Pinup #029: Pinup dress in pale green and white with crinoline Hippopotamus glass beads and cotton floss

glass beads and cotton floss on cotton paper

This hand-stitched late Victorian paper gown is based on a dinner dress designed by the famed Charles-Frederick Worth in ca

Materials: Japanese & Korean paper

so they are much less maintenance than a real one

Tiny ovals have been cut out of the collar in imitation of the Elizabethan styling of the jacket

Pinup #029: Pinup dress in pale green and white with crinoline Hippopotamus glass beads and cotton flossThis darling little pinup dress is made from Japanese chiyogami paper patterned in white dotted flowers on a mint green background; it is hand stitched in cotton floss onto cold pressed 100% cotton paper. The belted dress features short sleeves, a Peter Pan collar, and glass beads standing in for buttons. Hand embroidered lines imitate the folds of the skirt, and a crinoline made from Japanese tissue peeks out from underneath. The dress is six inches