Deborah Lundbech's photos with the keyword: vintage British paper dolls

The Disliked Paper Dolls

30 Jul 2012 2 2 206
I never played with these paper dolls - in fact I actively disliked everything about them - from their simpering faces to their frumpy clothes. My older cousin Pat gave them to me when I was probably 5 or 6 and I held on to them grudgingly for years - not able to throw them out ( I couldn't quite do that since I believed, on some level, they were alive) but never, ever playing with them. And you know - they still look just as hopelessly uncool and gormless to me, today. Freda, sister of Fred, is missing but, trust me, she was just as annoyingly unappealing.