Kim Brecklein: Illustrator of Vintage Fashion

Are you familiar with the wonderful vintage fashion illustrations from Kim Brocklein? She can be easily overlooked, since her illustration niche is paper dolls. But anyone with an historical costume bent will be pleased and charmed by the intimate and accurate details in her the fashion drawings of paper dolls that span centuries.

Her paper doll books are available on her website, with a larege selection to choose from.

When you explore her great web site, don't miss the fashion dictionary. This details descriptions of apparel terms and each term is illustrated with a drawing from her archive.

The illustration shown above is the cover for "Jazz Age Sisters". These are two paper dolls with ample wardrobes to keep any lover of 1920's fashion enthralled.

The Kim Brecklein website is HERE.
Her books are available on Lulu.com HERE.
Find the THE DICTIONARY OF FASHION TERMS HERE.