Dress #067: Flapper dress in oranges. 2016 Book The Victoria and Albert Museum

The Victoria and Albert Museum holds over a hundred pieces from Miss Firbank’s wardrobe

stitched by hand on 5x7 inch 100% cotton watercolour paper

This corset is based on a design from the 1893-1984 fall and winter catalogue of Boston store Jordan

Japanese koubai paper

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

Dress #067: Flapper dress in oranges. 2016 Book The Victoria and Albert MuseumThis hand stitched orange and red dress is based on an evening dancing dress designed by Voisin of Paris in ca. 1925. The dress in made from orange red papers, embedded with shiny red and orange rayon fibres. The fringes hang loose from the body of the dress. It is stitched onto cold pressed 100% cotton paper. The original dress is held by the Victoria & Albert Museum (accession T. 139&A 1967). Phryne Fisher or Daisy Buchanan would have loved dancing