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Everybody likes disguising,
adults and
children, to change personality a short moment.
Dolls
do not miss in this desire and particularly
Bleuette.
Hardly one year after the "birth", she is become "Neapolitan" (n ° 1 of 1906), then "Madness" (n ° 2 of 1907) and " Bécassine " (n ° 36 and 37 of 1908) or in " Bride " (n ° 44-45 of 1908), another "Neapolitan" (n ° 4 of 1910), another "Bride" (n° 42-43 of the 1912), "Swiss" (n ° 23-24 of 1914), "Alsatian" (n ° 14 of 1915), " Boulonnaise " (n ° 28 of 1915), "Scotswoman" (n ° 34-35 of 1917), another "Alsatian" (n ° 6-7 of 1917) - It must not to forget our beautiful always chained province; Then, she is engaged as " Nanny " (n ° 9-10-11 of1917), again a "Bride" (n ° 8 of 1919), then "Norman" (n ° 20-21 of 1918). All
these suits conceived by " Tante Jacqueline " are very
elaborated and rather difficult to reproduce as all the
dresses which she proposed until her death in 1920.
It is necessary to wait for 1923 to dress up again Bleuette. But then here were three fancy dresses for the same year: " Red Skin " (n ° 2), "Dutchwoman" (n ° 6-7) and still " Bride" (n ° 27). |
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One small return on the
past, here is
Bleuette in Pussy Finch (n ° 7 in 1924)... A little
while without disguises... Our small doll already has it of
numerous in its wardrobe to choose a which of it is well
still her... Let us hope that she will not make as the girl
of a little story illustrated by Manon Iessel in a charming
way, who not being able to decide, will arrive at the
costume ball dressed of differentes left for several suits
hang up in the closet.
In
1927, Lindberg makes a success of the crossing of the
Atlantic Ocean, Bleuette owes dress a flying suit (n °
45 in 1927).
Years 1929-1930-1931 are going to provide Bleuette of numerous suits which go, to dream, take her worldwide. First of all "Nurse" (n ° 45 of 1929) when one travels a lot , it can occur some accidents... And it is left for the tour of the World.... In two years , at first en 1930 , Bleuette is " Boulonnaise " (n ° 4), "Arab" (n ° 6) |
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, "Breton" (n ° 8), "Norman" (n °
10),
"Dutchwoman" (n ° 11), "Alsatian" (n ° 18),.. then
in 1931 " Persian " (n ° 11), " Spaniard " (n °
14), " Auvergne " (n ° 26), " Japanese " (n ° 32),
" Italian " (n ° 51) ouf ! ! !
During
the last thirties, no disguises. However Bleuette for
so many years is abundantly provided so that she does not
know any more when to arrange them in her wardrobe !
During the war and next years, this is austerity. Bleuette has already very enough evil to dress normally, not question to " disguise ". The first suit reappears in 1949. Bleuette goes to the ball, dressed up as " Greque " or as " Tahitienne " (n°8 of 1949) or still as "Portuguese" (n ° 26 of 1951), then, next years, in " Dancer star " (n ° 10 of 1952), "Pierrette" n ° 10 of 1954), " Annamite " (n ° 10 of 1956), " Bécassine " (n ° 14 of 1959). Finally, Bleuette ends the dream in 1960 (n ° 113) dressed up as "Pierrette". |
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The
house Gautier -
Languereau which from
the 1906 suggested disguises making puts it on the Bleuette
market only from 1922 and until second world war.
Only 18 " Shrove Tuesday" and "Middle - fast" in the course of more than fifty years. Why that ? It is necessary at first to say that it is period splendor of Bleuette, the golden age which accompanies the beautiful years after the big war: " Arts Déco ", Paul Poiret, " Les Années Folles "... ...All these disguises are beautiful, varied, of quality. Regrettably we see very few as well in the specialized sales as at the collectors. Two reasons for that : Bizarrely disguises were not commercialized in catalogs , appearing nevertheless to the " good season ", but only in " Semaine de Suzette " in February. Furthermore , these disguises were rather expensive compared with suits: In 1928, " La Danseuse " and " La Fleur " are sold 12 F 50 while , the " Robe d'Ecoliere " is worth only 8 F 50. |
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In 1935, the " Paysanne
russe " or The "
Mexicaine " are sold 16 F 50; at the same moment dresses
"Intimite " or " La Bonne Franquette " are worth 7 F and 7 F
50.
It is necessary to say that " Paysanne Russe " 's disguise is of the most elaborated; it does not contain less than 6 elements. The last disguise, well before the war of 1939/1945, " La Petite Fille Modele " is sold 19 F. For the same price, the small reader could have two dresses, for example " Au concert " and " Margaret-Rose ". The
" Semaine de Suzette "
reappears in
1946. There is still scarcity of tissues and dresses are
proposed in very small quantity until 1950/1952. The last
years are supplied on the contrary abundantly with clothes
all very beautiful and very well made. However any fancy
dress is put up for sale. It is not nevertheless necessary
to believe that it likes the inafection of the genre. That
was only the end of this fabulus story..
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