In the early 70s, Totsy released their first fashion doll called Twistee. Twistee was a cheap generic clone, and her appearance varied depending which clone doll Totsy bought to turn into her.  Some had facemolds similar to Davtex dolls, a clone brand located in Canada that acquired cheap dolls in Hong Kong, some similar to Petra by Plasty.  Totsy produced fashions and sold dolls until the 90s, Flair being one of their most known dolls in the 80s.

When you search the internet for "Suzette doll", you will get various results showing different kinds of dolls, which can be very confusing, especially if you try to find out more about the authentic Miss Suzette.

Why are there so many Suzette dolls, you ask? Read along!

In 1956, Eegee, a doll company founded in 1903, released a doll called Lil Susan, a toddler walking doll. In this same year, W.T. Grant department store bought Lil Susan dolls and released them as "Suzy" under the Grants store brand; she was a Grants exclusive doll. It was the exact same doll as Lil Susan and still marked Eegee at her neck. So Susan became Suzy for Grants. Suzy got a new Suzy box and separate fashions commissioned from Totsy which were sold exclusively at Grants. This was the beginning of the Suzy-ette dolls...Grants trademark dolls!

But she wasn't a baby; she was supposed to be a real lady. Suzette was sold wearing white or black underwear in a blue cardboard box with her name written on it in a very distinctive font. Grant department store provided the boxes and not Uneeda. Additional to the doll, Grants sold a big range of beautiful clothes specially designed for Suzette. 

Neither the box of the doll nor the box of the fashion is marked with another brand than Grant. We only know that Suzette is made by Uneeda, because the doll is marked. The fashions, however, are untagged.

Suzette got a boyfriend called Bob (also made by Uneeda) and Bob also has also a wide range of clothes that were sold separately at Grants (also made by Totsy).

This Suzette by Uneeda was just the first Suzette doll sold at W. T. Grant. All following fashion dolls sold exclusively at Grants through the decades were also called Suzette. 

This is our gal!

In 1962, with the growing success of Barbie, following the fashion doll trend, Grants also commissioned an 11.5" doll from Uneeda with a more slender body and adult body proportions and called her Miss Suzette. Obviously her name continued the Suzette line of fashion dolls, and to tell her apart from the still-selling 10.5" Suzette, she got a "Miss" added to her name. But there might also be another reason for the "Miss"... 

To keep consistency, Miss Suzette also got a Bob (made by Uneeda), exactly like the first Suzette.  Bob was sold as Miss Suzette's boyfriend...... but was he really just that?  Remember, it's the 60s, and Barbie with her curvy body was already controversial. So Grants might have changed the narrative and given Miss Suzette not only a boyfriend but a fiancé! On her left ring finger, Miss Suzette has a molded ring. She is a real Miss now, engaged and not controversial at all... but that's honestly all made up by me! We don't know why Miss Suzette has a molded ring on her left hand, and we probably will never know!

Miss Suzette seemed to be a success because she was sold for several years before she was discontinued.

Although contemporary witnesses report that despite being a respectable Miss, parents didn't like Miss Suzette's quirky expression, and she wasn't that popular as expected. 

Miss Suzette was sold wearing a bathing suit in a cardboard box with a window, so her face was visible, for 1,97 USD. Exactly like her older self, Grants sold a bunch of beautiful fashions exclusively made for Miss Suzette by Totsy MFG, which would also fit other 11.5" fashion dolls as written on the package. Since the fashions were not provided by Uneeda, you won't find them in any Uneeda booklet or cataloque. Sadly, Totsy also didn't provide a cataloque with fashions provided for Grants, so all we have are the ads from Grant's department store.

Different from the first Suzette, Miss Suzette was never available outside of W. T. Grant by Uneeda under a different name.

Until their closure in 1976, Grants released several Suzette dolls after Miss Suzette was discontinued. There were also more Bobs. The Suzette dolls were sold in cardboard boxes with additional 3 or 4 outfits.

