The Washington Post

Meet the Baby Dolls of Mardi Gras, the Black women carrying on a longtime tradition

NEW ORLEANS — At least once a week, Carol “Kit” Harris shows her devotion to New Orleans culture by leaving her house in a short satin dress, matching ruffled bloomers, frilly socks and a matching ...
NOLA.com

'This is still a resurgence in its infancy': New groups helps revive tradition of Mardi Gras Baby Dolls

Advocate photo by SOPHIA GERMER -- Baby Doll Joell Lee works on a hat for her Baby Doll outfit at Cafe Rose Nicaud in New Orleans, Saturday February 6, 2016. The new Baby Doll group of five women, The ...
Cleveland.com

Envious Dolls Boutique, selling women’s clothes for fun, business and everything in between, is now open in South Euclid

SOUTH EUCLID, Ohio -- The first thing that draws attention to the new women’s clothing store that has opened on Mayfield Road is its name. The sign on the front of 4078 Mayfield Road reads “Envious ...
The New Yorker

The Women Who Mother Lifelike Baby Dolls

In a self-portrait from Jamie Diamond’s series “I Promise to Be a Good Mother,” the photographer is pictured dining alfresco at a table set for two. She is wearing a one-piece bathing suit, and her ...