This is the forth book in the Klutz series of paper fashion books, and the first to take historic dress as its theme. It provides illustrative examples of women's clothing from the 14th to the early 20th Century, and encourages youngsters (yes, 35 is still young..... bought it for the Guides, honest.) to create paper costumes using the accompanying stencils, papers, glue and sequins.
The illustrations have obviously been based on pieces familiar to anyone with the Kyoto or V&A books, and the printed papers include some very nice period prints. There are plenty of different styles of dress, and a good amount of craft materials are included - a common complaint with this type of activity book is that the materials are stingy, and impossible to replenish. Thankfully 'Klutz', the California-based publisher, produces reasonably priced packs of paper and tiny wire coat hangers.
This reviewer thinks that children under 10 might find the tiny stencils and paper pieces a bit fiddly, but older children or those with an obliging grandparent on hand to help, will have a lovely time making little costumes to decorate greetings cards or creating a time-line showing the development of costumes through the centuries.
Paper Fashions : Yesterday
Jill Sawyer (2011)
ISBN 978 1 59174-892-2
RRP £12.99 (Amazon and others may be cheaper - today's prices started at £7.25)
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