Name: Ashley Rose
Made by and When: Madame Alexander, 2002
Material: Vinyl with extra joints at the elbows and knees, synthetic wig fibers, acrylic eyes, paint
Marks: (Head) ALEXANDER©
Height: 14 inches
Hair, Eyes, Mouth: Curly brown synthetic wig pulled up in a high ponytail and adorned with a sheer pink ribbon, brown stationary eyes with applied upper eyelashes and painted lower eyelashes, closed mouth
Clothes: Lavender dress with printed purple flowers on the skirt and an attached white sheer overskirt embellished with embroidered white flowers, white satin half-sleep, lavender panties with white lace trim, white socks, and off-white shoes (the original shoes were white).
Other: Ashley Rose is Style #34355, introduced in 2002, and the only brown-skinned doll in the “Friends Forever” collection. The other dolls are Claudia, Grace, Emily, and Isabelle. Ashley Rose uses the same head and body sculpts as Madame Alexander/Tommy Hilfiger’s Rebecca.
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