Corset Couture Paper Dolls

Corset Couture Paper Dolls

Author: Brenda Sneathen Mattox

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2013-01-16

Total Pages: 18

ISBN-13: 0486490092

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Three dolls and 29 historically accurate costumes illustrate the influence of lingerie on modern couture. Side-by-side comparisons range from a 16th-century "bodie" to "waspies" of the 1950s. Includes a gentleman "dandy" doll.


Victorian Sports Paper Dolls

Victorian Sports Paper Dolls

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 2020-05-15

Total Pages: 8

ISBN-13: 9781942490593

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When we think of ladies of the Victorian era, our first thought doesn't go to sports. Yet women of the 19th century found many ways to be active despite the restrictive clothing of the day. Full skirts were typically worn for riding, skating, croquet, golf, tennis, hiking, fencing and archery. Bloomers aided in activities such as cycling, gymnastics and swimming. Toward the end of the 20th century, women participated in team sports including field hockey, volleyball, baseball and basketball.Artist and fashion historian Brenda Sneathen Mattox represents 14 Victorian sporting activities in a beautifully illustrated wardrobe for two dolls. The well-researched costumes depict: Riding 1840s, Gymnastics 1850s, Croquet 1860s, Bathing 1860s, Skating 1870s, Hiking 1870s, Baseball 1880s, Tennis 1880s, Shooting 1880s, Fencing 1890s, Archery 1890s, Cycling 1890s, Golf 1890s, Basketball 1890s.An essay on "The Victorian Sportswoman" by Lorna Currie Thomopoulos adds to the collectibility of this historical fashion paper doll book.


Famous Couples

Famous Couples

Author: Hazel McMahon

Publisher:

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 164

ISBN-13: 9780875886428

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A second volume of splendid outfits to dress Tyler, Alex, Gene and Trent fashion dolls. Sewers can re-create 20 outfits, complete with accessories for couples such as Cleopatra and Marc Anthony; Romeo and Juliet; Mr D'Arcy and Miss Elizabeth Bennet (Pride and Prejudice); Charles II and Barbara Villiers, Lady Castelmaine; Sir Percy Blakeney aka The Scarlet Pimpernel and wife Marguerite St Just; and a Young Queen Victoria and her Prince Albert. Famous couples from the present century are; Lauren Bacall and Humphrey Bogart; Rose and Jack from 'Titanic'; Edward and Mrs Simpson; Valentino and Vilma Banky 'Son of the Shiek'. Colour photos throughout of work-in-progress will help you to bring these characters to life, displayed through your contemporary Fashion Dolls. Basic sewers need not be intimidated as each pattern is rated according to difficulty, with directions given for the more accomplished to adapt, embellish and enrich each outfit.


Gothic

Gothic

Author: Valerie Steele

Publisher:

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 202

ISBN-13:

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"Popularly associated with black-clad teenagers and rock musicians, gothic fashion encompasses not only subcultural styles (from old-school goth to cyber-goth and beyond) but also high fashion by such designers as Alexander McQueen, John Galliano of Christian Dior, Rick Owens, Olivier Theyskens, and Yohji Yamamoto. Fashion photographers, such as Scan Ellis and Eugenio Recuenco, have also drawn on the visual vocabulary of the gothic to convey narratives of dark glamour. As the text and lavish illustrations in this book suggest, gothic fashion has deep cultural roots that give it an enduring potency." "Valerie Steele is director and chief curator of The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT)." -- BOOK JACKET.


Princess Diana and Prince Charles Fashion Paper Dolls in Full Color

Princess Diana and Prince Charles Fashion Paper Dolls in Full Color

Author: Tom Tierney

Publisher: Courier Dover Publications

Published: 1985-07-01

Total Pages: 32

ISBN-13: 9780486249612

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Recreate royal magic with two dolls, 28 authentic costumes. For Diana: going-away suit, floral crepe-de-chine, hand-painted chiffon evening dress, spectacular wedding gown, more. For Charles: kilt, tuxedo, Navy dress uniform, more.


Sewing Victorian Doll Clothes

Sewing Victorian Doll Clothes

Author: Michelle Hamilton

Publisher: Lark Books (NC)

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13: 9781887374064

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Tracing the history of 19th century fashion, this book examines the changing styles in miniature, showing how to make Victorian dolls' clothes. It is designed for the collector, home dresser or sewer.


