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It’s Accessory Thursday! See, I didn’t have one last week, but it wasn’t abandoned for long. Today, we have some 1940’s girdles, a long-line bra, two purses, beads and a pair of ever important gloves. If you ever thought to yourself, “I need some 1940s underwear for a paper doll” than here you go!
(I find it hard to imagine anyone ever thought that, but maybe I’m wrong.)
The shoes on the left are based on a blue suede pair from 1941. The other pair is from the 1942 Spiegel Holiday Catalog. The “lower” purse is based on a Gucci model from 1949 while the other is from 1944. See, I said back on Monday one 1949 item slipped into this week’s early 1940s paper doll series.
Her 1940s underwear is based on two different 1940s gridles. The first is from 1942 and the second is from between 1942 and 1949. After I drew these, a freind remarked that he thought they were a bit racy for a paper doll, but I think paper dolls can be sexy if they want to be. Besides, it’s not that racy.
Now, if you need a paper doll to wear these lovely girdles, than Hazel from Monday has the hair for the era, but any of the Mini-Maiden‘s can pull off the looks, I’m sure.
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So, what do you think of this weeks set? Are you enjoying this foray into the 1940s? Let me know in a comment!
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Haha, I’d have never thought of under garments for paper dolls. These are awesome and *very* different! I especially got a giggle out of the garters holding up the stockings. And no, they’re not racy; back in the day, under garments were very important to how clothes fitted (unlike our modern casual jeans and t-shirts, that don’t need that support).
The challenge of paper doll undergarments is always “will the clothing fit over them.” Sometimes I really do think that’s super important, but other times I think the undergarments themselves are super interesting on their own- like with my Tudor paper doll: https://paperthinpersonas.com///tag/tudor-era/
Having a bra on a paperdoll is not racy. If the clothes still fit its genius
Yeah, I have to confess that while I’m pretty positive that the girdles will work under the dresses, I am less certain about the bra. Mostly, because I’m not sure how well it will really stay on the paper doll.
I suppose I SHOULD have playtested it, but… I didn’t. *shrug*
I remember my mom wearing girdles in the ’70s. In Arizona. So hot…
No, not racy at all. Costume history.