Dress #112: Charles James dinner dress in shimmering brown Armadillo accented with silver paper and

accented with silver paper and an acrylic rhinestone

If you don’t tell

This hand-stitched paper dress is based on an evening dress created by Charles James in ca

my stitched paper hedgies don’t need to be fed

Dress #112: Charles James dinner dress in shimmering brown Armadillo accented with silver paper andThis hand stitched paper dress is based on the Spiral dinner dress created by Charles James in ca. 1950; the original is held by Metropolitan Museum of Art (accession 2009. 300. 167). The design uses asymmetrical draping, and the skirt is constructed in a single piece that wraps around the hips and features three self covered flat buttons at the back left. Ive used a shimmering brown decorative paper to stand in for the brown silk faille of the dress