The Beat Goes On…
Greetings and salutations.
Today I’m here to introduce you to the newest paper doll available for download: Betty the Beatnik!
You can dress her up in five tops, four bottoms, a dress, a neck scarf, and a beret (all in black, naturally). She also comes with some jazz LPs, a copy of On the Road and a package of Pall Malls.
In the course of making this I discovered that there’s a fine like between looking like a Beatnik and looking like a stereotypical French woman (berets and horizontal stripes for all!) I think Betty here could almost pass for modern were it not for the crazy granny underwear. I also discovered that my mother once went as a Beatnik for Halloween, circa 1959. So today I continue the family tradition of gently mocking the Beat Generation.
Yours,
Sarah
Tags: Beat Generation, beatniks, jazz, On the Road, paper dolls
March 28th, 2011 at 7:38 pm
Your brilliancy continues to stun me. Can we print her and Marie out and play at our next hang out?
March 28th, 2011 at 10:09 pm
The next time we hang out we will speak only about my brilliancy, focusing primarily on my uncanny ability to design beatnik-inspired undergarments. And yeah, PAPER DOLL PARTY!!!