A beautiful purse that was passed down through a family is worth $125 to $150. A large French fashion doll that was inherited from a family member would be purchased for about $6,000 to $8,000.

when the bloody upheaval of World War II pushed French fashion designers to dig deep to revive the fashion industry. Rising to the challenge, in 1945 designers dressed miniature mannequins in high ...

First out of the gate: Balmain, the French high fashion house, and Barbie, the ultimate plastic doll. It may signal the official breaching of the next big fashion frontier: the world of toys.