Get The TechniqueThere's something enchanting about paper dolls. They've been around for hundreds of years combining craft, fashion, and play. Especially popular in the early to mid 1900s, they were a cheap accessible way to keep up with fashion trends and celebrity figures.
I love this Frida Kahlo paper doll by Don Hendricks. They really feel like fashion illustrations.
Most of us probably grew up with a Tom Tierney book or two. He's created many many many paper doll books, documenting period fashions, celebrities, political figures, and literary characters. I like this book of fashions from the Twenties.
Illustrator Emily Eibel searched through today's wacky fashions to design this set of paper dolls which just ran in L Magazine's fashion week issue. You can downloads the PDF from her site here.
Do you have any favorite paper doll artists, or do you ever make your own?
From: caitlos | 10/12/09 at 5:11 pm
Ohhh - I used to love paper dolls! My cousin and I would design our own dresses
From: Tamar Daniel | 10/12/09 at 6:08 pm
Love these, they're adorable.
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From: Christopher L. Jorgensen | 10/12/09 at 10:05 pm
The coolest paper dolls on the web are here: http://joechip.net/liana/
This is, of course, my opinion, but you asked!
The site is about 3 years old and still going strong.
From: patricia | 10/12/09 at 11:40 pm
I want scrap od birthday decoration asiatic.
Patricia
From: MICHELE | 10/14/09 at 1:53 pm
http://www.artfulpaperdoll.blogspot.com/
Check out these paper dolls. These aren't your mammas paper dolls, LOL. Those are wonderful too, but these are a bit different
I like mixed media art and it translates so well on paper dolls. You can make your own faces and then take bits of fabric and glitter on the clothes. I once made about 10 paper dolls and put them all in evening dresses that I glittered in different colors and used them as Christmas ornaments.......... I have to do this again using Martha's glitter, which is perfect because it is so sparkly and fine.