Dress #111: Charles James dinner dress in shimmering brown Catalogue 1935 American walking dress in

1935 American walking dress in vibrant red-brown silk

This hand-stitched paper dress from the early 1920s is constructed of shimmering wine Japanese paper

held by the Metropolitan Museum of Art (accession 1971

Nepalese paper in gold on black stands in for black cotton adorned with a profusion of tiny metallic and black glass beads

According to the Victoria & Albert Museum

Dress #111: Charles James dinner dress in shimmering brown Catalogue 1935 American walking dress inThis 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