Cissy Doll Apparel

Cissy Doll is a fashion doll created by Madame Alexander in 1955. The doll was designed originally as a figure of a young lady from an aristocratic family, with jointed elbowed arms. While Cissy's body and legs with high heel feet were made of hard plastic, over sleeved arms were made of vinyl and are joined at the elbow. Cissy's dolls were manufactured extensively from 1955 to 1962.

The original Cissy Doll, when it was first introduced in 1955 was a 21 inch doll. When Madame Alexander created Cissy Doll, she visualized her doll as a grown up doll that would motivate young girls at that time to grow up as decent ladies. The Cissy Doll celebrated her 50th anniversary in 2005. During commemorative celebrations, a special edition of Cissy Dolls consisting of seven dolls wearing seven different styles of apparel was released. The commemorative selection of Cissy Dolls comprised both Latin American and African versions.

These vintage collections of Cissy dolls reflect the modern standard of slim figure, though those the classy looks of the original doll remains the same. The Cissy doll is meant for those who like high fashion and sophisticated dolls. Cissy Doll reflects the evolution of fashion designs over the years. Cissy Dolls are still popular and continue to captivate the hearts of a large number of doll collectors

Cissy Doll apparel was similar to those worn by influential ladies of high social circle. She had all the fashionable dresses and the accessories that young women of the 1950s had in their wardrobes. Cissy's clothes were made of high quality fabric and the range of dresses she had were comparable to those seen in the ladies department of any of the departmental stores pf the 1950s.

Cissy's wardrobe consisted of extensive range of clothes, such as, furs, casual dress, evening clothes, long gowns, short gowns, beautiful lingerie, sportswear, hats, shoes and hosiery. Cissy was sold as a basic doll wearing a chemise (a shirt or a blouse) and high heeled shoes. Chrome-plated clothes racks for Cissy's clothes had all the accessories and fashions that young women of the 1950's had in their closets. A large collection of stylish Cissy Doll's 'undies' or underwear, like petticoats, panties and bras were sold separately.

The rich characteristic of Cissy Doll clothing is that Cissy dresses and Cissy Apparels are of full length of the person or they are of medium length. Though the Cissy Doll clothing may be sleeveless, it depicts great modesty and great attraction.

They have a rich pattern weaved on the velvet or light silk cloth with embroidered lace with dense volume of frills. These dresses appear as classical by imitating British Monarchical personality and celebrities. Cissy Doll undies are very modest and very simple. The inner wearing such as Petticoat and panties may have an eyelet edging ruffle with a lace trim. With the smart appearance in faces the Cissy Dolls appear very smart and charming.