Rococo Fashion

Rococo Fashion

Author: Melanie Rose Kazmercyk

Publisher:

Published: 2021-02-28

Total Pages: 82

ISBN-13:

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Color through time with 40 pages of Rococo fashion. This book includes over 60 unique dresses based on authentic 18th century garments - as well as corsets, robes, hats, wigs, shoes, and accessories. The perfect creative, relaxing activity for fashion lovers of all ages! Pages are 8"x10" and one sided, easy tear out to frame or share. Notes: This book showcases garments and accessories only - no faces or scenic backgrounds but space to create your own.


Dollys and Friends Originals 1900s Paper Dolls

Dollys and Friends Originals 1900s Paper Dolls

Author: Dollys and Friends

Publisher:

Published: 2020-06-15

Total Pages: 34

ISBN-13:

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Meet Dolly, Polly, Holly, Lolly, Jolly and Molly, new fashion paper dolls Dollys and Friends. You can begin creating your collection of paper dolls with this book which has 3 paper dolls and 30 outfits in 1900s styles of fashion. This book is a perfect gift for fashion historians, fashion enthusiasts, costume history lovers, paper doll collectors or anyone interested in 1900s. Please be aware that these paper dolls require careful hand cutting. For adults, paper dolls may be a gateway to childhood memories but they also make great gifts for children. Younger children may need the help to cut these dolls out since the dolls and clothes are not perforated. However, this is a nice opportunity for fun family time. Paper dolls can bring adults and children together, and collections of paper dolls have always passed down to younger generations. New generations can learn a lot while playing with paper dolls. In a digital era where dress up games allow us to change clothes on paper dolls by only touching a screen, cutting these dolls the traditional way is a great help for developing motor skills. Playing together also helps to develop communication and cooperation between friends and family. Playing games goes hand in hand with storytelling, role-playing and fantasy so everyone can treasure the time spent playing with these paper dolls as memories full of creativity and imagination. Paper dolls have a long history, and although inspired by antique and vintage paper dolls, Dollys and Friends are modern fashion dolls. Still, most of their wardrobe pieces are vintage fashions or period costumes. While these clothes are created after research, each outfit may not be authentic for that time period. Although there are many costumes and designer fashions for vintage themed books, it is still best to describe them as inspired by historical periods but not exact period costumes. Especially undergarments are more modern for the dolls to be used with different wardrobe choices. Every new outfit from Dollys and Friends Originals Books you will get will be wearable by these Original Dollys. Collecting these paper dolls and sharing them with children can also make fashion and history become one of their passions. Paper doll fans and children of all ages can enjoy these creations . Anyone who is cutting out these dolls and trying the outfits can have a great time with this entertaining activity whether they are fashion enthusiasts, history lovers, paper doll collectors, children or adults.


Corsets and Crinolines

Corsets and Crinolines

Author: Norah Waugh

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 1954

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13:

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"The first of Miss Waugh's important books on historic costume, 'Corsets and crinolines,' set a new standard of accuracy and lively interest. Showing that the silhouette of women's dress has been in a state of continuous change, allied to economic and architectural evolution as well as changing ideas of sexual attractiveness, she itemizes three cycles in the last 400 years in which women's silhouette was blown up to the utmost limit, by artificial means, and then collapsed again to a long straight line. At these points the extremes were invariably considered absurdities and the corsets and hoops were discarded by their users, so that in actuality very few specimens from the earlier periods at least have come down to us. This book is a study of these shapes and how they were produced, how simple laced bodices became corsets of cane, whalebone, and steel, while padding at shoulders and hips gave way to the structures of farthingales, hoops and bustles. Since paintings, prints and photographs of these props are not sufficient to convey their three-dimensional form, Miss Waugh has provided structural drawings and patterns, always made from existing specimens. Each period is enlivened by quotations from contemporary sources -- from letters, diaries, satiric poems, tailors' and dressmakers' bills, as well as journalists' accounts, often very amusing in themselves. These describe the garments and their under-structures and show how they were viewed by the people who saw them. Added are an index, a glossary of terms and materials, appendices on the repair and manufacture of corsets and crinolines, on whalebone and the whale fishery that supported it." --


Great Fashion Designs of the Twenties Paper Dolls

Great Fashion Designs of the Twenties Paper Dolls

Author: Tom Tierney

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 1983-01-01

Total Pages: 20

ISBN-13: 0486244822

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Zelda and Scott Fitzgerald...the "Lost Generation."..illustrations by John Held, Jr....the "It" girl...Lucky Linda...Louise Brooks...prosperity, seemingly endless, and the inevitable crash. The Twenties loom large in the American imagination as a decade unto itself, a brief span of years, but with a style all its own.