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Tuesday 10 October 2023

The Queen of paper dolls

Rauni Palonen by Petri Mulari,2020
We all know her paperinukke... I mean: Paper dolls.

Rauni Palonen (b.1929- ) is Finnish and designed paper dolls for the magazines Apu and Aret Runt, for thirty years, portraying the royalty, Misses, musicians, actors, actresses, athletes and children's characters.

We had already shared some in previous posts. Take a look here and here.

She graduated in Fashion Design and began designing costumes for theatre and cinema. Then she started working as a fashion journalist during the week and on the weekends she designed celebrity paper dolls at the request of Eero Sauri, editor-in-chief of Apu magazine at the time.

 

Once a week, Rauni drew a public figure chosen by the editors at the magazine's weekly meeting. The clothes had to follow the trends of the time... this was easy for Rauni as she travelled as a fashion journalist to all the big fashion fairs: Paris, Frankfurt, Milan, Copenhagen. 

The magazine aimed to be for the whole family, so they published the paper doll behind an advertising page. This way children could cut out the paper doll without damaging the magazine.
In some published interviews, Rauni shared that she drew thinner bodies because it was difficult to find space on the A4 sheet to place the outfits. The colours of the illustrations usually changed with printing, leaving the paper dolls with crazy colours, but this didn't bother the little ones.

Initially, Rauni's paper dolls varied in pose and were published one week with some clothes, accompanied by a brief description and in the following two weeks more clothes were published on a new two pages.

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 Leena Brusiin Miss Europe 1968 by Rauni Palonen
 
Out fits for Leena Brusiin

 

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Georg Liemola by Rauni Palonen

Outfits for Georg Liemola
 

Over time, the space in the magazine for paper dolls decreased and so did paper dolls. They were now published smaller and with less clothing.
It was with the magazine's young readers in mind and so that they could change clothes from one doll to another, that it was decided to create a paper doll base model for men and another for women, changing only the face weekly. Rauni shared that she found it easier to draw men than women.

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Jaclyn Smith (Charlie's Angels) by Raunin Palonen

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Farrah Fawcett (Charlie's Angels) by Rauni Palonen

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Cheryl Ladd (Charlie's Angels) by Rauni Palonen

 

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 Pippilotta is the main character of three children's books by Swedish author Astrid Lindgren

The book Tähdet arkilla: suomalaisten suosikit paperinukkeina (Stars on a sheet: Finnish favourites as paper dolls) was published in 2008 and is full of photos and stories about Apu's paper dolls.

 

Tähdet arkilla/ Pirkko Vekkeli, Rauni Palonen,Mia Dillemuth.Tammi, 2008



Rauni held an exhibition with her fashion illustrations
in 2017.

We should call her the Queen of paper dolls!

See you. 😉

 

Bibliographic references:

https://www.apu.fi/artikkelit/virve-rosti-16-paasi-rauni-palosen-paperinukeksi-1975-se-oli-suuri-kunnianosoitus 

