What are fashion dolls?
At the end of the 1950s, fashion dolls took the doll market of storms. Fashion dolls had high heels, the figure of a young woman and stylish clothes. These fashion dolls quickly replaced toddler dolls and thin juvenile dolls that have been popular until then.
Although fashion dolls have become popular until the end of the 1950s, several anticipated companies have been producing fashion dolls for some time. One example is cissy Madame Alexander Doll Company, a 21 -inch doll with complicated formal dresses and fashionable street dresses. Madame Alexander began to produce cissy in the early fifties, at least five years before the fashion doll. Some hard plastic fashion dolls had vinyl heads with rooted hair and others had hard vinyl bodies. Most of the fashion dolls had a sleep - respected eyes that remain open when dolls placed in a standing position, but when the doll is laid on the back, it is close. Many fashion dolls also had joints on the knees, PASU and/or elbows.
By the end of the 1950s, almost all the main companies for dolls were produced by fashion dolls. Small fashion dolls, which cost eight to ten inches high, were very popular. Madame Alexander added cissette , nine -inch fashion doll, to his catalog in 1957. Cosmopolitan began to produce his fashion dolls, Miss Ginger and Little Miss Ginger , in 1957 and 1958; Similarly, Nancy Ann Storybook was created by Miss Nancy Ann and Little Miss Nancy Ann . Vogue implemented Ginny's big sister Jill in 1957; At about the same time, Ideal offered Little Miss Revlon .
fashion dolls also came in a number of larger sizes. Madame Alexander's Elise , which first became Available in 1957, was a 16 -inch fashion doll with unique connected ankles that could stand upting three different positions; As a result, Elise was sold as a ballerina, as in typical formal clothing and street dresses. The Sweet Sue Sue Swee The American Doll Character has grown up to meet the new market requirements when the company reworked the doll preteen-bodied as a fashion doll with a high heel. Other main dolls also had large fashion dolls like Ideal's Miss Revlon and Horsman's Cindy .
As with dolls toddler at the beginning to the mid-1950s, many lesser-known doll societies have made Knock-off popular fashion dolls. These dolls were cheaper and often lacked the joints at the feet, which made the dolls so positive. Their clothing was also made with less attention to details and quality. Of course, another "knock-off" called Barbie eventually took over the market with fashion dolls and fashion dolls that started it was unable to KONCurder the popularity of this new doll.
As with other dolls, conditions and manufacturers, they determine the current value of the fashion doll. Fashion dolls, which were produced by high quality companies, generally command a higher price, while fashion dolls that were made cheaper retain lower value. The fewer shows to the doll show, the more it will be worth it, and the most valuable dolls are those that are "mint" or virtually untouched. In addition, fashion dolls that have been made before Barbie entered the market, tend to have a little more.