Courtesy American Girl Fans can choose from eight characters: 1854's frontier girl Kirsten, 1934's Kit Kittredge, 1944's Molly, 1904's Samantha, 1986's Courtney, 1974's Julie, 1954's Maryellen and ...

The collection features both illustrations of classic American Girls (like Kirsten ... like clothes in Samantha’s très classique maroon-and-violet checkered pattern. The clothing is not ...

had a gasp-inducing collection of taffeta dresses). The American Girl dolls had their issues. For starters, they were exorbitantly priced (buying just one doll with the accompanying accessories ...

They also updated the identities of American Girl sub-brands, like Truly Me, Bitty Baby, WellieWishers, Create Your Own, and the annual Girl of the Year, to tie into the parent system. Samantha ...

“American Girl targeted me, and me specifically, with this damn 90’s Twins collection… the working computer, the TAMAGOTCHI, the inflatable chair and one of them makes ZINES?” another ...

but if you were a history girl in the 80s-90s, then you didn't marvel over animals, but the infamous American Girl Dolls instead. With original prices that meant they should have come with a brick ...

I was an American Girl devotee when I was their age. There were only three of them when they hit the market in 1986 (before the company became a Mattel subsidiary): Samantha Parkington ...