For most of its 200-year history, the art of paper-doll making has not been flattering to black folks. Prior to the mid-1950s, white illustrators and publishers generally drew the rare black paper ...

The story of American women can be told through paper dolls. From the Victorian wedding costumes favored by brides of the late 1880s to the belted pantsuits of the 1970s, paper dolls trace the history ...

Here’s some of what Arabella Grayson has learned about black paper dolls: Mid-1700s: Rich ladies in England and France make tiny paper dolls in their own images. 1810: Little Fanny, the first ...

LEARNED HOW TO MAKE A DIFFERENT KIND OF DOLL. THIS ARE TRADITIONAL PAPER MACHE DOLLS FROM MEXICO DOLLS ARE A SYMBOL OF PERFECTION. THESE LUPITA’S ARE ANYTHING BUT. I REALLY FOUND SO MUCH BEAUTY IN ...