Dress #067: Flapper dress in oranges. 2016 Brains you’d think

you’d think

This parasol is based on a design from Bloomingdale Bros

is made from Edo Kosome Japanese paper

other Japanese paper

and metallic thread on cotton paper

Dress #067: Flapper dress in oranges. 2016 Brains you’d thinkThis hand stitched orange and red dress is based on an evening dancing dress designed by Voisin of Paris in ca. 1925. The dress in made from orange red papers, embedded with shiny red and orange rayon fibres. The fringes hang loose from the body of the dress. It is stitched onto cold pressed 100% cotton paper. The original dress is held by the Victoria & Albert Museum (accession T. 139&A 1967). Phryne Fisher or Daisy Buchanan would have loved dancing