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During the second part of the XXth century, new plastic materials appeared in the doll industry and all the other ones were abandoned.
On the other hand, the variety of the dolls of that era is amazing : classic dolls, baby dolls, brand new fashion dolls, soft body babies, caricature or funny dolls. The main firms still using celluloïd or rhodoïd at that time are Raynal, Petitcollin, Nobel, Convert, Urika, Marechal... The ones imposing with new plastic materials are Bella, Gégé, Clodrey and later Corolle...
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rhodoid doll by Raynal
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plastic doll by Bella
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Corinne plastic fashion doll by Italo Cremona
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plastic doll by Corolle
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In 1951 le lady magazine « Modes & Travaux » sold its own dolls for which patterns were published monthly in order to dress them. Collectors are still very fond of Françoise, Michel and the others.
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Jean-Michel from "Modes & Travaux" by Petitcollin
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