Witchtober Continues: 18th Century & Winter

Download the 18th Century Page PDF to Print | Download the Winter Page PDF to Print | The Rest of This Project If there was one thing I knew from the beginning of this whole Witchtober adventure, it was that my 18th century gown was going to be big. When …

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An 18th Century Round Gown for the A Pose Paper Dolls

Printable Black & White PDF Printable Color PDF More Paper Dolls & ClothesWhen I first decided I was going to create paper dolls in period underwear, I knew it would slow down my historical paper doll dress drawing. After all, once you put a paper doll in period underwear you …

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Alice Goes to the 18th Century

Printable Black & White PDF Printable Color PDF More Paper Dolls & ClothesI love costume history  and the 18th century is a favorite era of mine. I wanted to design an 18th century paper doll and I chose Alice as the model. Because of the paper doll’s historic underwear, she won’t be …

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Sprites In Some 18th Century Clothing Options

{View Larger} {View the PDF} {View Black & White} {View the Black & White PDF} {More Sprites Paper Dolls} Today’s Printable Paper Doll Inspirations: 18th Century Merchant Class Clothing This 18th century clothing for the Sprites paper dolls are meant to represent the Merchant Class. On the left, for the men, we …

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Calash Bonnets & Chemise a la Reine: Late 18th Century Paper Doll Dresses

Late 18th Century gowns before the waist begin to rise at the turn of the century are often defined by simpler lines. You can see in some of them the beginings of the aesthetic and gave rise to the Greek inspired looks of the Empire period in France and the …

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Hope: A Late 18th Century Paper Doll Set

Hope is based on the styles at the end of the 18th century. So, something major happened around the 1789 in France. It was, for those who weren’t asleep in high school history class, the French Revolution. To say that “everthing changed” wouldn’t be an understatement and the ripples of …

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Round Gown, Court Gowns and a Caraco Jacket: 18th Century Paper Doll Dresses

Four more 18th century dresses for the Pixie paper dolls today. So, by now I think I’ve already covered the various sorts of gowns women wore in the 18th century with a fair bit of detail. On the left, we have a caraco jacket and a square hooped court gown. …

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Polinanise and Stomachers: 18th Century Gowns for Paper Dolls

In my first page of gowns for my 18th century paper doll series, I talked a lot about different styles of gowns. I did not, however, talk about stomachers. So, a stomacher was a triangular shaped piece of cloth that was pinned or sewn in place to fill in the …

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