From Hollywood movie stars to the Sunday funnies, paper dolls and their fabulous fashions provide a great source of style inspiration. During last September's Milan Fashion Week, Moschino delighted patrons with a paper doll inspired fashion show, complete with human sized paper tabs.
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| Eleanor Parker, late 1940's, Dover |
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Miss Fury, 1942 courtesy gabipaperdolls
Miss Fury, aka Marla Drake, was an early comic book heroine created by
June Tarpe Mills. It ran from 1941 - 1952. |
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Tillie the Toiler was a newspaper comic strip created by
Russ Westover and ran from 1921 - 1959. |
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From the John Robert Powers Modeling Agency set of 6 models, early 1940's, designed by Ruth Wood.
#981 Whitman Publishing. Courtesy Marges8's Blog |
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Ella's 1940's fashion courtesy gabipaperdolls.
I love how this one includes a change of hairstyles. Hmm...remind you of anyone? |
Wow there are some outfits in these photos that I would love to have for my dolls . I love Miss Fury.
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Wouldn't a Miss Fury doll be awesome! Thanks so much for your comment Don. Melissa
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