White Fabric

White fabric was commonly used for dolls and people clothing.  Colored fabric of the period was not Color Fast so quickly faded with each wash. White fabric was easily bleached and stayed nicer  longer. With the average person having only a few pieces of clothing, it was important to make clothing last and pass on […]

Doll Clothing for Bleuette & other 11" – 12" Dolls

Bleuette is a small articulated bisque headed doll made in Paris from 1905 until 1957.   She was the invention of the Paris publisher,  Henri Gautier, and his staff at the girls’ magazine, La Semaine de Suzette, published every Thursday from 1905 until 1960, with six years off due to the German occupation of France during WWII.  Bleuette springs from […]

Bleuette dropped waist clip white lawn dress front view

Bleuette dress with gathered cap sleeves, dropped waist style with gathered ruffle at hem done in lightweight dotted swiss fabric