Andere Zeiten - Andere Kleider
‘History of fashion’ cultural quartet game designed by Erika Werner-Nestler, 1954.

History of fashion educational quartet game showing European clothing through the ages, designed by Erika Werner-Nestler, published by Rudolf Forkel, Pössneck, 1954.
A brilliant example of the German first class pictorial children’s card games.
Above: ‘Andere Zeiten - Andere Kleider’ cultural history quartet game designed by Erika Werner-Nestler, published by Verlag Rudolf Forkel, Pössneck, manufactured by VEB Altenburger Spielkartenfabrik, 1954, 1961. 36 cards + booklet in box.

By Simon Wintle
Member since February 01, 1996
Founder and editor of the World of Playing Cards since 1996. He is a former committee member of the IPCS and was graphics editor of The Playing-Card journal for many years. He has lived at various times in Chile, England and Wales and is currently living in Extremadura, Spain. Simon's first limited edition pack of playing cards was a replica of a seventeenth century traditional English pack, which he produced from woodblocks and stencils.
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