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Stardoll is a browser game
Browser game

Browser Games are electronic games that are played on web browsers. They are distinct from other console game and personal computer games in that they typically do not require any client side software to be installed, apart from the web browser....
 based around the paper doll
Paper doll

Paper dolls are figures cut out of paper, with separate clothes usually held onto the dolls by folding tabs. They have been inexpensive children's toys for almost two hundred years....
 concept. Launched in 2006, the website was attracting a reported 8 million unique users a month (as of February 2008), who dress up dolls using a range of tools and can participate in interactive activities depending on the type of account they use.

Stardoll first appeared as Paperdoll Heaven in 2004 as creator Liisa's personal page on paper dolls grew from its original home on Geocities
GeoCities

Yahoo! GeoCities is a web hosting service founded by David Bohnett and John Rezner in late 1994 as Beverly Hills Internet .In its original form, site users selected a "city" in which to place their web pages....
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Stardoll is a browser game
Browser game

Browser Games are electronic games that are played on web browsers. They are distinct from other console game and personal computer games in that they typically do not require any client side software to be installed, apart from the web browser....
 based around the paper doll
Paper doll

Paper dolls are figures cut out of paper, with separate clothes usually held onto the dolls by folding tabs. They have been inexpensive children's toys for almost two hundred years....
 concept. Launched in 2006, the website was attracting a reported 8 million unique users a month (as of February 2008), who dress up dolls using a range of tools and can participate in interactive activities depending on the type of account they use.

Stardoll first appeared as Paperdoll Heaven in 2004 as creator Liisa's personal page on paper dolls grew from its original home on Geocities
GeoCities

Yahoo! GeoCities is a web hosting service founded by David Bohnett and John Rezner in late 1994 as Beverly Hills Internet .In its original form, site users selected a "city" in which to place their web pages....
. It expanded in 2006 after receiving venture funding from Index Ventures
Index Ventures

Index Ventures is a venture capital investment firmbased in Geneva, Switzerland founded in 1996. Since inception, the firm has raised four main venture funds and a growth capital fund with in excess of ?1.5 billion of investor commitments....
 and Sequoia Capital
Sequoia Capital

Sequoia Capital is a venture capital firm founded by Don Valentine in 1972. The firm's partners include Don Valentine, Randy L. Ditzler, Greg McAdoo, Michael Moritz, Douglas Leone, Gaurav Garg, Michael Goguen, Mark Stevens , Jim Goetz, Roelof Botha, and Mark Kvamme....
. Relaunched in 2006, the site targets a demographic of girls and boys between the ages of 9 and 17, who can either register for free or sign up for a paid account that opens a number of aspects on the site. The site also has user-run fashion magazines, clubs, instant messaging, and virtual shopping. Each Stardoll member is supplied with a personal page and message one another via a built-in chat. The site has drawn interest from celebrities and fashion designers, some of whom are represented on the site either as one of the figures that can be dressed up (such as Avril Lavigne
Avril Lavigne

Avril Lavigne Whibley , better known by her birth name Avril Lavigne , is a Canadian pop-punk singer-songwriter, fashion designer, and actress....
 and Hilary Duff
Hilary Duff

Hilary Erhard Duff is an People of the United States of America actress and singer-songwriter. After working in local theater plays and television commercials in her childhood, Duff gained fame for playing the title role in the television series Lizzie McGuire....
) or through use of their respective fashions labels. It has been named a Webware 100 winner by CNET. Members of Stardoll are also able to purchase a superstar account

Some critics of Stardoll and similar sites have expressed concerns with the commercial aspect of Stardoll and similar sites and its effect on its users. The site has also experienced controversy around their use of celebrity likenesses without permission from the celebrities' management.

Participating celebrities


  • Alberta Ferretti
    Alberta Ferretti

    Alberta Ferretti is an Italy fashion designer and dressmaker. She designs for Alberta Ferretti and Philosophy di Alberta Ferretti. Her showroom is in Milan, Italy but her studio is in the picturesque village of Cattolica, near Rimini, Italy....
  • Alyson Michalka
    Alyson Michalka

    Alyson Renae Michalka, often credited as Aly, is an United States Actor, singer-songwriter, guitarist, and pianist. She is perhaps best known for her role as Keely Teslow in the List of Disney Channel series, Phil of the Future and as Taylor Callum in the List of Disney Channel Original Movies Cow Belles....
  • Amanda Michalka
    Amanda Michalka

    Amanda Joy Michalka, often credited as AJ, is an United States Actor and singer-songwriter. She used to be a model prior to becoming an actress, and is known as one-half of the Duet Aly & AJ with her sister, Alyson Michalka....
  • Amy Diamond
    Amy Diamond

    Amy Diamond is a Sweden/English people pop singer. She is known for her debut single "What's in It for Me" which was released when she was 12 years old....
  • Ashley Olsen
    Ashley Olsen

    Ashley Fuller Olsen is an American actress, television producer, executive producer, fashion designer and fashion model. She has had a successful acting career beginning at a very young age, in roles with her twin sister Mary-Kate Olsen....
  • Avril Lavigne
    Avril Lavigne

    Avril Lavigne Whibley , better known by her birth name Avril Lavigne , is a Canadian pop-punk singer-songwriter, fashion designer, and actress....
  • Cole Sprouse
  • Darin
    Darin

