Pinup #005: Pinup dress in blue bamboo and flowers with crinoline. 2016 Hippopotamus and London

and London

with little flecks of gold and silver scattered across the surface

and hand stitched on cold-pressed 100% cotton paper

to imitate the look of a sheer dress with a slip

This darling little pinup dress is made from Japanese chiyogami paper patterned in white dotted flowers on a mint green background

Pinup #005: Pinup dress in blue bamboo and flowers with crinoline. 2016 Hippopotamus and LondonThe 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: Japanese paper, Japanese tissue, and cotton floss on cotton paper