Great British Traditions Paper Dolls

$12.00
by Lorna Currie Thomopoulos

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Four little Brits, two girls and two boys, are ready to wear 32 costumes to represent the great traditions of the United Kingdom. Included among them are outfits for a Bobby, Guardsman, City Gent, Newsboy, Milkmaid, Milkman, Farmer, Boy Scout, Brownie, Ballerina and Shakespearean costumes. There are clothes for school kids; players of Soccer, Cricket and Rugby; Maypole and Morris dancers, and traditional costumes of Wales, Ireland and Scotland. Plus proper attire for horseback riding or walking in the rain to buy fish 'n chips. Londoner Lorna Currie Thomopoulos concepted this new paper doll book with collaborative assistance by David Wolfe. This delightful book of Trans-Atlantic traditions is educational as well as entertaining, a reminder of the many traditions that helped make Britain Great! Great British Traditions Paper Dolls bring together two dedicated anglophiles. Lorna Currie Thomopoulos and David Wolfe have collaborated to create a charming book depicting a delightful view of traditional British costumes and fashions from the past and present. The original concept for the book comes from Lorna who developed the idea and chose each and every one of the 32 outfits covering a wide range of traditions from royal to punk, from sports to scouting, from bobbies to ballerinas. David Wolfe lent his artistic talents to the project. It is interesting that although they are both passionate about all things English, neither of the collaborators was born in the United Kingdom. Lorna, who has lived in many exotic countries of the world, is originally from South Africa and David is an American from Ohio. Lorna now lives with her husband, George, in beautiful Surrey while David (who lived in London for almost 20 years) now resides in Sea Cliff, Long Island. Lorna, an expert on European paper dolls, is an avid collector and is the publisher and founder of The Paper Doll Circle , the British collectors magazine. David creates glamorous paper doll books for Paper Studio Press.

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