    Famous peopleAs a given name:*Darin , Swedish pop singer of Kurdish descent.*Darin Strauss, American novelist.As a surname*Bobby Darin, American pop singer....
  • Dylan Sprouse
  • Gosia Andrzejewicz
    Gosia Andrzejewicz

    Gosia Andrzejewicz, real name Malgorzata Andrzejczuk, is a Polish pop singer. She is trying to establish herself as Gosia Pearline, and is a real celebrity on stardoll....
     (Gosia Pearline)
  • Faith Hill
    Faith Hill

    Faith Hill is an United States country music singer. She is known both for her commercial success and her marriage to fellow country star Tim McGraw....
  • Heidi Klum
    Heidi Klum

    Heidi Klum is a Germany-United States Model , actress, television host, business person, fashion designer, television producer, artist, and occasional singer....
  • Hilary Duff
    Hilary Duff

    Hilary Erhard Duff is an People of the United States of America actress and singer-songwriter. After working in local theater plays and television commercials in her childhood, Duff gained fame for playing the title role in the television series Lizzie McGuire....
  • Kat Von D
    Kat Von D

    Kat Von D is a tattoo artist and television personality. She is best known for her work as a featured tattoo artist on the TLC reality television show Miami Ink....
  • Malina Joseph
  • Mary-Kate Olsen
    Mary-Kate Olsen

    Mary-Kate Olsen is a Daytime Emmy Award-nominated American actress, television producer, fashion model and fashion designer. She has had a successful acting career beginning at a very young age, in roles with her twin sister Ashley Olsen....
  • Camilla and Rebecca Rosso
    Camilla and Rebecca Rosso

    Rebecca Rosso and Camilla Rosso, also known as Milly and Becky are twin actresses. The twins had a recurring role on The Suite Life of Zack and Cody, where they played twins Janice and Jessica ....
  • Paulina Porizkova
    Paulina Porizkova

    Paulina Porizkova is a Czech Republic-born American model and actor....
  • Pussycat Dolls
    Pussycat Dolls

    The Pussycat Dolls are an American Pop music girl group, and dance musical ensemble founded by choreography Robin Antin. The group originated in 1995 as a burlesque troupe based in Los Angeles....
     members Ashley Roberts
    Ashley Roberts

    Ashley Maria Roberts is an American dancer, singer, and actress. She is in the modern burlesque singing group the Pussycat Dolls....
    , Carmit Bachar
    Carmit Bachar

    Carmit Bachar is an American dancer, singer and actress. She was a member of the successful Pop music/R&B group, the Pussycat Dolls and was one of the main vocalists of the Pussycat Dolls, along with Nicole Scherzinger and Melody Thornton....
    , Jessica Sutta
    Jessica Sutta

    Jessica Lynn Sutta is an American dancer, singer, and actress. She is best known as a member of the successful pop music/Contemporary R&B group the Pussycat Dolls....
    , Kimberly Wyatt
    Kimberly Wyatt

    Kimberly Kaye-Wyatt is an American singer, dancer, choreographer, and a member of the modern burlesque Pop music/R&B group the Pussycat Dolls....
    , Melody Thornton
    Melody Thornton

    Melody Thornton is an United States contemporary R&B singer, dancer, songwriter, model , and reality television who rose to stardom as a member of the successful pop group the Pussycat Dolls....
    , Nicole Scherzinger
    Nicole Scherzinger

    Nicole Prescovia Elikolani Valiente Scherzinger is an American pop singer, songwriter, dancer, model, and occasional actress, best known as the lead singer for the Pussycat Dolls....
  • Sabrina Bryan
    Sabrina Bryan

    Sabrina Bryan is an American singer, actress, author, songwriter, fashion designer, and dancer best known as a member of the girl group, The Cheetah Girls, and for starring in the Disney Channel Original Movie of the same name and its sequels, TCG 2 and TCG: One World....
  • Vivienne Tam
    Vivienne Tam

    Vivienne Tam is a fashion designer based in New York City. She was born in Guangzhou, People's Republic of China, but moved to Hong Kong at the age of three....


Participating Fashion Labels


  • Philosophy di Alberta Ferretti
  • DKNY
    DKNY

    File:Parfemy.jpgDKNY is the label of fashion designer Donna Karan. It is also the name of a clothing store in New York City featuring Donna Karan's associated line....
  • ELLE
    Elle

    Elle may refer to:*Elle **Elle Girl, a spin-off magazine*Elle, Central African Republic*Elle, orthographic unit consisting of ll in Spanish alphabet...
  • Vivienne Tam
    Vivienne Tam

    Vivienne Tam is a fashion designer based in New York City. She was born in Guangzhou, People's Republic of China, but moved to Hong Kong at the age of three....
  • Jordache
    Jordache

    Jordache Enterprises, Inc. is a clothing company that manufactures apparel including shirts, jeans, and outerwear. The brand is known for its designer jeans that were popular in the late 1970s in fashion and early 1980s in fashion....
  • Heidi Klum for Jordache
  • Heidi Klum Jewelry
  • Stuff by Hilary Duff
    Stuff by Hilary Duff

    Stuff by Hilary Duff is a clothing line that was launched by Hollywood star Hilary Duff with clothes distributed through Target Corporation in the United States, Kmart and Target in Australia, Hudson's Bay Company in Canada and Edgar's in South Africa....
  • The Mary Kate and Ashley Brand
  • Elizabeth and James


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