Fashion Dolls 101

 Michael’s is loading their shelves with cute summer display furniture items that are the perfect size for 12” and 16” fashion dolls.  Really, could you ask for anything cuter than these pretty pastel cabana chairs and lawn chairs for Babs,  Gene, and your favorite Tonner or Madame A girls?  Both styles are $16.99.  So pick up a chair or two and plan a lawn party for your fashion dolls. It will be summer before you know it, and the girls will be ready.  Related: Great Striped Lawn Chairs for 14” (and 16”) Dolls at Michaels  Living It Up with the (Liv) Dolls of Summer Annie by Kiddiefun a Cute Irish Lass

The Spider-Gwen Fan Girl doll from Madame Alexander is as cute as the other two dolls I have reviewed in this series, but she has a few flaws they lack.  What I Like About the Madame Alexander Marvel Fan Girl Spider-Gwen This doll has the same pretty Face mold as the other M.A. Fan Girls, as well as rooted lashes and an articulated body. The doll has already been fun to redress and pose. I have a mixed reaction to her two-tone hair. While it is currently trendy, it dates her, and I will probably wish she didn't have partially pink hair before too long.  Her vivid blue eyes are lovely and expressive. The sunglasses are cute, but they don't fold. Spider-Gwen's little teal boots are adorable and were quickly stolen by the Black Widow Fan Girl, because they match her Barbie dress. What I Don't Like About the Madame Alexander Marvel Spider-Gwen Fan Girl This doll's costume is a mess. I would love the pink-lined silver hoody if it were attached to a shirt or jacket, but i...

Faith and begorrah! It's St. Patrick's Day Eve! You know, the traditional night when fashion dolls dress up in their green St. Paddy's finery to impersonate leprechauns and go looking for the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow! The Madame Alexander Fan Girl  Black Widow doll on the left is wearing a green two-piece ensemble with a Saint Patrick's Day hair clip. Next to her, the Moxie Teenz doll wears a dress borrowed from a Barbie doll knock off. On the right, Liv in a red wig (on a Jackie Evancho doll body), wears a mid-length strapless sheath made out of the same material as the Fan Girl doll's two-piece outfit. These cute dolls take being a leprechaun to a whole new fashion level. The other leprechauns will be green with envy! If you display St. Patricks Day dolls, tell us about them in the comments below. Happy St. Patrick's Day from Fashion Dolls 101! May the road rise up to meet you, May the wind be always at your back, May the sun shine ...

Nutcracker Barbie, Black Widow Fan Girls, Moxie Teenz Melrose, Jackie Evancho Madame Alexander’s Marvel Fan Girls are alike in size and appearance to Moxie Teenz and similar dolls like Jackie Evancho and other 13 1/2” - 14” fashion dolls. With similar builds, they can swap many outfits out. In this first photo both the Fan Girl and Barbie Nutcracker dolls are wearing the same Moxie Teenz Top. However, there are still some differences. The Madame Alexander Fan Girls are slimmer than Moxie Teenz and the other dolls. They can easily wear many Barbie clothes. The Black Widow Fan Girls Doll in the photo is wearing a red pleather Barbie skirt. How the Dolls Stack Up The Fan Girls Dolls have very slender necks that are not in proportion to their heads but their larger heads help them display well with the Moxie Teenz. They have skinnier arms than the other dolls. The Fan Girls are missing the twist torso and bendable ankles of the Moxie Teenz but are very poseable due to other ball...

Moxie Teenz, Fan Girls & other 14" friends The Moxie Teenz are known for their big eyes with rooted lashes and their moveable limbs as well as their 14" inch size. How nice it has been for them to make occasional friends along the way that share some of their attributes! In honor of the approaching 4th of July holiday, the Teenz invited their newest friends, the Madame Alexander Fan Girls, and some other friends to a July 4th party to celebrate our nation's birth, patriotism and friendship. Captain America Fan Girls doll The Moxie Teenz girls and Gavin have put on their favorite red, white and blue outfits for the party, along with two Jackie Evancho dolls (one with a Liv head) . Barbie wears a simple summer peasant skirt and top, while the Captain America Fan Girl has arrived in her original outfit. Her friend Black Widow has taken off her black gown to wear a 4th of July skirt and a top she probably borrowed from Ken or a Backstreet Boy or other boy do...

