Dress #077: 1920s dress in black and bronze. 2016 Rabbit my stitched paper hedgies don’t

my stitched paper hedgies don’t need to be fed

ajisai is the Japanese word for hydrangea

The dress in made from orange-red papers

The original dress is held by the Victoria & Albert Museum (accession CIRC

Dress #077: 1920s dress in black and bronze. 2016 Rabbit my stitched paper hedgies don’tThis hand stitched black and bronze gown is based on a French evening dress by the Callot Soeurs of Paris, from ca. 1925. The four Callot sisters opened their first salon in Paris, creating blouses and lingerie. By the 1920s they had stores in Nice, Biarritz, Buenos Aires, and London, and were known for simple lines, lavish embroidery, and oriental influences. Rich black Nepalese paper is trimmed with bronze Japanese paper and accented with glass