Dress #071.5: 1920s dress in black and gold. 2019 Capybara with each edged in Japanese

with each edged in Japanese tissue to imitate the floating layers of the original

Materials: Japanese papers

This hand-stitched brown Regency dress

accented with silver paper and an acrylic rhinestone

until I found this delightful (if slightly guilty-looking) specimen in the 1918 book ‘Wild Animals of North America: Intimate Studies of Big and Little Creatures of the Mammal Kingdom’

Dress #071.5: 1920s dress in black and gold. 2019 Capybara with each edged in JapaneseThis 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. Nepalese 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% cotton paper.