Dress #122: Victorian day dress in purple Anteater and fashioned after a man’s

and fashioned after a man’s jacket

and metallic thread on cotton paper

James took inspiration from the late nineteenth century with swags of pale blue silk satin gathered at the front and back over a blue-green silk taffeta underskirt

This pink Regency dress is made from Japanese paper

Dress #122: Victorian day dress in purple Anteater and fashioned after a man’sThis hand stitched paper dress is based on a day dress from the early 1880s; the original was offered for sale by Augusta Auctions in 2022. The fabric was dyed with mauveine, one of the first synthetic dyes. Mauveine, also known as aniline purple and Perkin's mauve, was discovered accidentally by William Henry Perkins in 1856 in an attempt to synthesize quinine, which is used in the treatment of malaria. The dress is six inches tall, stitched by hand