Dress #071.2: 1920s dress in black and gold. 2017 Morels Materials: Korean and Japanese paper

Materials: Korean and Japanese paper and cotton floss on cotton paper

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Materials: Italian paper and cotton floss on cotton paper

The body of the dress is made from Kin Sunago

Dress #071.2: 1920s dress in black and gold. 2017 Morels Materials: Korean and Japanese paperThis hand stitched black and gold dress is based on an American or European gown from ca. 1928, just when Phryne Fisher was making a splash in St. Kildas, Melbourne. The dress hangs in two tiers, with each edged in Japanese tissue to imitate the floating layers of the original. Japanese chiyogami paper in gold diamonds on black stands in for black cotton adorned with a profusion of tiny metallic and black glass beads. It is stitched onto cold pressed