Paper dolls have been around for 200 years. The first manufactured paper doll was “Little Fanny”, produced by S&J Fuller, London, in 1810. These dolls were sometimes advertisements, exploration into fashion. Milton Bradley became the biggest producer of paper dolls in 1920 when their popularity grew exponentially. Besides movie stars, women of leisure tended to be the women featured in paper doll form. As more women began to enter the work force in the twentieth-century, paper doll manufacturers began to produce dolls that represented career women. The women’s rights movement of the mid-20th century was partially responsible for instigating this change.
Looking back at vintage paper dolls and fashion choices, this cloche, Fanny, could easily finish a look for either leisure or work. A modern-print interpretation of 1920’s fashion is very today.
