If you thought Kody Brown’s only remaining wife Robyn Brown was spending her family’s money on random artwork and purple home decor, you’re wrong; the Sister Wives star is also dropping a staggering amount of money on handmade doll clothing.
No, seriously.
After Robyn’s love of gaudy Etsy crafts was reportedly called out on the Sister Wives: Love Should Be Multiplied Not Divided podcast’s Patreon, a number of Reddit users began a deep dive into Robyn’s Etsy account, which revealed hundreds of reviews for pricey doll clothing and accessories that she has purchased over the last five years. When her purchases were added up, it was revealed that the ‘Sister Wives’ big spender has shelled out over $60,000 for handmade specialty doll clothing and accessories in just three years!
Robyn seemingly spares no expense when it comes to her 18-inch American Girl doll friends, spending hundreds of dollars on various ensembles for her collection, including multiple “1800s Victorian” looks– some even custom-made specifically for Robyn. (While Robyn’s nine-year-old daughter Ariella is into the dolls too, Robyn makes it very clear in some of her reviews that a lot of these purchases are for her own collection, not Ariella’s.)
“Stunning! I love the purple and maroon color combination,” Robyn commented on one of her purchases (that happened to cost a cool $578…for doll clothes). “It is well made and beautifully coordinated. The materials used are high quality and lovely. There are so many accessories and pieces that just complete this outfit. The shop owner is a pleasure to work with as well.”
Robyn’s Etsy footprint shows that she favors and purchases from multiple shops on the website, contributing to what appears to be her very large– and expensive– collection.
According to one Reddit user, Robyn has made nearly 500 doll-related purchases in the last six years and that she made more than 100 Etsy transactions in general in 2024 alone. In some of the reviews left by Robyn for her doll purchases, she revealed that at least one of her older daughters is also involved in the doll-collecting obsession.
“My 20-year-old daughter oohed and aahed at this outfit,” Robyn wrote in a review posted in 2024. (Robyn’s daughter Breanna is currently 20 so we can assume she is the “daughter” who Robyn was writing about here.) In another review, Robyn mentions that her mother is also taking part in the doll-a-polooza.
Robyn’s (alleged) Etsy obsession isn’t limited to doll fashion; Robyn has also left a plethora of reviews for various home decor items, holiday decorations, handmade gifts and multiple “junk journals” like the one she gifted Meri Brown as a going away present on ‘Sister Wives.’
Robyn admits in one of her reviews that she is “absolutely addicted” and has purchased “several” of these journals, which cost more than $100 each.
The discovery of Robyn’s exorbitant Etsy spending comes just weeks after her former sister wife Janelle Brown opened up about Kody’s spending habits during “the last several years” of their marriage.
“ … Kody would just take out funds and I don’t know what for, and the money was just being spent– and lots of it,” Janelle stated.
In response to Janelle’s comments, Kody argued that he had financial responsibilities to many people in the family, not just Janelle.
“I was a father to 18 and a husband to more than just Janelle, so we had a lot of places that money needed to go that weren’t always Janelle’s business,” he said.
Gwendlyn Brown— the daughter of Kody and his ex-third-wife, Christine— opened up in a 2023 YouTube video about her dad and Robyn’s tendency to spend a ridiculous amount of money.
“I think that my dad and Robyn have a terrible habit of, like, spending very crazy and not within their means at all,” Gwendlyn said.
In the same video, Gwendlyn predicted that Christine, Janelle and Meri would all be in a much-better place, money-wise, now that they’re no longer tied to Kody, Robyn (and Robyn’s gaggle of well-dressed American Girl dolls).
“They’ll probably be a lot better off now that they’re no longer with him, and they’re no longer financially tied to him because they still make a lot of money separately,” she said.
As The Ashley previously told you, Robyn and Kody purchased that Flagstaff home in August 2019 for $890,000 and they sold the residence in November for nearly $1.8 million. Shortly before selling the home, the couple majorly upgraded from their Mountain Mansion by purchasing a 7,884 square-foot home in Flagstaff for $2.1 million.
