Fashion Dolls buying guide

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1 Featured Products
2 Related Guides
3 External Links

Fashion Dolls Buying Guide

Doll collecting has a little bit of something for everyone, whether you're looking for high fashion characters or replicas of your favourite movie stars. Getting started in doll collecting is easy if you have a few helpful hints. First of all, storage. Some collectors chose to store their items in doll trunks or doll display cases. A read through of guides like the Top 10 Doll Collecting Myths is always helpful, and a quick run down like the one below helps you figure out where to get started.

Featured Products

Ashton Drake's Gallery features everything from tiny porcelain babies to a collection of vintage characters complete with their own stories. The Gene Marshall Doll, shown above, comes complete with a cast of friends and enemies. There's Madra Lord, Gene Marshall's rival, Trent Osborn, her love interest, and Violet Waters, an African-American singer.

Many dolls have been emulated after characters from comic strips and movies. The Effanbee Doll Company and its line of Brenda Starr dolls are very popular, as well as the dolls from films like Memoirs of a Geisha. Harry Potter, Wizard of Oz and Mary Poppins dolls were also created to match their on-screen characters.

Madame Alexander has been producing dolls since the 1920s. Some prominent characters include the Cissy Doll, the Queen Elizabeth II doll (modelled after the monarch as a young girl) and even dolls that were included in McDonald's Happy Meals in 2007.

Robert Tonner, a famed doll maker, has many popular creations, most notably the Tyler Wentworth doll. Another one of his innovations are the Théâtre de la Mode and Kitty Collier dolls, which spare no details: they include such items as jackets, tulle skirts, and even matching jewellery.

Related Guides

Dolls and Dollhouses

External Links

About.com: About Gene Marshall Dolls.
MadameAlexander.com: The official web site for Madame Alexander.
TonnerDoll.com: Robert Tonner Dolls.


Ashton Drake's Gallery features everything from tiny porcelain babies to a collection of vintage characters complete with their own stories. The Gene Marshall Doll, shown above, comes complete with a cast of friends and enemies. There's Madra Lord, Gene Marshall's rival, Trent Osborn, her love interest, and Violet Waters, an African-American singer.	Many dolls have been emulated after characters from comic strips and movies. The Effanbee Doll Company and its line of Brenda Starr dolls are very popular, as well as the dolls from films like Memoirs of a Geisha. Harry Potter, Wizard of Oz and Mary Poppins dolls were also created to match their on-screen characters.	Madame Alexander has been producing dolls since the 1920s. Some prominent characters include the Cissy Doll, the Queen Elizabeth II doll (modelled after the monarch as a young girl) and even dolls that were included in McDonald's Happy Meals in 2007.	Robert Tonner, a famed doll maker, has many popular creations, most notably the Tyler Wentworth doll. Another one of his innovations are the Théâtre de la Mode and Kitty Collier dolls, which spare no details: they include such items as jackets, tulle skirts, and even matching jewellery.