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At Doll Fancier we live and breathe fancy dresses and ensembles for collectible dolls, from wee ones to tall ones. Dolls by Helen Kish, Robert Tonner, Berdine Creedy, Linda Rick, Effanbee, and more. For each garment, the fabric, trim, and accents are selected with care to meet Doll Fancier’s fussy criteria for beauty and proportion for the dolls you love to dress.

When you visit the Gallery, you will see pretty dresses for baby dolls, little girl dolls, and fashion dolls. From Baby Button Nose, to Betsy McCall and Ann Estelle, to Tyler Wentworth. There are fancy dresses for 16" Kish dolls. And you will see ball gowns for Cissy and, soon, DeeAnna Denton.

We also sew for Boneka's Tuesday's Child, Helen Kish's Bethany and Bitty Bethany, and Heidi Plusczok's Candy and Alessa. We accept special orders for dresses shown in the Gallery that you may need in a different size. Commissions are accepted for replicas of special occasion dresses as well.

Remember paper dolls? Betsy McCall was one of Doll Fancier's favorite. When Robert Tonner brought back this childhood friend, we envisioned a collection of dresses reminiscent of little girl styles from the 1950s-60s to fit 14” Betsy McCall and friends.

Betsy McCall by Robert Tonner, 2004

Effanbee basic Ann Estelle, 2008

Ann Estelle is another doll who started out as a beloved drawing by Mary Engelbreit and then became a charming 10" doll portrayed by Robert Tonner. Doll Fancier creates special dresses for 10" Ann Estelle and her friends, inspired by the art of Mary Engelbreit in color and design to honor all of the bright fun!

It was love at first sight when Doll Fanciersaw 11” Bitty Bethany by Helen Kish! And then a friend introduced 10.5” Candy by Heidi Plusczok!! Around the same time, 10” Bonnie by Dianna Effner for Boneka arrived at the studio. These little girls inspire Doll Fancier to shop for the prettiest fabrics, lace, ribbon, and buttons—all scaled to their size, of course!

Bitty Bethany 'Tres Chic' by Helen Kish, 2006

Four Seasons - Spring

We will never forget the day the first of the 16” White Balloon-Helen Kish Four Seasons dolls arrived at the studio. Doll Fancier lifted her out of her box and HUGGED her. Beautiful dolls deserve beautiful dresses! You will find many such dresses here.

Each Doll Fancier dress is carefully and lovingly designed to be the perfect blend of style, fit, and quality. By using the finest raw materials, from fabric to finishing touches, our doll dresses fulfill the collector’s dream for the perfect new outfit for a special doll.

We can create dresses for vinyl dolls, such as Helen Kish's Riley, Bitty Bethany, Lark, Wren, or Song; Robert Tonner’s Tyler, Sydney, or Jac; Effanbee's Ann Estelle, Betsy McCall, or Lexi & Abbie from Mrs. Willowby’s First Grade Class; Boneka's Rufina, Amanda, Bonnie, or Amelia; Heidi Plusczok‘s Patsi, Candy, or Alessa; or American Girl 18" Kit, Josefina, Kirsten, or the 10" Girls of Many Lands.

Some collectors favor cloth-bodied dolls for their posability and they are not overlooked at Doll Fancier. Our collections also include dresses for Goldilocks from the Heroines from the Fairy Tale Forests, Helen Kish's princesses Jennifer & Nicole from the Wonders of a Winter's Night; Pauline Bjonness-Jacobsen’s Limited Edition dolls; and the lovely larger dolls by Heidi Plusczok.

All-porcelain dolls, such as Jenny & Lexie by Heather Maciak, provide another source of inspiration for special dresses. Perhaps there isn't a doll alive thatDoll Fancier would not like to dress!

Ribbon for wrapping presents

Thread for sewing custom doll dresses

Doll Fancier for the dolls you love to dress





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