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Doll

A doll is an object that represents a baby or other human being, but includes likenesses of animals and imaginary creatures. Dolls have been around since the dawn of human civilization, and have been fashioned from a vast array of materials, ranging from stone, clay, wood, bone, cloth and paper, to porcelain, china, rubber and plastic....
s designed to be dressed and redressed to reflect fashion
Fashion

Fashion refers to the styles and customs prevalent at a given time. In its most common usage, "fashion" exemplifies the appearances of clothing, but the term encompasses more....
 trends or occasionally fantasy play. The dolls are typically made of vinyl
Polyvinyl chloride

Polyvinyl chloride, commonly abbreviated PVC, is the third most widely used thermoplastic polymer after polyethylene and polypropylene....
 or another plastic
Plastic

Plastic is the general common term for a wide range of synthetic or semisynthetic organic chemistry solid materials suitable for the manufacture of industrial products....
, and are manufactured both as toy
Toy

A toy is an object used in Play . Toys are usually associated with children and pets, but it is not unusual for adult humans and some non-Domesticationated animals to play with toys....
s and as collectibles. They are enjoyed by many age groups. The dolls are usually modeled after teen girls or adult women, though child, male, and even some non-human variants exist. Sizes range from 10.5 inches (270 mm) to 24 inches (610 mm).






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Fashion dolls are doll
Doll

A doll is an object that represents a baby or other human being, but includes likenesses of animals and imaginary creatures. Dolls have been around since the dawn of human civilization, and have been fashioned from a vast array of materials, ranging from stone, clay, wood, bone, cloth and paper, to porcelain, china, rubber and plastic....
s designed to be dressed and redressed to reflect fashion
Fashion

Fashion refers to the styles and customs prevalent at a given time. In its most common usage, "fashion" exemplifies the appearances of clothing, but the term encompasses more....
 trends or occasionally fantasy play. The dolls are typically made of vinyl
Polyvinyl chloride

Polyvinyl chloride, commonly abbreviated PVC, is the third most widely used thermoplastic polymer after polyethylene and polypropylene....
 or another plastic
Plastic

Plastic is the general common term for a wide range of synthetic or semisynthetic organic chemistry solid materials suitable for the manufacture of industrial products....
, and are manufactured both as toy
Toy

A toy is an object used in Play . Toys are usually associated with children and pets, but it is not unusual for adult humans and some non-Domesticationated animals to play with toys....
s and as collectibles. They are enjoyed by many age groups. The dolls are usually modeled after teen girls or adult women, though child, male, and even some non-human variants exist. Sizes range from 10.5 inches (270 mm) to 24 inches (610 mm). There are of course some special cases that fall outside this range. 11.5 inches (290 mm) is the size of the Barbie
Barbie

Barbie is a fashion doll manufactured by Mattel and launched in March 1959. USA businesswoman Ruth Handler is credited with the creation of the doll using a Germany doll called Bild Lilli doll as her inspiration....
 doll, by Mattel
Mattel

Mattel Inc. is the world's largest toy importing company based on revenue. The products it produces include Barbie dolls, Hot Wheels and Matchbox cars, American Girl dolls, board games, and, in the early 1980s, video game consoles....
, who set quite a standard for many years in this arena. Gene Marshall
Gene Marshall

Gene Marshall is a 15.5 inches tall collectible fashion doll inspired by Hollywood's Golden Age . It was created by the illustrator Mel Odom . Each doll features an intricate movie-styled theme based upon fashions from the 1930s, 40s and 50s as well as Hollywood's version of historical costuming....
 from Ashton-Drake and Tyler Wentworth
Tyler Wentworth

Tyler Wentworth is a 16" fashion doll produced by the Tonner Doll Company, Inc. for adult collectors. Tyler Wentworth dolls are constructed of vinyl and hard plastic and have rooted hair or wigs....
 from Tonner are 15.5 and 16 inches (395 and 410 mm) respectively. These two dolls created a surge of interest among adult collectors.

Costumer
Costume design

File:Cateau Cambr?sis012.jpgCostume design is the fabrication of apparel for the overall appearance of a character or performer. This usually involves researching, designing and building the actual items from conception....
s, seamstress
Sewing

Sewing or stitching is the fastening of cloth, leather, furs, bark, or other flexible materials, using Sewing needle and yarn. Its use is nearly universal among human populations and dates back to Paleolithic times ....
es and other creative individuals find the fashion doll to be a great personal canvas for their work. Along with creating fashions, some individuals repaint
Repaint

A repaint is a toy that was created entirely from a mold was previously available, however the colors of the plastic and/or the paint operations have been changed....
 faces, reroot hair, or occasionally do other alterations. Many of these works are one-of-a-kind, OOAK
OOAK

OOAK stands for "one of a kind," which is an acronym that is widely used on the Internet by artists who make original items such as jewelry, artist dolls, fashion dolls, reborn doll, weapons, sculptures, and clothing....
. These artists are not officially connected to the original manufacturers of the dolls, but their work has in turn become sought after by some collectors.

Fashion Dolls may have some historic relationship to small scaled figures and mannequins dressed by tailors and dressmakers to display fashions of their times.

Notable types of fashion dolls

  • Barbie
    Barbie

    Barbie is a fashion doll manufactured by Mattel and launched in March 1959. USA businesswoman Ruth Handler is credited with the creation of the doll using a Germany doll called Bild Lilli doll as her inspiration....
     and Ken
  • Blythe
  • Bratz
    Bratz

    Bratz is a popular line of fashion dolls and related merchandise designed by Carter Bryant and manufactured by southern California toy company MGA Entertainment....
  • Mariquita Pérez
    Mariquita Pérez

    Mariquita P?rez is a Spanish doll thought up by Mrs Leonor Coello de Portugal in 1938. It was the most famous doll of the forties and fifties in Spain, although it was produced until 1976....
  • Pullip
    Pullip

    Pullip is a collectible fashion doll. It was created by the Korean company Cheonsang Cheonha and marketed by JUN Planning of Japan. Since the release in 2003, other types of dolls were added to the Pullip line: the male doll Namu, male doll Taeyang, younger girl Dal, and miniature versions of Pullips called Little Pullip....
  • Sindy
    Sindy

    Sindy is a United Kingdom fashion doll created by Pedigree Dolls & Toys in 1963. A rival to Barbie, Sindy's wholesome look and range of fashions and accessories made it the best selling toy in the United Kingdom in 1968 and 1970....
  • Tammy


See also

  • Asian fashion doll
    Asian fashion doll

    Asian fashion dolls are fashion dolls that are made by Asian manufacturers or primarily targeted to an Asian market. Some have received international attention, such as with Momoko Doll, and in 2005 the first first annual Dollstyle convention was held in Tokyo....
  • Ball-jointed doll
    Ball-jointed doll

    A ball-jointed doll is any doll that is articulated with ball and socket joints. In contemporary usage when referring to modern dolls, and particularly when using the acronyms BJD or ABJD, it usually refers to modern Asian ball-jointed dolls....
  • Paper doll
    Paper doll

    Paper dolls are figures cut out of paper, with separate clothes usually held onto the dolls by folding tabs. They have been inexpensive children's toys for almost two hundred years....