On my researches, I have found several old listings and collectors claiming that they have old store storage. The dolls would be generic clone dolls made in Hong Kong that resemble Totsy's Twistee doll. However, since the boxes aren't sealed, I have no guarantee that the dolls pictured are really the Suzette dolls, which were sold in these boxes. We also have no date for when exactly they were sold. The swift waist is a hint that it was probably in the late 60s. 

 These dolls would be marked with a U at the neck (U stands for Unique, not Uneeda!), marked Hong Kong on the back, or be unmarked. The fashions possibly added weren't of that great quality anymore, but still probably made by Totsy. It is possible, that these dolls were also provided by Totsy, as they look so similar to Twistee, but that's just speculation.

In the 1960s, Grants released another baby doll under their store brand called Tiny Susie; the maker of the doll is unknown. They also released fashions for Tiny Susie and sold them separately. The packaging looks very similar to Miss Suzette fashions.

In the late 60s/ early 70s, Totsy also released fashions for a doll called Suzette, which were sold at Grants department store. These fashions were obviously made for the store-branded Suzette doll. Totsy did use the store logo of Suzette on their fashions. If these Suzette dolls sold at Grants in the late 60s and 70s are also provided by Totsy is unknown, as they are generic clone dolls and could have been provided by any Hong Kong manufacturer. 

This Suzette is clearly not Uneeda's Miss Suzette, because Miss Suzette was discontinued already at this time.  

As you can see, these fashions lack the quality of the Totsy fashions of the 1960s. These fashions didn't close with the signature buttons or tiny snaps anymore, but with regular snaps or donut snaps, and were already produced in Hong Kong.

The Davtex doll was a generic clone doll. The doll head was one of the clone heads produced by a Hong Kong factory called "Unique" marked with a U at the back of the head. This leads people to believe that these dolls were made by Uneeda. But this is not true. The U at the back of clone heads stands for Unique and not Uneeda.

Davtex released Suzette dolls also outside of Simpson's Sears. Some of these dolls are also unmarked.

The Davtex Suzettes were sold in cardboard boxes with a clear window at the front, so the whole doll was visible.

It is not known why they decided to name their doll Suzette. There isn't an obvious connection between Simpson's Sears and Grants or Davtex and Grants. Maybe Davtex simply cloned the name together with the box. 

You probably noticed that the name "Suzette" is written in the exact same way as the Suzette for W. T. Grants, so obviously copied.  It wasn't unusual for clone brands to copy logos, illustrations and other things from toy brands in the 1960s. Not only the logo was copied, but also the box was a very obvious copy of Miss Suzette's box. Design wasn't as protected in the 1960s as it is now.

Simpson's Sears also sold fashions, especially for their Suzette doll, the maker remains unknown.

And now we will finally talk about this beautiful little fashion doll called Miss Suzette by Uneeda, the reason why you are here.

So let's start! 

As mentioned already above, the department store W. T. Grant released a Barbie-sized fashion doll in 1962 called Miss Suzette. The first version of Miss Suzette is called straight legs Miss Suzette or Y-body Miss Suzette. She was sold between 1962-1965 exclusively at Grants. Her item number was 1600.

She was sold in a slim cardboard box with a cellophane window that only showed her head. The box pictures a photograph of a redhead prototype Miss Suzette doll with never mass-produced blue eyes that were forward glancing. Additionally, many shadow silhouettes of dressed Miss Suzettes were on the box. The doll company Uneeda isn't mentioned on the box, as Miss Suzette was sold as a store-branded item.  

Miss Suzette was wearing a strapless swimsuit made of thick stretchy cotton fabric with a white trim. The colors of the swimsuit were shades of blue or red. These swimsuits weren't made exclusively for Miss Suzette but were also sold as fashions for other dolls by different toy brands, like here, for example, pictured Supreme Fashions and Shillman. There are many color variations, unicolor, and patterned fabrics of this swimsuit out there, and most are probably not of Miss Suzette.

Miss Suzette was wearing white open-toe mules that were marked with Hong Kong at the upper part of the shoe sole at the front (see Miss Suzette accessories for a close-up photo).

