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Cissy - The fashion doll craze begins

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Madame Alexander, the owner of the Alexander Doll Co., designed the adult doll mold which led to the creation in 1955 of 'Cissy,' the first doll with an adult figure. 'Cissy' had a molded, full-figure bustline, high-heeled molded feet, but kept the familiar dolly face of earlier Alexander dolls.

Author: Mandeville, A. Glenn
Publisher: Ashton International Media, Inc.
Publication Name: Doll Reader
Subject: Hobbies and crafts
ISSN: 0744-0901
Year: 2001
Design and construction, Toy industry, Alexander Doll Company Inc.

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Accessories add to fashion doll fun

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Accessories for fashion dolls changed between the 1950s and the 1970s. Debutante fashion dolls with many accessories were popular in the 1950s. They were followed by the teenaged dolls of the 1960s and the glamorous fashion accessories of the 1970s.

Author: Mandeville, A. Glenn
Publisher: Ashton International Media, Inc.
Publication Name: Doll Reader
Subject: Hobbies and crafts
ISSN: 0744-0901
Year: 2000
Equipment and supplies, Doll clothes

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The Coty Girl: a fashion doll with a French Flair

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The Arranbee Doll Company produced the 'Coty Girl' fashion doll during the 1950s to compete with the almost identical 'Miss Revlon' doll.

Author: Mandeville, A. Glenn
Publisher: Ashton International Media, Inc.
Publication Name: Doll Reader
Subject: Hobbies and crafts
ISSN: 0744-0901
Year: 2000
Dollmaking

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Subjects list: United States, History, Dolls, Fashion dolls
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