Girls and their dolls gathered in the Corbett Gardens this weekend for an inaugural meet up.
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Collectors from across the state came to Bowral for the first ever American Girl doll collectors gathering.
The event was organised by Highlands mother April Love.
Ms Love’s four daughters own more than 70 dolls and she thought a meet up would be a good way to bring a community feel to collecting.
“There is a large community of American Girl collectors in the Highlands so I thought it would be a great idea to get everyone together to show off their dolls,” she said.
More than 30 collectors brought their favourite dolls to the picnic in Corbett Gardens. One collector travelled from the Central Coast to be part of the event.
The American Girl brand initially started out 30 years ago, making historical dolls aimed at the 8-13 year old market.
The dolls each came with novels based on the fictional doll character, set in real time periods, to deepen girls understanding of different historical events.
Each doll was dressed in historically accurate clothing and shoes, with more outfits, furniture and accessories to expand on imaginative play.
Over time a modern doll line was added, currently referred to as the 'Truly Me' line, where girls can choose from a range of dolls with different skin, hair and eye colour.
For younger girls there are Bitty Baby dolls or Wellie Wishers.
American Girl Dolls have an international following, of not just girls, but teenagers and adults who collect and create with them. There is a huge number of accounts on Instagram and You Tube dedicated to American Girl Dolls.
Girls at the event shared stories about their dolls and practised creating different hairstyles on the dolls.
Ms Love said the collectors planned to host another meet up.
“we would like to host another one in Spring when the tulips have have been planted,” she said.
She also said the collectors would keep in contact via social media.
“There is a big following on social media so hopefully we get more people involved.”