Blank Mini Doll Hoodies

A hoodie does something a shirt cannot: it changes the silhouette of an outfit rather than simply covering it. This one has a hood and a plain body with no logo on it, so the colour carries the outfit and nothing competes with it. Fourteen colourways are listed. Start with the neutrals: white, black, plain grey, warm grey, a heavier heather grey and dark brown. Then the brighter half of the range: royal blue, green, red, orange-red, dragon fruit pink, pink-purple, dusty pink, and a second red entry that is listed with a mini cap detail.

Pull the hoodie on over a tank top or a shirt and leave the hood down for a clean neckline, or push it up when you want the doll to look bundled up against the cold. It layers under the biker jackets in the same range and over the button shirts, and it works with denim, cargo trousers or a pleated skirt underneath.

Each hoodie is $7.99, listed against $9.99, or two for $14.99. That price is set for people who restyle a doll often. Take one colour if you only need the one, mix the hoodie with anything else in the outfit range, or use the bundle to keep a warm shade and a cool shade on hand so you can change the look without ordering again.

Because the body is unprinted, colour is the only real decision. White and the two greys are the easiest to combine and they show the shape of the hood most clearly in photos. Black and dark brown hide the folds a little, but they look sharp with pale trousers. The pinks, royal blue, green and orange-red are the ones that make a shelf display stand out, especially when the room around the doll is kept simple.

Fourteen photographs cover every colourway, so you can judge the actual shade against the rest of the range instead of guessing from a colour name. Two shades photographed in the same light can look closer together than they do in the hand, so it is worth comparing the neutrals and the brighter colours side by side before settling on one, and worth remembering that a hood down and a hood up read as two different garments in a photograph.

Washing a hooded garment at this size takes a little patience. Hand wash it cool, squeeze the water out gently rather than twisting, and dry it flat with the hood shaped by hand. Keep it out of strong direct sun and away from a hot iron, particularly along the hood seam.