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The Lilli doll was based on a popular character appearing in a satirical comic strip drawn by Reinhard Beuthin for the newspaper Bild. [6] The Lilli doll was first sold in West Germany in 1955, and although it was initially sold to adults, it became popular with children who enjoyed dressing her up in outfits that were available separately. [6] [7]
Dress-up is a children's game in which costumes or clothing are put on a person or on a doll, for role-playing or aesthetics purposes. In the UK the game is called dressing up. In the mid-1990s, dress-up games also became a video game genre in which customizing a virtual character's appearance is the primary focus.
Ruth Marianna Handler (née Mosko; November 4, 1916 – April 27, 2002) was an American business magnate and inventor.She is best known for inventing the Barbie doll in 1959, [2] and being co-founder of toy manufacturer Mattel with her husband Elliot, as well as serving as the company's first president from 1945 to 1975.
Bisque doll advertising from the French company Jumeau, 1885. The earliest bisque dolls from French companies were fashion dolls. These dominated the market between approximately 1860 and 1890. [12] They were made to represent grown up women and intended for children of affluent families to play with and dress in contemporary fashions. [12]
Tonner Doll Company released a collection of high end dolls in 2013, the first one made for the 2013 Sindy Convention in the U.K. Tesco in 2016 released a new 18-inch Sindy doll alongside new friends, various outfits and accessories. Kid Kreations released a playline in 2021 based on the classic Sindy face mould. [24]
In 2019, American Girl launched the Collector Doll Series. The first doll was the Holiday Collector doll in partnership with Swarovski of which three were produced. [28] In 2020, American Girl again partnered with Swarovski and released three collector dolls; the Sweet as Rose, Boho Chic, and Fuchsia Feathers collector dolls. Only one of each ...
A “Baby Velvet” doll was a proposed model that was pictured in Ideal's 1974 catalog but never made it to the production stage. "Baby Crissy" enjoyed huge popularity for many years. The first five years of this doll's production (1973–1977) brought to the buying public the same doll, wearing three different versions of her diaper set- a ...
Each doll features an intricate movie-styled theme based upon fashions from the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s as well as Hollywood's version of historical costuming. When the Gene Marshall doll appeared on the market in 1995, it was one of the first large fashion dolls primarily intended for adult collectors.