Adorable Vintage Dress Me Dolls 1944+

Miniature Dress Me dolls, Souvenir dolls, Tourist dolls, 6-18" tall,  early dolls were made from composition, then hard plastic.  Dress me dolls general characteristics are; boy dolls or girls dolls with painted eyes or sleep eyes usually in blue, mohair wig, jointed at neck and shoulders, straight un-jointed hips with straight legs, some with high heel feet, flat feet, molded painted on shoes, some with painted socks, too.  Early dolls were sold as dressed dolls, boys usually dressed as a groom or cowboy, girl dolls in a wide variety of costumes.  Later dolls were sold undressed dolls in plastic baggies to be dressed by the new owner.  Many plastic dress me dolls were used as Souvenir or tourist dolls, dressed in local costumes of the region where they were sold.  Dolls may also have been used by churches, charities, girl scouts to dress and sell.  The dress-me dolls were made by the thousands, maybe even millions, by many different doll makers.

Elite Creations Doll Company,

Cinderella dressed doll, 8" tall