Dress #109: Charles James evening dress in silver and black Tudor and Elizabethan dress the inner circle is shifted

the inner circle is shifted away from the centre

This hand-stitched paper dress is based on a silk evening suit designed by Charles James in 1951

an English silk brocade day dress from ca

and a crinoline made from Japanese tissue peeks out from underneath

Miss Firbank would have been a contemporary of Downton Abbey’s Lady Mary Crawley

Dress #109: Charles James evening dress in silver and black Tudor and Elizabethan dress the inner circle is shiftedThis hand stitched paper dress is based on an evening dress created by Charles James in 1950 1951; the original is held by the Chicago History Museum (accession 1960. 487a). According to costume historian Timothy Long, on a visit to the Museum Charles James identified this dress as being originally created for Marjorie Merriweather Post. The Museum itself identifies this as having been worn by the donor, Mrs. William O. Hunt. The shape is a precursor