Victorian Romance fashion dolls, 11.5 in., 1990’s, are from Jakks Pacific. She has painted eyes with rooted lashes, bendable legs, and comes with a parasol, doll stand, and accessories.

Skydancer dolls, 1996 by Lewis Galoob Toys, are 11.5 in. including platform launchers. Made of impact-resistant styrene with plastic foam wings, Flower Dancer has pink wings while Moon Dancer’s wings are aqua. Their launchers are in the forms of flowers and a crescent moon. Pulling on the string in the back of their launchers sends them twirling up and off.

This Fairy Winkles mirror swan is swimming on a 5 in. wide lake. It is by Kenner, 1993. Inside the swan’s wings are three little fairy babies.

Annalee Mobilitee dolls are made of felt, with wired bodies and faces that appear to be hand painted. The handmade look of them sprung from a chicken farm in New Hampshire where Annalee Thorndike and her husband Chip created dolls for local merchants. By the 1960s they were being sold across the country. Many of the dolls are Christmas related but others are more unusual like this 7 in. 1997 monk. They also made the 3 in. 1991 Sun Pin.

On the left is So Sweet Sandi; in another outfit. With her is So Loving Laura. These Baby Face dolls were only made for a few years and some collectors want all 36 of them.

Happy To Be Me, 10.5 in., 1992 by High Self Esteem Toys, has a more realistic body image than typical fashion dolls. Toy makers were not interested so the creator, Cathy Meredig, produced the doll herself. McCalls issued two sets of patterns for outfits.

The 8 in. line of Ginny dolls by Vogue continued to be popular from the 1940s. These two are At the Round Up, 1987, and Ballerina, 1984, the only one made of bisque.

Patterns for the 1980s Dress-up Dolls were available. I used them to make these three outfits.