Dress #085: Edwardian afternoon dress in blue Shoes and boots Spring 1883)

Spring 1883)

held by the Victoria and Albert Museum (accession T

and is held by the Victoria & Albert Museum (accession T

The fringes hang loose from the body of the dress

Dress #085: Edwardian afternoon dress in blue Shoes and boots Spring 1883)This hand stitched paper Edwardian dress is made from blue Japanese paper with shimmering pearly white paper standing in for the lace of the original. The design is based on an afternoon dress from Redfern, as shown in the February 1910 issue of Les Modes : revue mensuelle illustre des Arts dcoratifs appliqus la femme. The dress is six inches tall, stitched by hand on 8x10 inch paper, which means that it will pop right into any commercial frame in