The Kane County Doll and Dollhouse Show in St. Charles on Sunday included 65 vendors.
The Kane County Doll and Dollhouse Show at the Kane County Fairgrounds in St. Charles on Sunday featured a wide variety of dolls including Barbie. Heidi Topps of Crystal Lake admits when it comes to collecting dolls, her attraction to the iconic Barbie knows no bounds.
“I’ve been in Kane County for a while. It’s always been a one-day show with one in April and the other in September,” she said. “Normally, we get about 450 people as well as the vendors who are also collectors. This may not sound like a lot, but it’s a good crowd for a doll show.”George Taggart of Yorkville and his wife Kim check out dolls at the Kane County Doll and Dollhouse Show on Sunday at the Kane County Fairgrounds in St. Charles.
“It’s not rediscovering your youth. For me, it’s having things completed,” she said. “If you have a set, you want to just add to your collection. I bet I have 300 dolls.” “About seven years ago, she created this character Stella based on a 1920s-1930s era child living through the Depression,” Riedl said. “Stella took off like wildfire and we have two Facebook groups with mine having over 1,000 members.
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