About a thousand years ago, when I was much smaller and somewhat younger (and if I was sitting still long enough) I occasionally played with a box of “paper dolls” given to me by my mum; she had played with them, and they had been given to her by her mother, Edith, who played with them – she made them. They were always in an old glove box (and some still are). The appeal was strong to me, even back then. I loved the fashions on them…