Shari's New Shoes

Shari Lewis by Madame Alexander

Last year, my cousin sent me her sister's childhood doll, Madame Alexander's 21-inch Shari Lewis. The doll needed restringing as shown here and arrived wearing her original dress with one original stocking and shoe. The elastic on the shoe was stretched. 

Shari's temporary replacement shoes

The doll was restrung and the clothing refreshed. I ordered a pair of replacement stockings and the pair of gold strappy high-heels that the doll wears in the first picture. The shoes are also shown in the close-up photo immediately above this paragraph. Those shoes were to be temporary replacements until I found originals or replicas of the original gold elasticized shoes the doll wore originally.

Shari's new shoes

After being here a little over a year, Shari now has new shoes that replicate her original ones. 

Shari Lewis by Madame Alexander, the 21-inch version, models her new shoes.

My initial thought was to fully restore the doll, buy a display case for it, and return it to the original owner — my other cousin, the older sister of the cousin who sent me the doll. The older sister/cousin has a granddaughter who was born on my birthday. I'd like for her to have the doll; however, she's only about five — too young in my opinion to appreciate the doll, which is the reason I will buy a display case for Shari Lewis if I do return it. 

Read my initial blog post about this doll here. 

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