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Cissy's Short Gowns & Ankle-length Dresses


See also: Royalty & Wedding Outfits - Full-length Gowns - One Piece Dresses - Dresses with Jackets, Capes or Coats - Separates - Underwear & Sleepwear - Outerwear & Accessories

Note: the number at the end of the description refers to the source where a photo of the outfit may be found. See legend at bottom of page.

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Color Choice

#2025 - 1956 - Pink or pale blue taffeta ankle-length dancing dress with unpressed pleated nylon tulle skirt, lace over taffeta bodice with cap sleeves; wide sash and corsage at waist; flowers in hair; solitaire ring; gold sling back shoes; stockings. Color in #2 and #7

Cissy #2026 by Madame AlexanderCissy #2026 by Madame Alexander#2026 - 1956 - Sleeveless damask cocktail gown in ruby red or powder blue with gathered bustline, full gathered skirt; matching wrap caught with a flower; net slip; panties; pearl or rhinestone earrings; short gloves; shoes. Hat may or may not be original. Color in #6, #7 and 8. Very similar to #2150 from 1959.
Photo copyright Nancy McKee. Visit Nancy's shop.

Vintage Cissy doll by Madame Alexander

#? - Year? - Yellow or pale green sleeveless short gown overlaid with tulle, sprinkled with rhinestones and rosebuds; matching attached tulle stole gathered at bustline; pink roses at shoulder; gold sandals. Color in #7 and #8
Photo courtesy of Nancy McKee. Visit Nancy's shop.

#22-60 - 1960 - Sleeveless ankle-length organdy dress overlaid with nylon tulle dotted swiss, matching attached stole, two white wild roses at waist; taffetta underslip with nylon tulle ruffle at hemline; gloves; nylon stockings; sandals; rhinestone earrings; ring. Boxed fashion. Color in #2 and #7

Pink

#2252 - 1958 - Pale pink sleeveless calf length satin cocktail dress; bouffant tulle stole with large pink rosebud; pink taffeta & net slip; nylon panties; nylon stockings; silver sling-back shoes; short white gloves; pearl necklace; pearl earrings; May have flowers in hair or clear plastic handbag with corsage. Color in #2 and #7

#? - 1955 - Pale pink satin short gown with inverted pleats at waistline forming flared skirt; white faux fur stole with pink flowers; slip; rhinestone bracelet; gold elastic-strap sandals. Color in #6

Yellow

#? - 1959 - Yellow nylon organdy sleeveless ankle-length dress with overskirt and neckline of matching tulle, cummerbund at waistline trimmed with tiny white flowers and matching flowers at shoulder; yellow taffeta panties; yellow taffeta slip with tulle ruffle at hemline; nylons; gold sandals; gold and pearl necklace; double drop pearl earrings; ring. Matching Cissette outfit. Color in #2 and #7

Green

#2150 Cissy by Madame Alexander

#2150 - 1959 - Green satin brocade sleeveless ballerina-length dress with gathered bustline, full skirt with unpressed pleats; matching stole fastened at waist with gold pin set with rhinestones & emeralds; gold bracelet with four emeralds; earrings; ring; tiny pale pink (?) hat of net and tulle with roses; full nylon slip with scalloped edge, trimmed with under-ruffle of net; lace-trimmed panties; nylon stockings; green sandals. Color in #2. Very similar to #2026 from 1956.

Purple

#2035 - 1956 - Lavender satin ankle-length gown with low neckline, short puffed sleeves, rhinestones & flowers at neckline; sash tie pulled to the side with bunch of flowers. B&W in #4

Thanks to Nancy McKee, Susan Lawson, Gini Duford, Jane Parker, Michelle McFee and Judy Katz for help with this page.

Additional sources for this page include:

  1. "Madame Alexander Catalog Reprints 1942-1962, Vol. 1" published by Barbara Jo McKeon
  2. "Madame Alexander's Ladies of Fashion" by Marjorie Victoria Sturges Uhl
  3. "Madame Alexander Collector's Dolls" by Patricia R. Smith
  4. "Madame Alexander Collector's Dolls: Second Series" by Patricia R. Smith
  5. "American Dolls From the Post-War Era 1945-1965" by Florence Theriault
  6. "The Golden Age of American Dolls 1945-1965" by Cynthia Gaskill
  7. "Cissy: Identification and Price Guide" by A. Glenn Mandeville & Benita Cohen Schwartz
  8. "Madame Alexander Dolls 1948-1965" by Linda Crowsey

Madame Alexander and Cissy are registered trademarks of the Alexander Doll Co., Inc.

Copyright 1997-2006 by Zendelle Bouchard.

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