Miss Suzette was about 11,5 high with a slim body and a bit of an oversized head. Some webpages call her "Bighead Suzette" for this reason. I find that quite confusing because the 10.5" Suzette has a much bigger head. 

Her body was a bit shorter and more slender than Barbie. Here you see her next to other fashion dolls for size references. Please click the photos to see the descriptions.

Miss Suzette was the first of Uneeda's dolls with the so-called Y-body. The legs are prolonged and attached to a plastic circle, that is part of the bottom torso with a plastic pin, so they can move freely back and forth and won't spread when Miss Suzette is sitting. She doesn't have a real molded butt, which makes her look strange when undressed. The bottom part of the torso has the shape of an Y, hence the name. Her legs are straight and made of hard vinyl. Her arms are also hard vinyl and move back and forth. Furthermore, her right hand is pointing more outwards, which gives her a less static pose. Her head is attached with a spring mechanism, which is quite unique, and her head can move freely in any direction.

Miss Suzette has exceptionally beautiful, detailed-molded feet. Barbie would be jealous! Her hands are small, and she has a molded ring on the ring finger of her left hand. It looks more like a wart than a ring, if you ask me, because it is the same color as her skin. She has no nail polish. 

Her torso is made of hard plastic and is marked at the back with "c Uneeda doll co. inc. 1962," the year the body was patented. Her head was marked with NF, which is also a marking other Uneeda dolls have.

Some Miss Suzettes had a completely airbrushed face or body for unknown reasons, maybe to cover vinyl flaws or maybe to correct the color of the vinyl. 

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Miss Suzette's facial features were stenciled. She has almond-shaped eyes that look Asian, with thick black eyeliner and no extra painted lashes. She doesn't have heavily molded eyelids like Barbie or Lilly. Her eyes are completely black with a white dot in the middle, clearly inspired by the face paint of Bild Lilli. Her eyebrows are thin and curved. Most Miss Suzette dolls have red lips and heavy blush on their cheeks, which is sturdy and remained on many dolls until today. The face paint was varying in boldness; her lips could be fuller or smaller, which makes every doll look really special.

Some Miss Suzettes had nude pink lips and a softer pink blush. They are super rare. 

Look at the photo examples to see the variety of face paints.

All Miss Suzette dolls had a ponytail hairstyle with a fringe. The hair was rooted only around the perimeter, and she had a hole in the middle of her head for unknown reasons.  She was available in three hair colors: dark brunette, titian or ashy blonde. The ponytail was styled into a corkscrew curl. The lengths of the hair were very variable, from short and curly to long and wavy.  Also, the fringe varied a lot; some were short, some were long and wavy, some straight and some curly.

The straight leg Miss Suzette was sold for 3 years, which explains the variety of face paint and hair.

The second and much harder-to-find version of Miss Suzette was released in 1965 with a new bend leg body, exclusively at W. T. Grant.  

She was sold attached to cardboard at her waist and legs in a sitting position. The cardboard was inside a clear cellophane bag. Her item number was 6121.

Miss Suzette was wearing a light aqua blue bathing suit made of polyester that looked similar to Barbie's Helenca swimsuit and white closed-toe pumps. The same bathing suit was also worn by Wendy by Elite Creations, so it's not made exclusively for Miss Suzette.

Also, the shoes, that Miss Suzette is wearing are generic clone shoes that were available for many doll brands and produced in Hong Kong.

 Miss Suzette no longer had the Y-body but attached legs to a butt in a V-Shape, like many fashion dolls of these times. The legs would now spread when she was sitting.  The legs weren't made of hard vinyl anymore but of soft rubber. Inside the legs there was a wire, so the legs could be bent. However, there wasn't a knick-mechanism inside, and the legs bent unnaturally. The wire ended just above the ankles, leaving them soft, so the doll didn't have a good stand anymore. Although being made of rubber, the feet of Miss Suzette were still beautifully shaped and very detailed, exactly like the straight-leg doll.

Also, the waist of the doll changed into more Barbie-body proportions and wasn't so tiny anymore. The head was now on a neck knob and not on a spring mechanism anymore. The body didn't have any markings.

