Dress #075: Edwardian dress in blush and black VAM Materials: Japanese papers

Materials: Japanese papers

acrylic rhinestones

This hand-stitched paper Edwardian dress is made from pale pink Japanese paper

The original boot

chosen to echo the silk velvet of the original

Dress #075: Edwardian dress in blush and black VAM Materials: Japanese papersThis hand stitched Edwardian paper gown is based on a French evening dress designed by Paul Poiret between 1912 1914. Examples of Poiret's early work, such as this dress, are rare; at the time he was working with neoclassical silhouettes designed for a slim, uncorseted figure. The dress is made from a Japanese paper in blush, with little flecks of gold and silver scattered across the surface. Japanese tissue stands in for both the lace overlay on the