Celebrate the world Children's Day with paper dolls

To celebrate World Children's Day I share with you this paper dolls book from my collection Louison grows up: the album of the first seven years.

It is a 50' s coloured edition of  Les editions Variétés published by the James & Jonathan Company (Montreal, Canada) with the following dimensions: 270 x 350 mm.

The book presents Louison, a girl in her different stages of growth, from baby to seven years of age. There are 8 paper dolls and 6 pages of outfits, hats, shoes and accessories to dress and undress and gives many hours of fun!

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Para celebrar o dia mundial da criança partilho com vocês este livro de paper dolls da minha colecção Louison grows up: the album of the first seven years. É uma edição colorida dos anos 50 da Les editions Váriétés publicado pela James & Jonathan Company (Montreal, Canada) com as seguintes dimensões: 270 x 350 mm. O livro apresenta a Louison, uma menina nas suas diferentes fases de crescimento, desde bébe até aos sete anos. São ao todo 8 paper dolls e 6 páginas de outfits and chapéus, sapatos e acessórios para vestir e despir e proporcionar muitas horas de diversão!

A paper doll bear in disguise

Paper dolls always give us good themes! In 2006 I went to the Festival of Comic Strip in Madrid. To my surprise, the advertisement was illustrated with a paper doll (by Luis Durán)! The symbol of the city of Madrid is a bear perched on a strawberry tree, so the central figure is a bear with different out fits and accessories that refer to classic characters in the comic book, such as: Spirit (Will Eisner), Corto Maltese (Hugo Pratt), Spider-Man (Stan Lee / Steve Dikto), Batman (Bill Finger / Bob Kane) and others.  

This one was really funny!

A bear paper doll by Luis Durán

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Paper dolls sempre nos dão bons temas. Em 2006 fui ao Festival de Banda Desenhada  em Madrid. Para minha surpresa, o cartaz era ilustrado com uma paper doll (de Luis Durán)! O símbolo da cidade de Madrid é um urso empoleirado num medronheiro, por isso, a figura central é um urso com diferentes out fits e acessórios que fazem referência a personagens clássicos da banda desenhada, tais como: Spirit (Will Eisner), Corto Maltese (Hugo Pratt), Spider man (Stan Lee / Steve Dikto), Batman (Bill Finger / Bob Kane) e outros. Este ficou muito divertido!

Paper doll pin up revues

This is an invitation to present the spring / summer 2003 fashion show by the internationally renowned Portuguese fashion designer Fátima Lopes. In 2000 she got a lot of attention by the media and the Guinness World Record for parading in the French capital the most expensive gold and diamond bikini, valued at one million dollars.

Reproduced in an article of a magazine the invitation is illustrated with a pin up whose similarities, namely the haircut and the smile of red lipstick, remind the own stylist. The outfits are based on stylist models very marked by elegant and very feminine silhouettes, necklines and asymmetrical cuts. As unfortunately I do not have an original invitation to my collection ... I am happy with this clipping that i share with you! :)

Fatima Lopes dress your pin up

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Este é um convite para a apresentação da colecção primavera/verão 2003 num desfile de moda da estilista portuguesa Fátima Lopes internacionalmente conhecida. Em 2000 causa grande atenção mediática e recorde do Guinness por desfilar na capital francesa o mais caro biquíni em ouro e diamantes, avaliado em um milhão de dólares.

Reproduzido num artigo de uma revista o convite é ilustrado uma pin up cujas semelhanças, nomeadamente o corte de cabelo e o sorriso de batom vermelho,  fazem lembrar a própria estilista. Os out fits são baseados nos modelos da estilista muito marcados por silhuetas elegantes e muito femininas, decotes e cortes assimétricos. Como infelizmente não tenho um convite original para a minha colecção...Contento-me com este recorte que partilho convosco! :)

Playing with Yves Saint Laurent's paper dolls

When I saw the movie Yves Saint Laurent (2014) by Jalil Lespert I noticed the hanging sketches that looked like Tom Tierney's paper dolls. I went to see more closely and compared with the paper dolls of the book Yves St. Laurent Fashion Review (Dover, 1998) I saw that they were not the same. But I had no idea that there was such a beautiful collection of paper dolls made by Yves Saint Laurent (YSL).

Yves St. Laurent: Fashion Review by Tom Tierney (Dover, 1998)

As a result of a Google search, images of YSL's real paper dolls have appeared. These were released by the Foundation Pierre Bergé - Yves Saint Laurent who opened their archives to the public.

This is a collection of paper dolls made by the still shy YSL teenager in the early 50's. They are about 11 dolls with different poses and hairstyles, were created 443 garments/ out fits with tabs,105 accessories, 7 patterns and two program books for the collections which group them (Autumn-Winter 1953-1954 and 1954-55).

Paper doll Suzy and her daytime dress , 1953. © Musée Yves Saint Laurent Paris

To make his paper dolls, he made cut outs of his favourite models from his mother's fashion magazines of his times (Vogue, Jardin des Modes, and Paris Match) and drew his colourful outfits with gouache, ink, and watercolours . Some had names such as: Suzy, Bettina, Véra, Florence, Ivy. 
You can see more on the Fondation Pierre Bergé - Yves Saint Laurent website.

