Hoop Skirts And Crinoline Paper Dolls

Two dolls model 14 elegant ensembles with billowing skirts. Includes elegant dinner and ball gowns, an equestrienne outfit, a lavish bridal gown, and more. Male figures in period attire accompany the ladies.

lively southern belles, one a bride, each with 5 elegant ensembles. 16 plates.

Historic movies with period costumes are the inspiration for a lovely new paper doll book by artist and fashion antiquarian Brenda Sneathen Mattox. Two pretty paper dolls are waiting to be cut-out so that they can don costumes from some of Hollywood's most romantic movies including Gone with the Wind, Reap the Wild Wind, Madame Bovary, Secrets, Suez, The King and I, San Francisco and The Old Maid. Each of the book's beautifully illustrated pages spotlights a glorious hoopskirt costume posed in front of painted scenery that evokes the historic mood of an epic film. This book, one of an on-going Paper Studio Press series of Hollywood-inspired paper dolls, will enchant collectors of paper dolls, movie buffs and fashion history enthusiasts.

Recapture the flavor and drama of American life in 1860 with a family of 9 paper dolls and their 36 authentic costumes. Formal and everyday attire includes hoop skirts and off-the-shoulder dresses for the ladies and military uniforms, cravats, and waistcoats for the gentlemen. "Very detailed, and quite lovely to look at." — The Civil War News.

Brenda Sneathen Mattox, the well-known paper doll artist and fashion historian, goes undercover for this unique paper doll book that exposes the under garments that shaped and reshaped women as the 20th century unfolded. Beginning with the hoopskirt of the 1860s, through crinolettes, bustles and corsets, on to the bullet bra and right up to modern lingerie. This fascinating and often amusing new book offers a peek under the fashions of the day, into the shifting shapers of changing silhouettes. Commentary by the artist.

Carefully researched, accurately detailed collection captures the spirit of the decade after World War II. 10 dolls depict 3 generations of a family whose wardrobe includes beach wear, lounging outfits, dress suits for the men and women and formal wear. Also: a hula hoop and a Davy Crockett coonskin hat. 31 costumes. Notes.

You are invited to take tea with the elegantly gowned grand paper doll ladies of the Victorian era. The formal ritual of afternoon "high tea" lends itself to glorified gowns worn by the hostess and her guests. Each page in this fantastically detailed book illustrates the dramatically changing silhouette of Queen Victoria's long reign from crinoline hoopskirts to bustles and on to leg-o-mutton sleeves. The lavish gowns are presented in splendid Tea Party period settings, gloriously illustrated by Sandra Vanderpool, plus commentary by fashion expert David Wolfe.

Young couple -- each with 15 full-color costumes -- model two centuries of American wedding fashions, from Empire look of early 1800s to simple elegance of 1980s.