"Shanghai" Cissy

The 21" Cissy dolls by Madame Alexander are some of my favorite dolls.  They have "attitude" and they like fashion. 

Today we will visit "Shanghai" Cissy, issued in 2000. She is a lovely doll, and is my dear husband's favorite Cissy doll.

Shanghai Cissy has brown eyes and black hair.  She is wearing her original Chinese-style outfit made of red satin embroidered with gold thread.  The bolero jacket features black "frog" fasteners, a mandarin collar, long sleeves, and is lined in black.  She wears a red straw hat, black wrist-high gloves, and jet black earrings and necklace. The dress has a scooped neckline and a flounce at the bottom, both edged in black satin.

The dress ties in back at the neck to form a keyhole effect; snaps fasten down the back of the dress.

In this view you can see the petticoat under the flounce and the pretty black shoes with tiny black flowers on the toes.

This is her prom dress, made by BonBon.  The skirt has three tiers of lace.  The top is black velvet with two straps on one shoulder.  There is a detachable red satin sash and bow, and a flower pinned at the waist.

The pretty red bow is visible in this view, with Cissy at her dressing table preparing for the prom.

Here is Shanghai Cissy with her handsome date, a Marine from a nearby base.  The Marine is a Man of Honor doll, and the medal the Marine is wearing is a genuine Marine Good Conduct medal.  (Hope he is on good conduct for Prom Night!)

Shanghai Cissy is home from the prom, ready for bed in her white and yellow long nightgown, made by BonBon.  Sweet dreams!

Shanghai has her casual outfit on in this photo.  Blue jeans, red knit top, embroidered belt, all made by BonBon.  With cute white sneakers.

Shanghai Cissy is ready for an evening at the symphony in this long taffeta skirt flocked in black flowers, with a matching stole, made by BonBon.  She wears a black knit halter top with the skirt, hand made by my mother Zanell.

Perfect for a summer night date, this two-piece red cotton dress has tiny black piping for trim.  Cissy wears red pumps and carries a black purse.

Shanghai Cissy looks quite professional in her white pleated skirt and matching vest, worn with a black turtleneck blouse and white pearls.  The outfit was made by Jane Perilloux, a creative and talented doll seamstress from Louisiana who offered wonderful doll clothes for Cissy on eBay. 

Designed and made by BonBon, this dress is made from red cotton with tiny white polka dots.  It is trimmed in white piping, and it features a double flounce skirt onto a dropped torso.  Cissy carries a white purse and wears red shoes with it.

Two Cissy dolls enjoy sodas and a chat.
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