[americangirlstar]

take this pink ribbon off my eyes etc etc

[dollogy]

Vanessa

[manymanydolls]

Anh Mai wishes you a happy lunar new year! In Vietnam, the lunar new year is called Tết, and it’s celebrated with worship at family altars, big banquets, and fancy new clothes like Anh Mai’s new ao dai. 2026 is the year of the ngọ, or horse, and Anh Mai hopes you have a great one!

[jly4]

i hadnt actually looked at the modern historicals till now. regret

[kylejsugarman]

the box for modern 14.5 inch addy has a tobacco field as its backdrop, the tobacco field where this child worked as a slave, despite this being a "modern" interpretation lol. the author of addy's books, connie porter, had this to say about this shitty choice

[meltycatdolls]

connie porter articulated this perfectly. this stuff matters, and AG making such an obscenely racist cash grab makes me so sad.

[fairyforestdolls]

🦋🌻🌿🌼

[rainylanielane]

Happy Holidays

[meltycatdolls]

for those of you who are wondering who i picked up on my trip to mary charles doll house in october... meet dot! get inspired by her zinemaker-chic look with this style guide, & read more about her vibes under the cut.

i've wanted kit since i was a kid, so i was very excited to commemorate my trip to MCDH by adding her to my collection. she came dressed in a complete JLY petal pink outfit II, which i envisioned on another one of my dolls, so i re-styled her when i got home!

in this photo, she wears some of my favorite pieces from 90s-2000s AG, and holds a mini-zine that one of my partners picked up at a small press festival near my city that i table at every year. her interest in organizing and zinemaking is inspired by my own growing interest in those spaces, as well as the people i've met through them.

i'm very into bolo ties, so i handmade one for her to wear, since she's very into layering and often sports a collared shirt under whatever outfit she has on. it was really easy to make - maybe i'll post a little tutorial next!

[lesbianiconmollymcintire]

My sister had Coconut on her birthday cake 🎂 🐶

[eightw]

mitsumi looking cute :)

[desertdollranch]

“I need someone to love me. I want to learn to play. Please take me home with you, and brush my tear away.” 

Leanne's Halloween costume this year is Little Miss No Name, an iconic piece of doll history. This doll was released in 1965, and was marketed as a doll who was sad because she doesn't have a pretty dress or shoes, and she's alone in the world, with nobody to love her or care for her. She even has a tear falling from her eye. But she does have a heart full of love, so you'll be her friend, right? For $3.99, she could be yours.

She actually wasn't very popular in the short time she was available, but it turns out she was just way ahead of her time. Doll collectors nowadays love her strange look and kind of unhinged backstory. And being sad and alone is pretty relatable.

Honestly I'd be thrilled to give her a home some day, since I love unique and offbeat dolls, but I'd have to have some pretty outrageous luck at a thrift store or estate sale. She's very sought after and very expensive secondhand.

The inspiration for her big brown eyes might have come from the paintings of Margaret Keane, whose art often featured children with large eyes.

Her TV commercial is on YouTube if you'd like to see where the above video stills came from. It's trying really hard to sell you a doll who doesn't look entirely human....

I made Leanne's costume from a bit of burlap and felt. Super easy.

[desertdollranch]

Three-year-old Bitty Twins, Holli and Heidi are wearing some iconic classic Bitty outfits to the pumpkin patch today! On the left, Holli is dressed in the Two-in-One Green Apple Set from 2007. I don't have the hat or tights so I improvised with other pieces. Heidi on the right is in the 1998 Autumn Set.

[in-pleasant-company]

Julie Albright

American Girl: Historical Inspirations

1. Simplicity pattern 6037

2. Simplicity pattern 9544

3. Simplicity pattern 9096

4. McCall’s pattern 2265

5. 1975, Simplicity pattern 7035

6. 1975, Style pattern 1065

7. 1972, Simplicity pattern 5169

8. August 1973, Miss Lee jeans ad

[meltycatdolls]

a simple look i styled for valerie this week!

i was obsessed with teen vogue, nylon mag, and the now-defunct polyvore as a young man, and i love assembling AG outfits from disparate releases, so i thought it would be fun to lay out where i got everything in that style! i had fun making this and would love to do more style edits like these :^)

[caroline-draws-stuff]

Julie Albright 🌸☀️

[uproariousscarecrow]

i've been reading dolls of our lives the past week or so and have been nostalgic for my favorite girl!!

[prettylittleelizabethdolls]

You want a revolution? I want a revelation! 💪🏼