The 1921 Lenci advertisement in Playthings shows five lady dolls. Two are dressed
as Faddette of 1923 Rival to the Smoking Cigarette Girl . Supervisor of the American Branch of Lenci Di E Scavini. ami one of the best known men in the doll trade, arrived on the Majestic on the 27th of March and created a stir in the Doll Kingdom when he announced the debut of the ” Fad-ette” of 1923. The admitted rival of the “Parisienne,” better known as the “Smoking Cigarette Girl,” “Fad-ette” has already taken a big lead over the latter in Paris and in America the inquiries about this doll have been so numer ous that it has taxed the efforts of the Correspondence Department of the American Branch. If the American public will take the “Fad-ctte” in the same fashion that the French did, “Fad-ettc” will be a real BIG FAD FOR 1923. Mr. Ernst announced that the factory in Turin had gone into the manufacture of sport millinery and a showing of this new product will be made in the new show room at 58 West 45th Street. It is learned that such sport millinery has already been on the market in Paris and hi other large European countries and has met with quite a success.
81 “Fad-ette,” Lenci Smoking Cigarette Girl doll, shown in Playthings, March 1923. This appears to be one of the earliest of the Lenci long-limbed lady dolls. See illustration 2 for other dolls of this type in 1924.
One is dressed for gardening and carries a rake. Another has the appearance of an elderly lady. The fifth doll’s clothes could represent a theatrical, bridal or some other costume.
In 1923 the Scavinis brought out the long-limbed boudoir type doll which they called “Fadette.” 
This doll was “The admitted rival of the Parisienne/ better known as the ‘Smoking Cigarette Girl’.” According to Playthings, Fad-ette took a big lead over the other dolls of this type even in Paris. Fad-ette wore high heels and
carried a hat box. Several long-limbed dolls made by the Scavinis in 1924 are shown in illustration 2. In this group the adult dolls appear to exceed the child doll types. One of the earliest examples of the half-closed eye treatment is seen in illustration 2. In the 1925/6 catalog, three long-limbed dolls were dressed in contemporary clothes. These resemble teenagers more than ladies and all have low heeled shoes. One teenager doll, 28 inches tall
has bushy hair and wears high-buttoned shoes. It is dressed for the street and carries a pocketbook and a large terrier dog. “Susie,” (165/3), 29 inches tall, has short sleek bobbed hair, an enormous brimmed hat and a choker of large beads. A very large doll of 40 inches (180 bis), represents a teenager dressed for a party. It also has
sleek bobbed hair.