Pinup #004: Pinup dress in purple and gold with crinoline. 2016 Costume dress This hand-stitched black and bronze

This hand-stitched black and bronze gown is based on a French evening dress by the Callot Soeurs of Paris

from the November 1908 issue of Les Modes : revue mensuelle illustrée des Arts décoratifs appliqués à la femme

The original dress is silk

shiny blue rayon fibres embedded in the surface of the darker paper provide a contrast to the lush feathered texture of the paler blue

layered atop one another

Pinup #004: Pinup dress in purple and gold with crinoline. 2016 Costume dress This hand-stitched black and bronzeThe dress is six inches tall, stitched by hand on 8x10 inch 100% cotton watercolour paper, which means that it will pop right into any commercial frame in that size, and be ready to hang on your wall. Materials: Nepalese paper, Japanese tissue, glass beads, and cotton floss on cotton paper.