Dress #108: Charles James evening dress in black and turquoise Shoes and boots The dress is made from

The dress is made from chiyogami and other Japanese papers

with couched stitches and glass beads decorating the neckline and the bottom of the tabard

I found this delightful garden snail in 'The Naturalists' Miscellany

This pink Regency dress is made from Japanese paper

and glass beads stand in for the buttons decorating the spencer jacket

Dress #108: Charles James evening dress in black and turquoise Shoes and boots The dress is made fromThis hand stitched paper dress is based on an evening dress created by Charles James in ca. 1955; the original, in black velvet and blue green satin, is held by the Museum at FIT (accession 91. 241. 132). The most striking feature of the dress is a three foot long metal zipper that spirals around the gown. With only a low resolution image to work from, I couldnt identify the path of the zipper, but its there, somewhere! Ive chosen a Nepalese Lokta