The Dolly's Dressmaker was a periodical published in the early 1860's in London and Berlin. Along with pictures and patterns for doll clothes, it described the clothes and told how to make them.

During the 1860's, the world was changing rapidly. Domestic life had been drastically altered by the development of the sewing machine and now few dresses were made at home without the use of one.

During that time, entire books and periodicals were devoted to teaching little girls the art of dressmaking for their dolls. With the recognition of the doll world by the creators of high fashion and the great increase in the number of Paris shops devoted to dolls and their trousseaus, the dolls of the well-to-do were often dressed according to the highest fashions of each year.

Cindy Hernandez' interest in 19th century clothing spurred her decision to make clothes first for the French and German dolls of that period, and later for the American Girl dolls. Her trousseaus for both types of dolls hark back to that time period and carry on the tradition started so long ago in Europe.

Therefore, when deciding on a name for her business, Cindy naturally turned to the Dolly's Dressmaker--with a different twist to the spelling.