Lucia de Ñandutí

Doll costume, 2026

A Blythe doll in a white dress with Ñandutí lace trim and a lace hat, standing among hydrangea.

Lace motifs in many colours, layered over a white dress. The skirt carries a generous band of lace the whole way round its hem. The hat makes the most of a shape only a radiating pattern can give. A blue butterfly on the hat pin.

Doll: Neo Blythe “Kendra the Bibliophile”
Custom: Matte finish and face-up
Made: Dress, hat, hat pin and pannier
Technique: Ñandutí — Paraguayan needle lace worked outward in a radiating frame
Year: 2026

25th Anniversary Neo Blythe International Beauty Contest

Finalist — entry no. 030

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Popular Vote is open until 18 October 2026, 15:00 JST.

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The hat seen from behind and above, its crown worked outward as a radiating rosette.

The doll seated against black, a Ñandutí doily hanging behind.

The hat seen from above against blue, its crown a five-petal rosette.

Photographs — Eri Matsutake

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