Dress #071.4: 1920s dress in black and gold. 2019 Whale This darling little pinup dress

This darling little pinup dress is made from Japanese chiyogami paper patterned in pink and white flowers on an apricot background

Dresses in this style can be seen in the early seasons of Downton Abbey

is held by the Museum at FIT (accession 71

and is based on an American dress from Strawbridge & Clothier's Quarterly' (vol

Materials: Japanese and Korean paper and cotton floss on cotton paper

Dress #071.4: 1920s dress in black and gold. 2019 Whale This darling little pinup dressThis 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%