Matilda Billinge argues that paper dolls are woven into the fabric of female fashion across time Last term, I was attending a zine-making workshop at The Iris Café when a page from one of the vintage ...
Eighteenth-century iterations of paper dolls — hand-painted figures marketed to wealthy Europeans — were nearly as rarefied as the real-life versions of the towering headdresses and ruffled gowns they ...
Paper dolls, a vital part of children’s lives and fashion culture for generations, have always been meant to be instructive: to teach young women and girls how to look and behave. But, from the start, ...
It was the early 2000s, I was 11 and living at my grandmother’s house in Missouri for the summer. The rubber bands on my braces were a mildewy shade of purple, and I had just developed my first ...
Ever imagined wearing a dress made out of paper? House-Wear, a truly imaginative brand founded by artist Laura Sansone is all about eco-fashion, but in a different way than what you may have seen ...