Dress #108: Charles James evening dress in black and turquoise Shoes and boots The dress features a gathered

The dress features a gathered

The elephant is 4

stitched by hand on 5x7 inch watercolour paper

This pink Regency dress is made from Japanese paper

Dress #108: Charles James evening dress in black and turquoise Shoes and boots The dress features a gatheredThis hand stitched paper dress is based on an evening dress created by Charles James in ca. 1955; the original, in black velvet and blue green satin, is held by the Museum at FIT (accession 91. 241. 132). The most striking feature of the dress is a three foot long metal zipper that spirals around the gown. With only a low resolution image to work from, I couldnt identify the path of the zipper, but its there, somewhere! Ive chosen a Nepalese Lokta