Plastic Barbies didn't get an invitation. Madame Alexander collectibles have no business here. Cabbage Patch Kids will go orphaned another week. The approximately 150 conventioneers at the National ...

Paper dolls, a vital part of children’s lives and fashion culture for generations, have always been meant to be instructive: to teach young women and girls how to look and behave. But, from the start, ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The Northern Ohio Doll and Bear Show is scheduled for Sunday at the Best Western Plus, 15471 Royalton Road in Strongsville, near Interstate 71. Early birds are welcome at 9 a.m. for ...

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 ...

Eighteenth-century iterations of paper dolls — hand-painted figures marketed to wealthy Europeans — were nearly as rarefied as the real-life versions of the towering headdresses and ruffled gowns they ...

NEED MERCHANDISE DESPERATELY read the urgent telegram. The West Coast’s Joseph Magnin Co. was about to open “News Stand” boutiques carrying paper dresses in its 28 stores; informal sales had proved so ...