She also got new arms. Her arms were still made of hard vinyl, but she didn't have a molded ring on her left hand anymore. I guess she and Bob split up... or she got a wart treatment... 

Some of them had her right arm pointing a bit outwards like her previous version; some had now two straight arms.

The head mold of this version was the same as the first one, also marked with NF at the back. Her facial screening was bolder and more colorful, her lips are a bit wider and her blush stronger.  Her fringe was fuller and curlier in various lengths.

She was also available with three hair colors, as the first Miss Suzette. She also had the ponytail hairstyle with bangs and was only rooted at the outer perimeter. However, her ponytail was significantly shorter than the previous version styled into a hard curl, comparable to the Ponytail Barbies.

But there were also transitional dolls like the pictured brunette, who has a longer, curlier ponytail.

Which fashions are really authentic, made for Miss Suzette?  And how can they be recognized? Is there a booklet?

This is a question that keeps doll collectors busy. 

I have researched a lot, studying journals, articles, books and internet pages, and looking countless hours through Worthpoint and Pinterest listings to find authentic fashions for Miss Suzette.

We know that the fashions for Miss Suzette were manufactured by the Totsy company, exactly like all other Grants exclusive doll fashions. But not all fashions made by Totsy are made for Miss Suzette!

Sadly there is no booklet with the fashions. As a hint, we have only the two advertisements of Grant department store and the illustrations on the Miss Suzette doll case and her box.

The following list will show you authentic fashions made for Suzette, fashions that could be made for Miss Suzette, but we have no proof, and fashions that are not made for Miss Suzette, although often believed to be.

The fashions made for Miss Suzette had mostly buttons as closures, as opposed to other branded 11,5" vintage doll fashions, which used mostly snaps.  These buttons were typically matching the color of the fabric. There were two sizes of buttons used for closure. The buttons are often referred to as "Uneeda buttons" but Uneeda didn't make the fashions, so more accurate would be "Totsy buttons".

Small metal snaps could also be found on some of her fashions. It is debated if big donut snaps are also used for Miss Suzette fashions, which are often associated with fashions by Elite for Wendy dolls or Ideal for Mitzi dolls, but also many other clone brands. We know that Totsy did, in fact, use donut snaps on some of their fashions, but not quite often.

Miss Suzette fashions also had two kinds of decorative buttons, mostly found at the front of the outfit, one in the shape of a flower and one round with a circular pattern.  

The most famous one is the swinging coat "Theater Goer". It is a very elegant thickly woven swinging coat underlined with a colorful patterned fabric. It has a round collar with a decorative button, and underneath is a second button that is used as closure. Typically, both buttons are identical. 

The coat was available in at least three colors, as far as we know, in dark blue, orange and very rare in light brown.

The orange coat had white flower buttons, the blue coat had white round buttons with patterns, and the brown coat had dark brown buttons. There are several variations of the inner lining.

Grants also released a matching sheath dress with a cute short jacket made of the fabric, that was used as the lining of the swinging coat "Theater Goer". It can be found in many color variations. The dress and jacket were probably sold together, although we haven't seen them NRFB. The dress closes at the back with two color-matching small buttons.

The advert illustration shows the outfit with a hat. In many listings of this ensemble, there was a hat and a purse included, which I haven't seen sold by any other brand. It's a small pillbox hat made of flocked plastic with a bow at the front and a small rhinestone. There are several color variations of this hat. I don't know if the hat and purse are original, though.

The exact same purse made of flocked plastic was sold by Totsy as an accessory pack. The hats, however, look different.

A dress that is easily recognizable is "Swinging easy". It was available in several color variations and would close at the back with a small or big button that matched the belt. It has a V-neckline and is very slim around the waist.

Similar flapper dresses were released by various brands, the most similar one being made by Totsy as well as their own brand. Only the Totsy dress can close with a button; the others close with snaps. It has a round neckline and three rhinestones at the collar, so it's easy to tell apart from the authentic Miss Suzette one. It is also a bit wider around the waist and would fit Barbie better than the dress made for Miss Suzette.

