Mrs Fellows-Brown

In the short story The Dressmaker's Doll, Mrs Fellows-Brown is a customer of the dressmaking shop. She owns a Pekinese named Fou-Ling.

Alicia Coombe, the owner of the dressmaking shop, does not always come in. However, she comes in when Mrs Fellows-Brown arrives, as she is a special customer.

Mrs Fellows-Brown is pleased with the cut of the dress she tries on, as it minimizes her behind, which she says has always been a trial to her. She says that for years she was able to pull her behind in by sticking out her front, but now she is unable to do that as she has a stomach as well. She decides to pull in her stomach and let her behind "look after itself".

Mrs Fellows-Brown asks Alicia Coombe how lonng she has had the doll, and says that it gives her the creeps. She says that the doll looks too much like it belongs there, and it is unhealthy.