Madame Alexander Marvel Captain America Fan Girls Doll. Shield not included. The Madame Alexander Marvel Captain America Fan Girls Review is part III in a series about a new line of 14" dolls from the MA doll company. Hooray for the Red, White and Blue! The Madame Alexander Marvel Captain America Fan Girls doll is quite a patriotic beauty. 4th of July and Flag Day come to mind immediately when looking at her, so while she is a tribute to Captain America, the doll will be great for seasonal patriotic display. Dressed in red, white and blue, she is as American as Mom's apple pie with a cropped blue top sewn over a white t-shirt, nice blue leggings, and her red and white striped skirt. The skirt features two layers. One is a bubble skirt with a floors-length layer underneath that is open in the front to show off her ugly World War II-esque lace up Army boots. Captain America Fan Girls and her Army boots  "Your mother wears Army Boots" was an insult in...

Madame Alexander Fan Girls Black Widow & Captain America One of the more recent additions to the doll collecting world is a relatively new collection from the prestigious Madame Alexander doll company. As mentioned in Part one of this series on the Fan Girls Dolls , the new MA dolls pay tribute to some of Marvel Comics most beloved heroes. In Part II and III, we will take a closer look at two of the dolls: the Black Widow and Captain America Fan Girls. Black Widow Fan Girl Review The Black Widow Fan Girls doll would be a great witch for Halloween with her stark black gown with its dramatic collar and spider-themed hat. Her red hair looked pretty enough, but it was tied onto the doll's dress. In fact, all these dolls suffer from being severely tied to their plastic cases with arms, legs, clothing and shoes all tied overly securely to the boxes, so much so that they are difficult and time consuming to remove. Black Widow Fan Girls doll from Madame Alexander Once r...

Part 1 of a 3-part series Fan Girl dolls from Madame Alexander  Madame Alexander has issued an interesting collection of dolls paying homage to various characters from Marvel comics. The 14 inch fashion dolls are dressed in eclectic designs that emulate garments worn by Marvel characters. In all honesty, the costumes are not that appealing and the shoes and boots I personally inspected were downright ugly. The dolls themselves, with the exception of the sad little Spider Man Fan Girl, with her horrific bangs and two-toned hair, are well made and quite pretty. Ball jointed with graceful hands and with their large eyes with rooted lashes, there is a lot of appeal in the Fan Girl dolls from Madame Alexander, if only their clothes had been nicer. In the rest of this series, I will review the Black Widow and Captain America Fan Girl Dolls and compare the Madame Alexander Fan Girls to my favorite 14 inch dolls, the Moxie Teenz. Ask me how you can doll yourself up with amazin...

The Victorian Era, Edwardian Times and The Roaring 20¹s all have a special place in history especially when it comes to the influence each period had over fashion. All three of these significant times in history produced remarkable women of fashion who have now been made into Madame Alexander Dolls including Denise Boulet , Zelda and Queen Victoria . Denise Boulet was an enormous influence on the fashion of her day. She was the wife and muse of designer of Paul Poiret (late 19th century-early 20th century), the Oscar de la Renta of his day. She is a 10-inch fully articulated Cissette with brown eyes, upswept brunette hair, wearing a deep plum, floor length sheath embellished with black and gold lace and purple bugle beads at the bodice. Over the sheath she wears an olive green satin, kimono style coat, a bold geometric pattern belt made from purple and gold brocade accentuating the waist of the dress. A gold and iridescent purple beaded headband decorates her head and a spark...

