From Palaces to Playthings:
The History of the Fashion Doll (PART 1)

EPISODE NOTES: She inspired fashion trends on a global scale. She taught young girls and grown women alike about the dressing styles of royal courts across Europe and how to wield fashion as tool…and a weapon. Before there was Barbie, there was Pandora. This episode is the first of three exploring the family tree of Mattel’s most famous "It" girl and her contemporaries. If you would like, you can support us at:https://www.patreon.com/historyunhemmedhttps://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/historyunhemmed Drop us a line at [email protected] and/or follow us on social media: Instagram: @history_unhemmed Facebook: History Unhemmed   Thank you! <3 RESOURCES: Anderson, Ruth M. Hispanic Costume, 1480-1530.  New York: Hispanic Society of America, 1979.Cousin, Nelly. Dolly’s Outfit: Teaching Children How to Dress Their Dolls. London: Samuel Miller, 1872. Croizat, Yassana C. ""Living Dolls": François Ier Dresses His Women." Renaissance Quarterly 60, no. 1 (2007): 94-130.Frasier, Antonia K. Dolls. New York: Octopus Books,1973. Frasier, Antonia. Marie Antoinette. New York: Anchor Books, 2001.Frieda, Leonie. Catherine de Medici: Renaissance Queen of France. New York: Harper Collins, 2003. Goldstone, Nancy. The Rival Queens: Catherine de' Medici, Her Daughter Marguerite de Valois, and the Betrayal that Ignited a Kingdom. New York: Little, Brown, and Company, 2015King, Constance Eileen. The Collector’s History of Dolls. New York: Outlet, 1977. Mackrell, Alice. An Illustrated History of Fashion: Five Hundred Years of Fashion Illustrations. New York: Drama, 1997. Shaw, Christine. Isabella d’Este: A Renaissance Princess. New York: Routledge, 2019. Weber, Caroline. Queen of Fashion. New York: Picador,  2006.  Whyel, Rosalie. The Heart of the Tree: Early Wooden Dolls to the 1850s. Bellevue, WA: Rosalie Whyel Museum of Doll Art, 2003.