Yves Saint Laurent and his paper dolls, Paris, 1957. 

"I was secretly cutting up my mother's dresses to clothe my theater characters, whose costumes I made out of fabric... I had built a wooden theater and made sets for the plays being performed in Paris. models, figurines that I dressed in. Then I would put them in my theater. "- Yves Saint Laurent, De fil en aiguille, dir. David Teboul.

All about Yves de Catherine Örmen (Larousse, 2016) a retrospective catalogue full of surprises and facsimile documents reproduces some paper dolls.

All about Yves by Catherine Örmen (Larousse, 2016)

These would be the first models of the house of his dreams called Yves Mathieu Saint Laurent Haute Couture Place Vendôme and that would bear testimony of his genius and sense of style.

Bibliography:
www.fondation-pb-ysl.net 
Photograph of Yves Saint Laureant and his paper dolls by François Pagès.© François PAGES/PARISMATCH/SCOOP

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Quando vi o filme Yves Saint Laurent (Jalil Lespert, 2014) reparei nos croquis de moda pendurados que me pareciam paper dolls de Tom Tierney. Fui ver com mais atenção e comparando com as paper dolls do livro Yves St. Laurent Fashion Review (Dover, 1998) vi que não eram as mesmas. Mas não imaginava que houvesse uma colecção tão bonita de paper dolls feitas por Yves Saint Laurent (YSL).

Por acaso no resultado de uma  pesquisa  no Google surgiram imagens das verdadeiras paper dolls de YSL. Estas foram divulgadas pela Fundação Pierre Bergé – Yves Saint Laurent que abriu os seus arquivos ao público.

Trata-se de uma colecção de paper dolls feitas pelo ainda tímido adolescente YSL no princípio da década 50. Foram criadas cerca de 11 bonecas com poses e penteados diferentes, 443 vestidos, 105 acessórios, 7 padrões e dois programas para as duas colecções em que se agrupavam (Outono-Inverno1953-1954 e 1954-55). 

Para fazer as suas bonecas de papel ele fazia recortes das suas modelos preferidas das revistas de moda da época, que eram da sua mãe (Vogue, Jardin des Modes e Paris Match)  e, desenhava os seus outfits coloridos com gouache, tinta da china e aguarelas. Algumas tinham nomes tais como: Suzy, Bettina, Véra, Florence, Ivy. Podem ver mais no website da Fondation Pierre Bergé – Yves Saint Laurent. 
"I was secretly cutting up my mother’s dresses to clothe my theater characters, whose costumes I made out of fabric. … I had built a wooden theater and was making sets for the plays being performed in Paris. I was recreating those sets and making the models, figurines that I dressed in fabric. Then I would put them in my theater."- Yves Saint Laurent, De fil en aiguille, dir. David Teboul.
All about Yves de Catherine Örmen (Larousse, 2016) é um catalogo retrospectivo cheio de surpresas e documentos facsimilados que reproduz algumas paper dolls. 
Estas seriam as primeiras modelos da casa dos seus sonhos chamada Yves Mathieu Saint Laurent Haute Couture Place Vendôme e que dariam testemunho da sua genialidade e senso de estilo. 

Paper doll Dreams

At the book fair of the International Comics Festival of Beja I met Dame Darcy  and her comics work (she was giving drawing autographs).

First of all I found her paper dolls in the web a long time before that.  At this festival she was selling a paper dolls book called Paper doll dreams.

This is an handmade self published book and has 14 pages in coloured card stock, it is handmade/ crafted book. All covers are different, glitter-coloured and hand-bound with silk ties. 

All characters are from her stories like: Richard Dirt, Wax Wolf, Friend the Girl and many more in a neo-victorian, romantic, horror style.

Because I love her sailors and mermaids I'm sharing a few pages here (but if you're curious in Dame Darcy's work, you can find more here). This is an must-have item for all paper doll collectors.

She is a very talented woman and promises hours of fun!

Paper doll dreams by Dame Darcy

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Na feira do livro do Festival Internacional de Banda Desenhada de Beja, encontrei o trabalho de banda desenhada de Dame Darcy (e ela própria dando autógrafos de desenho).
Neste festival ela estava vendendo um livro de bonecas de papel chamado Paper doll dreams. Em primeiro lugar, encontrei seus bonecos de papel na web. Todos os personagens são de suas histórias como: Richard Dirt, Wax Wolf, Amiga, a Garota e muitos mais em um estilo neo-vitoriano, romântico e de terror.
Este livro é uma edição de autor com 14 páginas e é um livro artesanal. Todas as capas são diferentes e coloridas à mão com glitter. 

Eu gosto muito dos marinheiros e das sereias dela(por isso partilho aqui algumas páginas), mas se estiverem interessados no trabalho de Dame Darcy, podem encontrar mais aqui. Este é um item obrigatório para todos os colecionadores.

Ela é uma mulher muito talentosa e promete horas de diversão!