Bride and Groom Fashion Paper Dolls

by Tom Tierney

Youthful bride and groom — each with 15 full-color costumes — model two centuries of American wedding fashions. Boots, top hats, striped pants, vests, handsome navy whites, and cutaways for the groom; lovely multi-tiered gowns; knee-length, pleated dresses and exquisite satin and lace ensembles for the bride. Descriptive notes.

32 pages, Staple Bound

First published December 1, 1990

About the author

Tom Tierney 8 October 1928 - 12 July 2014) was a prolific creator of paper doll books. He was trained as an artist and worked as an illustrator for department stores before turning to paper dolls in the 1970s.

"Meticulously drawn and colored, and annotated with historical information, Mr. Tierney’s paper-doll books are not just for children — and some are not for children at all. His aim, he often said, was to contribute to the visual literature of costume history," noted his New York Times obituary.

"Pope John Paul II, shown a copy of Mr. Tierney’s book about him by a visitor to the Vatican, blessed it and asked where he might get one of his own."

Reviews

[Allie]

I know that this is a book of paper dolls, but it was wildly formative to me as a kid. I never cut them out (I was too scared) so I just looked through it over and over and over and imagined the lives of the brides. The grooms could have all been wearing go-go boots for all I noticed. I love every single inch of these dresses so much.