with happiness every time they saw me. It was adorable.

A few weeks after I dyed my hair black, a sad child told me that I am not Draculaura anymore. Sadly, that was true. I was no longer a Monster High.

Until this weekend when my daughters found that they had released some new characters and surprise-surprise, there is a new vampire chick called Elissabat, who is more black and a little bit of violet, which is my thing at the moment! I was violet about 3 years ago and when I dyed myself black at the beginning of winter, I was really happy to wear my violet accessories and hair clips and other stuff again. And I do like Elissabat. She is an actress which also connects to me as I was in an hobby theatre for most of my childhood, 11 years. Her clothing style is also much more like me than Draculaura's was.

Long live Monster High!