This dress is all buttons! At the front there are four round decorative buttons with patterns. The back closes with either two small or two big buttons. It was available in lilac or a light blue.  The hat on the photo isn't original. We don't know if a hat was included in the fashion, although the illustration pictures one.

I have seen a brown one with black buttons at the front, but I cannot tell if it was authentic for Miss Suzette. It closes at the back with buttons, so it's most likely made by Totsy, but since it doesn't have decorative buttons at the front, it might be a variation of the Totsy brand.

This beautiful set of underwear was avilable in pink and baby blue.

This cute business outfit is easy to identify. It's a two-piece ensemble; the jacket closes at the front with either round or flower-shaped decorative buttons. The skirt closes at the back with a small metal snap. This outfit was available with pink, red or black stripes. The hats on these photos aren't original and were added by the originator of the photos.

Grants released a similar ensemble for their 10.5" Suzette doll before. It is easy to tell them apart. The Suzette variant has a shorter jacket, because Suzette had a shorter torso than Miss Suzette. It is also wider around the waist, and it has typically a white collar. The closing buttons aren't decorative.

There is also another similar variation made by Totsy probably for their own brand. The Jacket has two non-decorative buttons. The skirt closes with the tiny metal snap like the Miss Suzette variant.

I'm pretty sure that this set is called Sweater Girl, because it is so matching! 

The red jacket closes at the front with two small buttons. The skirt closes at the back with a white button. I don't know how the sleeveless shirt closes. The gray skirt here in these photos isn't part of this set but also authentic for Miss Suzette.

The set comes with open-toe shoes and a red purse.

There are very similar fashions sold by Totsy for their own brand. The sweater of Totsy is unicolor, while Miss Suzette's is patterned. The Totsy shirt has sleeves. The skirt sold by Totsy is a simple circle, while Uneeda's skirt has a seam at the front. There is also a sweater made by Elite Creations with buttons at the front. A closer look shows that these buttons are not the same as on the Totsy fashion, and it closes with snaps as it doesn't have buttonholes.

I am pretty sure that this elegant ensemble is the one pictured in the advertisement.

The sheath is made of two fabrics: a patterned skirt and an unicolor bodice.  It closes at the back with two color-matching buttons. The bodice was found in yellow and green. The jacket has the same pattern as the skirt; it has a small collar and closes at the front with a color-matching non-decorative button. The white plastic hat has a border of the same patterned fabric.

Totsy sold a similar ensemble in unicolor blue under their own brand. The dress also closes at the back with two color- matching buttons.

This beautiful nightgown was at least made in two colors, a light mint green and a dark red. I haven't seen it sold by any other brand yet.

This skirt was sold as an accessory for Miss Suzette. There are several fabric variations. It closes with a button at the back. I don't know if the blouse from the last photo is authentic, it matches the fabric though perfectly.

Short and long pleated pants were sold for Miss Suzette. 

Totsy sold identical shorts in other color variations under their own brand, as a set or alone. Such little plastic bags could be found added to many clone fashions and were bought wholesale in Hong Kong.

There were shoe paks available for Miss Suzette. She was wearing either open-toe mules, similar to Barbie's open toes (which would also fit), or closed-toe pumps. These shoes weren't made especially for Miss Suzette. They were clearly random clone shoes that were packed in Suzette packaging. The closed-toe shoes wouldn't even fit Miss Suzette with straight legs. The shoes were bought in Hong Kong and are marked as such on the sole.

There were three cases sold for Miss Suzette, so the doll and her wardrobe could be stored properly. The cases were made of vinyl and looked quite similar to the Barbie vinyl cases of that time sold by Mattel. The cases were available in black, white and turquoise and have cute illustrations of dressed Miss Suzettes at the front. The illustrated fashions could be Theater Goer and Cocktail Hour. The other two fashions aren't very clear. The white swinging dress could be a hint to a fashion that is believed to be authentic Miss Suzette (see below), and the dark red ensemble hasn't been seen yet.

Such shoe paks were sold also by other clone brands, here pictured Totsy, Plasty for Petra and Elite for Wendy. 

