Hanoko Kobayashi has also used wool tops for the hair of her doll which she has dressed in a silk chiffon nightdress and stretch lace bra and leggings.

Under her best dress Trudy's doll is wearing her best underwear. Made from stretch lace the bra has blue ribbon straps and tiny hooks and eyes to fasten at the back.

Eleanor Leafe has used fabric pens to draw in the face of her doll. Although dramatic and perfect for the Oscars, the dress has been draped and made from simple shapes of satin cloth.

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On 'Vintage Fashion Dolls' at Central Saint Martins we will be making our dolls in cloth. We will choose from a selection of skin tones provided by college in 100%cotton, about the same the weight as curtain lining.

From top-to-toe Julie Goodman's doll is wearing a hat made from milliners sinamay, a broderie anglaise blouse, a Liberty print skirt and felt slippers. Liberty's Classic Tana Collection includes fabrics that were designed for them in the 1920's, 30's, 40's, 50's, 60's and 70's. Many are small-scale florals which are perfect for dressmaking in quarter-scale. To make an ankle length dress for your doll, the absolute maximum amount of fabric that you will need is 50cm.
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The dolls were inserted with wire so that we could photograph them in different poses. Susana's doll is seen here sitting on a box of vintage pearls in a simple shift dress made from a vintage handkerchief. The accessories have been made to pick-up the orange of it's embroidered flower.

I thought that I would start by posting up pictures of some of the dolls that students made on 'Vintage Fashion Dolls' summer 2008. These two dolls were made by Fiona Macandrew and Barbara Taylor. Vintage Fashion Dolls