Sunday, October 23, 2011

Paper doll dress up

This is too weird. A ready-to-print Mary Wollstonecraft in underclothes, with a selection of dresses to cut out and try on. I don't recall any detailed description of her wardrobe, so presumably the inventive people at Paper Doll Heaven have just chosen  vaguely 1790s clothing. Having recently toured Sands Films, the costume makers, I must say I set my eyes higher when it comes to Mary: the Movie.

PS Follow up on dress up here, with an actual image, by kind permission.
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  1. Vicki PSOctober 23, 2011 at 2:35 PM

    How totally fun! Paper dolls were a big deal back in the '50s (she sighs nostalgically). However, this Mary's clothing is sadly inauthentic. It was all Empire line in gowns then: tiny little tight bodices with the skirt falling in soft drapes from under the bust. Fabrics were soft, clingy and often semi-transparent, and there were no layers and layers of petticoats or underskirts. Actually, the gowns of that period would be quite wearable today (if one is so inclined).

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  2. Roberta WedgeOctober 24, 2011 at 11:24 PM

    I like your nostalgic sighs! Notice my delicacy in not reprinting the historically inaccurate costumes here. I agree that Empire gowns flattered many, as evinced by Jane Austen adaptations.

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  3. AnonymousOctober 25, 2011 at 2:14 PM

    Weird indeed - though I confess that for nostalgic reasons I did indeed find myself dressing her in one of the (wholly inauthentic I know) outfits. And they have a boys dress up option too, so some gender equality, and also spreading the name of Mary, so not entirely bad? @bhiggi

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  4. Mike RendellOctober 25, 2011 at 3:38 PM

    Not entirely sure that reducing Mary W. to a clothes horse would have been her idea of progress! What a strange and inaccurate set of choices, but fun none- the-less!

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  5. Roberta WedgeOctober 25, 2011 at 6:23 PM

    Thank you, Mike and Anon, for dropping by. Would you give these to impressionable young children? Perhaps mix up the generations and genders of costume? If you love Mary, I have lots more for you!

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  7. Roberta WedgeNovember 17, 2011 at 12:42 PM

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