Dress #085: Edwardian afternoon dress in blue Shoes and boots The fringes hang loose from

The fringes hang loose from the body of the dress

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

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

The design is based on an afternoon dress from the Cauet Soeurs

Lines remained strongly vertical

Dress #085: Edwardian afternoon dress in blue Shoes and boots The fringes hang loose fromThis hand stitched paper Edwardian dress is made from blue Japanese paper with shimmering pearly white paper standing in for the lace of the original. The design is based on an afternoon dress from Redfern, as shown in the February 1910 issue of Les Modes : revue mensuelle illustre des Arts dcoratifs appliqus la femme. The dress is six inches tall, stitched by hand on 8x10 inch paper, which means that it will pop right into any commercial frame in