Dress #055.2: Charles James ‘Petal’ cocktail dress in green Hearts The statement sleeves are supported

The statement sleeves are supported by an inner layer of nylon crinoline

held by the Victoria & Albert Museum (accession T

Based on an American dress from the Wexler & Abraham [Wechsler & Abraham] department store in Brooklyn

perfect for your bedroom wall

Boston accession 53

Dress #055.2: Charles James ‘Petal’ cocktail dress in green Hearts The statement sleeves are supportedThis hand stitched paper dress is based on the Petal cocktail dress, created by Charles James in 1951; the original, in pale green silk, is held by the Metropolitan Museum of Art (accession 2009. 300. 334). In my version, pale green mizutama tissue layered over a shimmering pale green paper to give depth to the colour. Charles James produced a number of different versions of his Petal dress, both as a ballgown, and the shorter cocktail length seen