Dress #071.4: 1920s dress in black and gold. 2019 Sloth Materials: Japanese paper and tissue

Materials: Japanese paper and tissue

These tall button boots are from a late Victorian design sold by Jack Jacobus Ltd

The catalogue describes it as an “Embroidered French Gingham Dress Pattern

This hand-stitched paper 1920s dress is made from wine and gold chiyogami (Japanese paper) chosen to echo the Bordeaux wool of the original The design is based on an afternoon dress from Berthe Hermance

I layered Japanese mizutama watermark tissue in dark rose over a shimmering lilac paper

Dress #071.4: 1920s dress in black and gold. 2019 Sloth Materials: Japanese paper and tissueThis hand stitched black and gold dress is based on an American or European gown from ca. 1928, just when Phryne Fisher was making a splash in St. Kildas, Melbourne. The dress hangs in two tiers, with each edged in Japanese tissue to imitate the floating layers of the original. Japanese chiyogami paper in gold on black stands in for black cotton adorned with a profusion of tiny metallic and black glass beads. It is stitched onto cold pressed 100%