Showing posts with label 1973. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1973. Show all posts

Thursday, January 26, 2017

Just a Girl and her Platform Shoes, 1973.

September 2, 1973.  This paper doll was drawn by Jackie DeRosa and was used in a newspaper article about how colorful Fall fashions were going to be that year.  The article said to color this paper doll's clothing in bright colors.  I was a preteen in 1973 and if the Houston Post had printed this doll I would have had my crayolas and scissors in hand.  This paper doll, like the teenagers and young women I knew in the 1970's, is funny, zany and, refreshingly, nary a profane word drops from her lips.

Friday, November 22, 2013

Jacqueline Kennedy's Inaugural Gown

 January 13, 1973.  "Mrs. Kennedy wore this white cape and gown in 1961.  Cut and color your First Lady paper doll."  From The Mini Page.
1983.  FIRST LADIES' GOWNS, A Smithsonian Coloring Book.  Illustrations by Geraldine Lucas.  "Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy.  The First Lady provided ideas and sketches to the designer for this white silk dress, worn to John F. Kennedy's inaugural ball in 1961.  The bodice is embroidered in silver thread, and is veiled overall with white chiffon to give a soft, shimmering effect.  The cape is of the same silk, triple-layered with chiffon.  An embroidered frog adorns the military collar."