May 25, 2025
1:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Print and bind your own book of paper dolls using prepared screens featuring experimental garments made by Artists-in-Residence at The Fabric Workshop and Museum. Each participant will screenprint and assemble a book of paper dolls that can be embellished at home with hand-coloring. Celebrate the spirit of collaborative experimentation that continues to thrive at FWM by creating this stylish gift or customizable keepsake.
Organized in conjunction with Soft/Cover.
May 25, 2025
1:00 pm to 4:00 pm
The Fabric Workshop and Museum
1214 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107
Sixth Floor Print Studio
“As products of both popular culture and mass marketing, paper dolls are intentionally designed to reflect that society’s idealized version of womanhood. The dolls’ little paper wardrobes communicate a wealth of information about the ideal woman of the past.”
History of Paper Dolls and Popular Culture: A Two-Dimensional View of Fashion
National Women’s History Museum, November 20, 2016
“…paper dolls also suggest something more hopeful—the possibility of transformation. And that transformation means that they are also a potent symbol for code-switching, of how changing outfits can change how you are perceived and act in different groups and situations.”
The Hidden Queer History of Paper Dolls
Decoder Ring Podcast by Slate, by Benjamin Frisch and Willa Paskin, August 27, 2018
