Dress #118: Charles James ballgown in pale blue and blue-green Snail glass beads form the shoulder

glass beads form the shoulder straps

they are embellished with glass beads and a sequin

which is used in the treatment of malaria

The original dress is held by the Metropolitan Museum of Art (accession 2009

Dress #118: Charles James ballgown in pale blue and blue-green Snail glass beads form the shoulderThis hand stitched paper dress is based on a ballgown created by Charles James between 1950 1952; the original is held by the Metropolitan Museum of Art (accession C. I. 65. 36. 1). For this ballgown, James took inspiration from the late nineteenth century with swags of pale blue silk satin gathered at the front and back over a blue green silk taffeta underskirt, forming a miniature bustle. Charles James is considered by the Met to be the only