https://nukkehuone.blogspot.com/ maariainen

https://diamonenblogi.blogspot.com/

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Rauni Palonen (n.1929-) é finlandesa e desenhou paper dolls para as revistas Apu e Aret Runt, durante trinta anos, retratando a realeza, Misses, músicos, atores, atrizes, atletas e personagens infantis. Formou-se em Design de Moda e começou a desenhar figurinos. Depois começou a trabalhar como jornalista de moda durante a semana e nos finais de semana desenhava bonecos de papel de celebridades a pedido de Eero Sauri, editor-chefe da revista Apu na época. Uma vez por semana, Rauni Palonen desenhava uma figura pública escolhida pelos editores na reunião semanal da revista. As roupas tinham que seguir as tendências da época... isso foi fácil para Rauni, que viajava como jornalista de moda para todas as grandes feiras de moda: Paris, Frankfurt, Milão, Copenhague. A revista pretendia ser para toda a família, por isso publicaram a paper doll atrás de uma página publicitária. Assim as crianças poderiam recortar a paper doll sem danificar a revista. Em algumas entrevistas publicadas, Rauni compartilhou que desenhava corpos mais magros porque era difícil encontrar espaço na folha A4 para colocar as roupas. As cores das ilustrações geralmente mudavam com a impressão, deixando as paper doll com cores malucas, mas isso não incomodava os pequenos. Inicialmente as paper doll de Rauni variavam em pose e eram publicados uma semana com algumas roupas, acompanhadas de uma breve descrição e nas duas semanas seguintes mais roupas eram publicadas em uma nova página. Com o tempo, o espaço na revista para paper doll diminuiu e os bonecos de papel também. Eles agora eram publicados em tamanhos menores e com menos roupas.
Foi a pensar nos jovens leitores da revista e para que pudessem mudar de roupa de um boneco para outro, que se decidiu criar um modelo base da paper dolll para homem e outro para mulher, mudando apenas o rosto semanalmente. Rauni compartilhou que achava mais fácil desenhar homens do que mulheres. Em 2008 foi publicado o livro Tähdet arkilla que está repleto de fotos e histórias sobre as bonecas de papel de Apu. Rauni fez em 2017 uma exposição com suas ilustrações de moda. Deviamos chama-la de rainha das Paper doll! Até à próxima.

Tuesday 24 January 2023

Fatal dance

 

 Margaretha Gertruida Zelle (Leeuwarden, Netherlands, August 7, 1876 – Vincennes, France, October 15, 1917) known as Mata Hari, a Malay word meaning "Sun", but literally translated means "Eye of the day", lived as a famous exotic dancer, she invented and lived out different personalities to impress those around her and to survive a violent past and frequent the Parisian social scene.

 Mata Hari has become a beauty and fashion icon appreciated and desired by all. After years of success and full-house shows, when success began to fade, Mata Hari was preparing to return to the stage with a show about a priest who fell in love with a goddess, when the first world war broke out and boycotted the your plans.

  Her frequent travels around Europe put her under the scrutiny of the authorities and suspicions arise about the possibility that she is a spy. The German and French war archives keep Mata Hari's personal documents, now made public, which give us an idea of her personality, her contacts and the seventeen interrogations that led to her execution before the French platoon as a spy with the codename H- 21. 

 

 

 The real facts of her passionate and mysterious life, guided by glamour, alone would be enough to inspire the various film adaptations, documentaries and biographies that have been produced, dispensing with every part of the legend.  



George Fitzmaurice's Mata Hari (1931) a fictionalized movie of the life of Mata Hari with Greta Garbo

Josef von Sternberg's (1932) with Marlene Dietrich playing the role of a spy inspired on Mata Hari


Jean-Louis Richard's Mata Hari, agent H21(1964) with Jeanne Moureau


Mata Hari continues to fill the collective imagination and also serves as inspiration for paper dolls.
 
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Mata Hari by Jim Faraone from Infamous Women (1982)

 
 


 

 







 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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From Tom Tierney's Greta Garbo: paper dolls in full color, 1985  



 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

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Greta Garbo Paper Dolls (2009) by Norma Lu Meehan with costumes from film Mata Hari

  See you soon!

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Margaretha Gertruida Zelle (Leeuwarden, Holanda, 7 de agosto de 1876 – Vincennes, França, 15 de outubro de 1917) conhecida como Mata Hari, uma palavra malaia que significa "Sol", mas traduzida literalmente significa "Olho do dia", viveu como uma famosa dançarina exótica, inventou e viveu diferentes personalidades para impressionar os que a rodeavam e para sobreviver a um passado violento e frequentar a cena social parisiense. Mata Hari tornou-se um ícone de beleza e moda apreciada e desejada por todos. Depois de anos de sucesso e shows de casa cheia, quando o sucesso começou a esmorecer, Mata Hari preparava-se para voltar aos palcos com um show sobre um padre que se apaixonou por uma deusa, quando estourou a primeira guerra mundial e o boicotou os seus planos. As suas frequentes viagens pela Europa colocam-n sob o escrutínio das autoridades e surgem suspeitas sobre a possibilidade de ser uma espiã. Os arquivos de guerra alemães e franceses guardam documentos pessoais de Mata Hari, agora tornados públicos, que nos dão uma ideia da sua personalidade, dos seus contactos e dos dezassete interrogatórios que levaram à sua execução diante do pelotão frances como espiã com o codinome H-21. Os fatos reais da  sua vida apaixonante e misteriosa, pautada pelo glamour, por si só já seriam suficientes para inspirar as diversas adaptações cinematográficas, documentários e biografias que foram produzidos, dispensando toda parte da lenda. Mata Hari continua preenchendo o imaginário coletivo e servindo de inspiração também para bonecas de papel.

