A slip of the scissors and off comes a foot. A nick and there goes a finger. A wrong snip and a tab that would have held up her dress disappears. Paper dolls, fragile though they were, they enticed us ...

I remember making paper dolls from Sears catalogs. When a new Sears catalog arrived at our home, the old one was set aside, available for play. My sister and I would pour through it, looking for just ...

It’s like a dream closet for fancy gals — hanger upon hanger of white lace, pink tulle, satin in every color of the rainbow, that little black number that can be dressed up or down for the occasion.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about fashion, power and what powerful people wear. Wilde had some radical ideas about clothes, which he espoused in ...

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 ...

Q-How would one go about learning the value of old paper dolls and if there is a market for them? Nancy P., Barrington. A-I suggest you attend the Old Chicago Paper Doll Party `85 from 1:30 to 3:30 ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Before Barbie, before Bratz, young girls had to make do with dressing up paper dolls. These are ephemera by definition (and it's hard to ...

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 ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The Northern Ohio Doll and Bear Show is scheduled for Sunday at the Best Western Plus, 15471 Royalton Road in Strongsville, near Interstate 71. Early birds are welcome at 9 a.m. for ...

In the midst of New York Fashion Week earlier this, I found myself in a dollhouse. It was a life-size installation at New York's Academy Mansion with oversize objects, from tables to beds to makeup ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. In the 1940s, during Helen Popenoe's elementary school years, she collected and played with paper dolls. This collection consists of the dolls ...