Dress #070: Aesthetic style dress in purple LACMA likely during her first Society

likely during her first Society Season

Based on Metropolitan Museum of Art accession 45

The dress is 6 inches tall

in black and off-white

or Common Hedgehog) from ‘Die Såugthiere in Abbildungen Nach Der Natur’

Dress #070: Aesthetic style dress in purple LACMA likely during her first SocietyThis hand stitched paper gown in the artistic or aesthetic style is based on an English dress designed for Liberty & Co. of London ca. 1905. The company was known for producing womens fashions in the combination of classical, mediaeval, and renaissance styles favoured by the pre Raphaelites. The style was a stark contrast to the heavily structured and corseted fashions of the time. I don't know about you, but I think I'd enjoy wearing this dress as I