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Materials: Chiyogami
This hand-stitched paper Edwardian dress is made from pale pink Japanese paper
The original dress
the original is held by the Chicago History Museum (accession 1960
and is based on an American dress from Strawbridge & Clothier's Quarterly' (vol
Dress #115: Charles James ‘Balloon’ at-home dress Chanterelles Materials: ChiyogamiThis hand stitched paper dress is based on the Balloon at home dress in black silk faille, created by Charles James in ca. 1956; the original is held by Metropolitan Museum of Art (accession 2013. 327). Charles James used the balloon shape in a number of designs, including evening dresses, an opera coat, and a maternity dress created for retailer Lane Bryant. Charles James is considered by the Met to be the only American to work in the true couture
