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Dress #110: Charles James evening dress in silver and black PMA It is based on an

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Description

It is based on an English dress from 1912

This hand-stitched paper Edwardian dress is made from blue Japanese paper with shimmering pearly white paper standing in for the lace of the original

The dress is made from chiyogami (Japanese paper)

other Japanese paper

the dress design is from Lord & Taylor's 'Dresses and Bonnets and Ribbons' (1870)

Dress #110: Charles James evening dress in silver and black PMA It is based on anThis 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

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