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Tom Tierney’s illustrations cover a 60 year time span when what we would consider “too much”, was never enough when it came to embellishing the clothing of a fashionable woman. As eye candy, this is excellent. As a reference, this book is very helpful in establishing the lines and silhouettes of the various decades. As always, the colors are brilliant and the styles are faithfully rendered.

The source of most of these illustrations are famous portraits, magazines of the day, and later photographs of fashionable women. Charles Frederick Worth started the practice of showing clothing on real people, as opposed to miniature costumes worn by fashion dolls, and his work is generously represented, along with a number of other designers, all of whom might have been overlooked by a lesser researcher than Mr. Tierney.

Since there are a multitude of refernces including printed and photographic material that cover the 1890s, I can understand why those fashions would merit an entire book of their own, so I am not troubled by the absence of the decade of the 1890s.

This book serves to provide an excellent overview of how womens’ clothing evolved during the Victorian Era all the way up until 1900.
Rating: 5 / 5

I love this paper doll set! I own several of Mr. Tierney’s paper doll collections but this is probably my favorite. The dolls of Queen Victoria and Empress Eugenie wonderfully dressed in undergarments accurate from the time period and their positions of their limbs allow the costume figures to hold fans and other accessories and allow them to put their arms in different positions without revealing anything of the original doll beneath. One thing about these dolls is that they are shorter than most and that wouldn’t be a problem except that it makes it harder to play with them with other paper dolls of a larger size. The clothers are lovely and EXTREMELY detailed making them beautiful but difficult to cut out especially for younger girls. Each gown is unique and Tom Tierney uses a variety of different styles and shows styles throughout a period of sixty-four years.Each doll has 13 essembles with a total of 26 essembles in the book. On the paper dolls the artist also depicts the hairstyles and headware of the time. It’s hard to cut out the space where there is an empty gap for a hole for the dolls face to show through. This would be a great selection for anybody who enjoys Tom Tierney’s quality work or just anyone who likes paper dolls!
Rating: 5 / 5