As antique doll prices rise, reproduction dolls have become popular. Using the popular dollspart body, many patterns and doll kits have presented a plethora of designs copied from antique garments.
Doll above: Barrois Reproduction by doll dollmaker artist Mary Ann Shandor, frenchdollfashions.com
The dress was made from antique fabric and trims and adapted from Mary Ann’s pattern for a Barrois, Doll News Winter 2019 and available on her website.
Here is a group picture of reproduction french fashion dolls with original outfits created for them. (The exception is the 10″ doll Marie Terese, created by Alice Leverette for the 61st UFDC Convention, 2010)
From left the right is a Early Bru reproduction on a Gildebrief body with an outfit from an Alice Leverett (justalice.com) pattern, a Huret from bisquebeauties.com with a dress from a Mary Ann Shandor pattern, (frenchdollfashions.com), a Carl Armstrong Mathilda Rohmer, (carmeldollshopboutique.com) with a dress copied from an original in the Grovian Museum collection, and a Mary Ann Shandor Barrois doll, with one of her patterns from Doll News.
Mademoiselle Mathilde, Carl Armstrong Reproduction Rohmer doll from Carmel Doll Shop Boutique, is presented with her wardrobe. The red with black and white stripe overskirt was made from a kit by Deborah Jenkines and sewn at a workshop at the Grovian Museum. The brown with brown and white stripes is from Palais Royale pattern created by Louise Hedrick, available at the Carmel Doll Shop Boutique along with the fabric. The pale green dress was made from a pattern available on the French Fashion IO Club, and the blue check dress was created from a picture taken at the Grovian Doll Museum.
Welcome, Miss Vivienne, a Doleac reproduction doll by Darlene Lane (darlenelane.com). She’s dressed in a pattern from Dollspart made specifically for a Doleac doll and created in a alternate design and color wave. 
Here is a couple that were made by Darlene Lane. It seems as if they met when she was making them and fell in love, for when they got to me, they didn’t want to be separated. So, here is Miss Esmée, made from a Dehors mold from Dollspart and Henri(pronounced Ahn-ri) a F. Gaultier reproduction mold also from Dollspart. She is dressed in a couture outfit from the Carmel Doll Shop and he in a pattern from Dollspart. The next item on the wait list for Henri is a frock coat.
Miss Sophie Rose arrives at Balmoral Castle in Scotland for a Christmas week-end sporting the MacDonald Scottish clan plaid in honor of her cousin Celeste, who has married into the MacDonald family.
Miss Sophie Rose is dressed for skating in her Winter Ensemble with hat and muff. Her outfits were made from antique velvet and the MacDonald Scottish clan tartan wool fabric. Her outfit was adapted from the Winter Ensemble pattern in Louise Hedrick’s book, “A French Fashion Doll’s Wardrobe.”
Miss Sophie Rose is enamored of her burgundy boots with skates that can be attached. They were made by the talented Fran Q. Notice her flannel slip to keep her warm.
Meet Mrs. Horace Adams, a 16” reproduction Simon & Halbig 152 from Suzanne McBrayer. She is a suffragette marching to get the vote for women in the United States. She wears the colors of the suffragette movement: green and purple.
