Love 's ideas included a large amount of doll imagery , herself " in a babydoll dress looking demure while playing guitar on a bed " and " walking in a bleak backyard passing a children 's table set for a tea party . " Bayer designed the garden scenes to be " decaying " and added " a hundred plaster-wrapped dolls dangling from trees . " Other scenes features a young blonde boy , a reference " meant to invoke Kurt Cobain " , and footage of the band performing the song . Most of the video was shot in black-and-white and interspersed with various color shots . Two edits of " Doll Parts " has been broadcast — an original edit and a " producer 's version . " The video for " Doll Parts " was nominated for Best Alternative Video at the 1995 MTV Video Music Awards but lost to " Buddy Holly " by Weezer
1995 MTV Video Music Awards
1995 MTV Video Music Awards
Doll Parts