The ads for Miss Suzette say, that there are many more fashions for Miss Suzette than shown, and collectors believe so too.  For example, which outfit is "Beau Catcher" or "Evening Ensemble"?

There are fashions that were found repetitively in Miss Suzette doll lots, which fit perfectly her tiny waist and which have the typical Totsy characteristics but weren't found yet boxed, so could be made for Miss Suzette, but could also be sold by Totsy under the Totsy brand.

This set made of satin with a delicate pattern on the outside could be the ensemble pictured in the add. The coat resembles very much Theater Goer, but it has just one decorative button under the collar with a big rhinestone.

The patterned sheath dress also closes at the back with two small buttons. The fascinator in the photo is not original. 

Totsy released a nearly identical sheath dress under their own brand. It also closes with buttons at the back. I haven't seen the dress yet close up, so I don't know if it was made with the same patterned satin.

This three-piece summer ensemble is believed to be made for Miss Suzette. Only the blouse closes with a button, the skirt closes with a donut snap, and the trousers have small metal snaps that can often be found on fashions released by Totsy but also on authentic Miss Suzette fashions.  

This ensemble can be found in many colors. Could it be the one pictured on this silhouette? 

Grants has released comparable 3-piece ensembles for the 10.5" Suzette doll, which are often confused for Miss Suzette fashions. A similar outfit can be found by Totsy, however different enough to not be a variation. 

This beautiful orange satin dress with organza overlay comes with a brown fake fur jacket. The dress closes with small golden buttons and fits perfectly, Miss Suzette.  Could it be this dress from the Miss Suzette case illustration?

There is a variation of this dress with striped overlay. This variation is much bigger at the waist and looks sacky on Miss Suzette. Maybe the bigger version was originally made for the 10.5" Suzette and repurposed for Miss Suzette, but that's just a theory. 

A very similar fur jacket was already produced by Totsy for the Grants exclusive Suzy doll.

Totsy also released a similar dress under their own brand. The Totsy dress, however, has no organza overlay and closes at the back with one big button. It has a flower attached at the waist.

 This beautiful black nighttime ensemble is believed to be made for Miss Suzette. I haven't found proof but also didn't see it by any other brand or for any other doll, so it might be real. It closes with two big black buttons.

It is mentioned in an article about Miss Suzette that appeared in a doll magazine. But this article was not very well researched, so this is not a good source for verification.

This beautiful ballgown is believed to be made for Miss Suzette. I don't know if this is true. 

What I know is that it was released for the 10.5" Suzette previously by Grants.  However, it wouldn't fit Miss Suzette as well as it does in these photos; the waist would be too high, and it would be bigger around the waist if it was the earlier Suzette version. So maybe Totsy repurposed this dress design for Miss Suzette as well. It closes at the back with two big buttons.

The same for this wedding dress. It is a 10.5" Suzette design. But there are variants of this dress with a smaller and longer bodice and different details, so these designs might have been repurposed for Miss Suzette. It closes at the back with two big white buttons.

This cute cocktail dress with a big white collar and a black bow is available in at least three colors. It closes at the back with buttons or tiny metal snaps. Style wise, it reminds very much of a dress made for the 10.5" Suzette doll, so it's possible that it is also an authentic Miss Suzette fashion. There is this silhouette illustration, which shows a not identified sheath dress yet...maybe it's this one? However, it can also be a fashion sold under the Totsy brand.

The following fashions are probably all made by Totsy as they have the same characteristics and the typical closures. I haven't found them NRFB till now, so we don't know if they were released under the Totsy brand or if they were made for Miss Suzette. Some of the fabrics can be found in other Totsy-branded fashions, so it's likely they are also sold under the Totsy brand. Some of these dresses don't fit Miss Suzette very well, so they might be made for a bigger doll.

Maybe time will tell...

Some sources, like articles in journals, but also internet pages, fell for some myths about Miss Suzette with the result of spreading false information.

That's why I would like to present to you also outfits here that are believed to be made for Miss Suzette but which actually aren't. 

