#flapper doll

[blackbellybella]

I can’t remember if I’ve ever posted this but I love old flapper doll make up

[darling-dolls]

[darling-dolls]

[darling-dolls]

1920s French boudoir doll

[redraven2013]

Boudoir Doll Vintage Flapper Composition and Cloth Body Silk Gown Undergarment Corset Wired Fabric Fascinator Feather Boa with Clasps

[marzipanandminutiae]

YELLING ABOUT DOLLS PART 7 AND FINAL

AIN'T NO PARTY LIKE A 1920S PARTY

'CAUSE A 1920S PARTY DON'T STOP UNTIL THE ECONOMY COMES CRASHING DOWN BECAUSE PEOPLE LIVED WAY BEYOND THEIR MEANS ON CREDIT

BUT UNTIL THEN IT'S AN EXAMPLE OF A DRAMATIC SHIFT IN THE FEMININE IDEAL, PARTICULARLY RE: BODY TYPE

AND GUESS WHAT DOLLS CHANGED TOO

MEET THE SIMON AND HALBIG FLAPPER

I FUCKING LOVE SIMON AND HALBIG FLAPPERS

BECAUSE THEY'RE EXAMPLES OF THE END OF ONE STYLISTIC PERIOD IN THE DOLL WORLD OVERLAPPING WITH ANOTHER

LOOK AT THAT FACE. THAT IS A VICTORIAN DOLL'S FACE. BUT THE BODY AND WIG ARE SUPER-1920S. YOU CAN ALMOST SEE THE DOLLMAKERS TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS NEW ERA MEANS WHILE UNABLE TO FULLY ACCEPT THAT THEIR WORLD HAS VANISHED

ANYWAY

SHE COULD NOT BE MORE DIFFERENT FROM 19TH-CENTURY DOLLS OR EVEN EDWARDIAN DOLLS

SHE HAS A MUCH MORE SLENDER, ALMOST ANDROGYNOUS FIGURE. ALMOST BECAUSE SHE DOES HAVE LITTLE MOLDED BOOBS. BUT THEY'RE REALLY LITTLE. THIS DOLL IS MADE FOR THE THIN, FLAT SILHOUETTE OF THE 1920S

IN FACT, SHE LOOKS A BIT LIKE THE GRODNERTAL DOLL, OR THE ROMAN DOLL. AND 1920S CLOTHING WAS USUALLY LOOSE-FITTING, JUST LIKE IN REGENCY ENGLAND OR ANCIENT ROME

BAM

HISTORICAL CONNECTIONS

USING ONE OF MY TWO MAJORS LIKE A BOSS

(THESE FLAPPER DOLLS ARE PRETTY RARE. 1920S CHILDREN MORE COMMONLY PLAYED WITH COMPOSITION CHILD OR BABY DOLLS. FASHION DOLLS WERE STILL MADE, BUT LESS POPULAR FOR A LONG TIME. IN FACT, BARBIE WAS CREATED BECAUSE THE INVENTOR THOUGHT CHILDREN NEEDED AN ADULT-BODIED DOLL FOR A CHANGE)

SO YEAH

DOLLS HAVE LONG REPRESENTED THE FEMALE IDEAL OF WHOEVER WAS MAKING THEM

IT DIDN'T START WITH BARBIE

BUT PEOPLE OFTEN FORGET THIS AND THAT'S SAD

SOURCE: PINTEREST VIA GOOGLE SEARCH "SIMON AND HALBIG FLAPPER DOLL"

[lawhimsy]

Flapper style pose doll ~ La

[quaintrelle-life-blog]

My latest project, a 1920's style boudoir doll! Her name is Constance. I have a little blog post here about her, and more photos over on my little doll site if you like that kind of thing ;)