American Girl: Tags

American Girl clothes and accessories were made with care. Clothes have tags, that are paper and ribbon. Accessories have small gold stickers. Stickers come off easy. The first tags are Pleasant Company and then American Girl. And in 2015 they also have plastic patches on the outside.

Here is a chart to help with the tags

Note some clothes have no date on the Pleasant Company tag.

I have seen items from 1987 with no date tags & a 1986 pleasant company in China

Company	Year	Tag	Made in	Notes
Pleasant Company	1986	tag is dated	West Germany & China	paper tag
	1987
	1988	tag is dated	China	ribbon tag
	1989	tag is dated	China
	1990	tag is dated	China
	1991	tag is dated	China
	1992	tag is dated	China
	1993	tag is dated	China
	1994	tag is dated	China
	1995	tag is dated	China
	1996	tag is dated	China
	1997	tag is dated	China
	1998	tag is dated	China	Mattel owns
	1999	tag is dated	China
pleasant company	2000	no date	China	black color
American Girl	2001 - 2008	no date	China	red color
	2009 - 2014	no date	China	new star logo
	2015	no date	China	new plastic tag outside

I am only missing the 1987 tag. The only new outfits that year were Samantha, Molly & Kirsten's Birthday outfits. I have seen these with a tag for 1986. I believe they made a new tag the next with the release of more outfits. If anyone has a 1987 tag, I would like a photo to add to the blog.