The 10.5"  Suzette doll for Grant department store came with a huge fashion wardrobe, that could be bought separately. The fashions are beautifully made and close all with the big buttons, and since they are also manufactured by Totsy like the Miss Suzette fashions, they can be confused easily. Some of these fashions might have been repurposed for Miss Suzette, as the shape of the bodice looks like it would be made for a slimmer doll. But most of these fashions were never meant to be worn by Miss Suzette, and also wouldn't really fit her well.

As we already know, Totsy was the manufacturer for store-branded doll fashions at Grant department store and therefore also made the fashions for Miss Suzette. However, Totsy made clothes for many other companies and also sold doll fashions under their own Totsy brand, so not all fashions made by Totsy are authentic Miss Suzette fashions. 

Here are some Totsy fashions that are often misinterpreted for Miss Suzette fashions by collectors or auction listings. These fashions would either close with buttons or with little metal snaps, and are often available in many fabric variations.

Here are more Totsy fashions which can close either with button or snap.

Lorna was a Tammy clone made by AE Company exclusive for W.T. Grant, and Lorna also came with an exclusive wardrobe sold only at Grants. You may already suspect correctly, Lorna fashions are also manufactured by Totsy and close with the same buttons and use the same fabrics. However, they aren't a good fit for Miss Suzette as they are too wide around the waist. But I have seen them often being listed as Miss Suzette fashions on eBay. 

The Horsman Company produced all kinds of dolls in the 50s and 60s with additional fashions. They had a similar doll like the Tinyteen/Suzette doll called Cindy and a Tammy-sized doll called Patty and Mary Poppins, also a Tammy lookalike. All fashions made for their dolls have small buttons as closures and can be confused for Miss Suzette fashions. 

One dress is often found in relation with Miss Suzzette, because it closes with a Totsy button. It's a white brocade peplum dress with red taffeta waist. I was just teached by a collector, that this dress is actually made for Mitzi and was sold in 1961 at Morgomery Ward. Maybe Totsy did produce fashions for Ideal dolls, I will dig deeper on this topic. But it's safe to say that this dress is not made for Miss Suzette!

Some of these dresses are often falsely identified as Miss Suzette dresses. The dresses made by Elite Creations for their Wendy and Bonnie doll close, usually with a big donut snap. Many manufacturers used the big donut snaps at the time; a few fashions made by Totsy also close with them, but they weren't exclusive to any brand. Brands that are usually associated with donut snaps are Elite Creations, Ideal and Reliable. Elite Creations did not produce fashions for Miss Suzette.

• In 1964, Uneeda released an 11.5" fashion doll exclusive for the Montgomery Ward department store called Wendy. Wendy had the exact same Y-body torso as the straight legs Miss Suzette, but with possibly different, more straight arms without the molded ring and without the spring mechanism. Also, her face mold reminds of Miss Suzette, but Wendy had sleep eyes. Wendy was available with molded hair into a little bun inspired by the Fashion Queen Barbie, with separate fashions available at Montgomery Ward department store only. Wendy's fashions are very different stylewise from Miss Suzette fashions and were not made by Totsy. Outside of Montgomery Wards, Uneeda also released a doll called Miss Debutante, which was the same doll as Wendy but with rooted hair around the perimeter with a ponytail hairstyle and bangs. Later, Uneeda sold dolls that are called "Children of all Nations United" by collectors, but their real name is actually "The World's Finest Fashion Dolls." . These dolls could have the Uneeda Y-body with the arms of the bend leg body or a cheap hollow hard plastic body without markings. They had rooted hair with different hairstyles and hair colors, and they were dressed in folklore fashions. All these dolls are very hard to find.

• In 1968, Uneeda released 6" small toddler dolls dressed in a flower costume called "Petal People," and these cuties had slanted eyes that kind of remind of Miss Suzette's exotic appearance!

• As a homage to the Miss Suzette doll, artist Julian Kalinowski released a Solange doll, which has a similar face mold to Miss Suzette, but comes with various hairstyles and a different body. Her face is hand painted, and each doll is unique. In my opinion, she's a must-have for every Miss Suzette collector.

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