A Fabulous new PhotoBlog for Bookmarking 10/18/2009
 Historical Fashion is a new blog with some really wonderful images of fashions for across all time periods (though there is a nice emphasis on 19th century stuff at the moment ~ including the image of two 1860s silk dresses reposted here). Although the blog has just started up, it looks like it will be worth bookmarking as the creator seems enthusiastic on the subject and has been posting regularly. There is not much commentary, but it is a photoblog predominantly, and the pictures so far have been gorgeous! If you are interested in more than just 19th Century fashions, then check it out! Les Fleurs ~ 09/23/2009
 Bibliodyssey (a regular great source of fashion plates and other antique manuscripts of interest), recently had a post of Les Fleurs Animees. In the 19th century there were some (what appear to be) popular paper doll sets based on this concept of costumes designed using flowers as inspiration, but the plates shown on the site include some really interesting ones that I have not seen before, including this lovely image of a woman dressed in what appears to be like a nun's habit fashioned from water lilies. While I have no ambition in particular to make any flower dolls of my own, they are fascinating to look at and provide fun inspiration for the possibility of masquerade costumes later on down the road. I couldn't find, in a quick search, the set of 19th century dolls I am referring to above (I thought I could quickly, but apparently they're all hiding now that the spring season is over), but I will continue to look and will post them when I manage to scrounge them up. Always playing catch up, it appears ~ 08/07/2009
 I have been doing an extraordinary amount of painting lately, unfortunately none of it on my dolls! I've been working hard in preparation of launching Reconstruction, and it's just been consuming all of my time. The good news is, however, that once the series gets underway, I'll be more inclined to work on the dolls (though don't be surprised if I revamp them entirely to match the art style of the series). In the meantime, I offer this very beautiful and exciting blog: Trouvais. The images are stunning and it has antiques and textiles from throughout history; a cornucopia of inspiration! The picture I am sharing here comes from this website and shows a French dress shop, probably in the 1850s (click to see more details). Also, check out BustleDress.com for some gorgeous examples of period clothing (recreated), vintage pieces, and tons of fashion plates and other resources. I will be stealing liberally, of course. I hope you enjoy these websites while I continue to work on my stuff. I promise you that eventually there will be dolls here! Hang in there! This is your new blog post. Click here and start typing, or drag in elements from the top bar.  I didn't get as much done as I wanted to this weekend, so I drag myself here humbly to post someone else's good work while I try to catch up on my own. Along with numerous other blogs that I follow, the above doll comes from Agence Eureka, which is a French blog, but that's immaterial; the dolls and vintage book illustrations posted there are a joy. Unfortunately, the categories there are a little messy, so you kind of have to root around to find stuff, but I find that checking in from time to time will assure that I see some neat old ephemera. Other kinds of Introductions ~ 01/21/2009
 I thought I would take a moment to promote a couple of other sites out there that I really enjoy and that feature paper dolls in 19th century fashions. The first is Annas klippdocksblogg from artist Anna Forsén. The blog is in Swedish (which unfortunately I cannot read), but Google translator can give you at least a vague impression of what she's writing about. Still, you don't need it to enjoy her artwork! Anna creates mostly Regency-period dolls (19th century, right?), and they are wonderfully colorful (oh how I envy!). And she's incredibly prolific too (more to envy!). Click here to also see her website!  Fleming's work is very nice and they are presented in .pdfs for ease of downloading if you want to play with them. Her period details are wonderful. My favorite are the dolls from the 1870s (click on the sample to the left). These dolls are all colored digitally and Fleming talks a little bit about her process on her website. | Paper Dolls
Here you will find dolls to go with the paper doll clothing. These are all characters from my online webcomic series called Reconstruction. To see all of the posts related to a particular character, click their name in the list under "Categories" below.   CategoriesAll  ArchivesOctober 2009 |
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