Doll sale coming to River Plantation Oct. 5 & 6 A big doll sale is taking place Friday Oct 5th and Saturday Oct 6th in River Plantation in Nashville. The sale is from the collections of two long-time doll collectors and features many kinds of dolls from antique bisque and composition to modern dolls. Article at: Doll sale coming to River Plantation Oct. 5 & 6 - Nashville Doll Collecting Examiner

FAO Schwarz celebrates 150th anniversary with dolls FAO Schwarz toy store has turned their 150th anniversary into a festival of dolls. Not only do they have a special display of Robert Tonner dolls up to observe the historic anniversary, but FAO has a new selection of anniversary dolls in various shapes and sizes to commemorate their first century and a half in the toy business. We have already mentioned the cute FAO Schwarz 150th Anniversary Barbie Soldier Doll but there are more FAO dolls worth noting Article at: FAO Schwarz celebrates 150th anniversary with dolls - Nashville Doll Collecting Examiner

A few of my Madame Alexander Dolls Kahn Lucas acquires Madame Alexander dolls Wow! The big news in the doll world this week was Kahn Lucas Lancaster, Inc., a major global designer and wholesaler of girls’ fashion and dress collections, announcing it had acquired all intellectual property and other assets of the Alexander Doll Company, Inc. The Alexander Doll Company has made the Madame Alexander dolls for the past 9 decades. Find out more at Kahn Lucas acquires Madame Alexander dolls - Nashville Doll Collecting Examiner Also see: Madame Alexander Ugly Betty doll - so ugly it's cute

Nashville Doll Ladies doll & estate sale in Bellevue - definitely a doll sale - Nashville Doll Collecting Examiner Doll Ladies Host October Doll Sale The doll ladies of Nashville held a doll & estate sale on October 2 in Nashville's Bellevue community. Two rooms of the clubhouse at River Plantation were filled with dolls, from Cissy , to Tyler , Gene , Barbie and many other doll varieties.

Phillips Toy Mart: dolls, toys and live Easter bunnies Tuesday, March 30th, 2010 Easter Rabbits at Phillips Toy Mart   The bunnies have arrived and Phillips Toy Mart is ready for Easter! Long a family favorite for dolls and toys of... Keep Reading »

Doll sale at Clairmont Place in Green Hills March 27 Friday, March 26th, 2010 Delores J. Mayes Estate and Moving Sales is having an estate sale on Clairmont Ave. in Nashville this weekend, and one of the Doll Ladies, Maxine told me there would be two rooms full of Effanbee doll s, Annalee 's and Madame Alexander dolls of all shapes and sizes, boxes of NRFB Barbie dolls ... Keep Reading »

  I went to an interesting doll sale of antique dolls today. Vogue Ginny dolls, Ginger dolls, Ideal dolls, Barbie dolls, Shirley Temples dolls, Dionne Quintuplets, Tiny Betsy dolls, Madame Alexander dolls, antique baby dolls, Crissy dolls, and many other old dolls were on display. The Doll Ladies hold antique doll sale in Nashville - vintage dolls on display Saturday, March 20th, 2010 The Doll Ladies, Janice Duffy and Maxine Spaulding, had a doll sale Friday and Saturday at the Bellevue Lodge on Old Harding Road in Nashville. A room full of tables was still packed with antique dolls when I went by on Saturday morning... Keep Reading »

Madame Alexander Ugly Betty doll - so ugly it's cute Saturday, January 23rd, 2010 Madame Alexander Ugly Betty Doll    Have you ever heard of something that is "so ugly it's cute?" That was my initial reaction to seeing the Madame Alexander Ugly Betty Doll tonight at Toys R Us... Keep Reading »

The Disney movie " Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" has inspired 7 decades worth of dolls since it first came out in 1937, Snow White Dolls Snow White dolls - a variety of Disney dolls for fans of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Sunday, November 1st, 2009 When the Disney movie " Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" came out in 1937, it was soon followed by a variety of Snow White dolls. More then seven decades have passed since the Snow White movie premiered, but today Snow White dolls are more popular than ever... Keep Reading » Snow White Movie Walt Disney's 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs' now on Blu-Ray, coming to DVD on November 24 Saturday, October 31st, 20...