Dress #026: Victorian dress grey and purple. 2015 Beard & Moustache Japanese chiyogami paper in gold

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

designed by Michele Clapton

and can often be found lecturing nests of younger turtles

stitched by hand on 8x10 inch watercolour paper

Charles James produced some of the quintessential dress shapes of the 1940s and 1950s

Dress #026: Victorian dress grey and purple. 2015 Beard & Moustache Japanese chiyogami paper in goldBased on a dress from Fox and Kelly's Fashion Catalogue Illustrated: Fall and Winter 1888 9. New York: The Company, 1888. The 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: Chiyogami, metallic paper, and cotton floss on cotton paper