Sunday 8 January 2023

Rebel rebel

"There was a boy
A very strange enchanted boyThey say he wandered very far, very farOver land and seaA little shy and sad of eyeBut very wise was he..."
 
Nature boy by Nat King Cole


Time May Change Me (Jan 2015)by Helen Green

 

I didn't grow up listening to David Bowie (b.8 January 1947 – d.10 January 2016)... I only heard a few songs on the radio. I am therefore not a connoisseur of Bowie's music. But I admired a lot to see how this man changed his look in a chameleon way, changed his persona and how he became an icon admired and followed by millions. A megastar! 
 
After seeing the film Velvet Goldmine by Todd Haynes, which was inspired by Bowie's universe, my curiosity for him increased. It was during the research I was doing to find his looks that I saw that not even the world of paper dolls was indifferent to him. There are loads of Bowie-inspired paper dolls. I share here some that I found.
 
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Paper doll by Mel Elliot

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Paper Doll Bowie by Mel Elliot
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Paper doll by Paula Carrasco Cano
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Published in Året Runt magazine
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Published in Året Runt magazine


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Paper doll by Claudia Varosio

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Thin White Paper Doll Cutout by Heather Collett

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Paper Ziggy by Kat Francis E

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Amazing 70’s Bowie Paper Doll by Vodka Caramel

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Paper doll by Electric sorbet


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Paper doll by Serge Baeken

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Paper doll fridge pin, unknown artist

 
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Artwork by Amy Pearson
 
 

 
Bowies by Helen Green
 
I suggest you visit this page! See you to the next!
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Eu não cresci a ouvir David Bowie... ouvia apenas algumas músicas na rádio . Não sou por isso um conhecedor da música de Bowie. Mas admiro muito ao ver como este homem mudava de visual de forma camaleónica, mudava de personna e como se tornou um ícone admirado e seguido por milhões. Uma megastar!Depois de ver o filme Velvet Goldmine de que se inspirava no universo de Bowie a minha curiosidade por ele aumentou. Foi durante as pesquisas que fazia para encontrar os visuais dele que vi que nem o mundo das paper dolls lhe ficou indiferente. Há imensos paper dolls com inspiração em Bowie.Partilho aqui algumas que fui encontrando.Até à proxima!

Friday 6 January 2023

I knew I'd never see you again...

 

I started listening to Orville Peck at the beginning of the pandemic... his voice captivated me... like the siren song seduced the sailors of Ulysses. I traveled for hours listening him. To my surprise, he also appeared in a paper doll form, by Ívan García who reproduces his wonderful costumes in a cowboy chic aesthetic. 

This weekend listen to Orville Peck, visit Ívan García's website and play with paper dolls. 😍 

To the next!


 
 
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Orville Peck paper doll by Iván García
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Comecei a ouvir Orville Peck no início da pandemia... a voz dele cativou-me...como o canto da sereia seduziu os marinheiros de Ulisses. Viajei durante horas a ouvi-lo. Para minha surpresa também apareceu em paper doll, pela mão de Ívan García que reproduz os seus maravilhosos outfits numa estética de cowboy chic
Este fim de semana ouçam Orville Peck, visitem o site de Ívan García e brinquem com paper dolls. 😍 
Até à próxima!