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Today’s 1915 paper doll drawing comes from Perry, Dame & Co. was a New York department store which also did extensive mail order business. The Internet Archive has a few of their catalogs available online one from 1915 and one from 1919-1920.
One of my favorite sources to draw from are clothing catalogs which I did for this 1915 paper doll suit. I love flipping through old catalogs and I love knowing that what I am drawing is clothing women could actually purchase. It’s not hypothetical, as many fashion plates are, or something very high fashion, and it’s fully styled unlike museum pieces.
This suit is from the Spring-Summer 1915 catalog. I didn’t love the original hat that was put with it, so I picked out a hat I liked more from the millerinry section of the catalog. Of course, my modern eye is very different from that of a person from 1915 and who knows if this hat would really have gone with this suit. I chose the hat partly because I wanted to practice drawing feathers in Procreate and I chose the suit in part to allow me to try working with a double line brush that helped me do the complicated braided trim that decorates this garment.
So, this was certainly a “Rachel tries out some new Procreate things” creation. I am pretty happy with how it came out.
I confess I’ve got other things from this catalog in progress, so you might get really sick of the 1915 Spring Summer Perry Dame & Co catalog by the time this month is out!
Do you like 1915? Or is that a fashion era that doesn’t do it for you? Let me know in a comment. I’m super curious.
Sources:
- Perry, Dame & Co. catalog Spring and Summer 1915 Pg 75 Hat from the Internet Archive
- Perry, Dame & Co. catalog Spring and Summer 1915 Pg 35 Suit from the Internet Archive