Dress #112: Charles James dinner dress in shimmering brown Beaver It is based on an

It is based on an English dress from 1909

until I found this delightful (if slightly guilty-looking) specimen in the 1918 book ‘Wild Animals of North America: Intimate Studies of Big and Little Creatures of the Mammal Kingdom’

stitched by hand on 8x10 inch 100% cotton watercolour paper

This darling little pinup dress is made from Korean hanji paper in pink and purple flowers on a pale lime green background

Dress #112: Charles James dinner dress in shimmering brown Beaver It is based on anThis hand stitched paper dress is based on the Spiral dinner dress created by Charles James in ca. 1950; the original is held by Metropolitan Museum of Art (accession 2009. 300. 167). The design uses asymmetrical draping, and the skirt is constructed in a single piece that wraps around the hips and features three self covered flat buttons at the back left. Ive used a shimmering brown decorative paper to stand in for the brown silk faille of the dress