Dress #093: 1920s dress in pink Stitched Paper Anatomy held by the Victoria &

held by the Victoria & Albert Museum (accession 700-1864)

Based on a 1754 illustration of Testudo caretta (Loggerhead sea turtle) from ‘The Natural History of Carolina

to imitate the look of a sheer dress with a slip

Though the original dress is black

Dress #093: 1920s dress in pink Stitched Paper Anatomy held by the Victoria &This hand stitched dress is made from shimmery pink Japanese paper, accented with silver paper and an acrylic rhinestone. It is based on an evening dress by Monge, from the January 1923 issue of Les Modes : revue mensuelle illustre des Arts dcoratifs appliqus la femme. The 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