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stitched by hand on 5x7 inch 100% cotton watercoloour paper
The piece is based on an evening dress by ‘Thurn’ of New York and Paris
By the 1820s colour was coming into fashion again
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Dress #090: Charles James evening gown in shimmering green Moose stitched by hand on 5x7This hand stitched dress is based on a green silk satin evening gown designed by Charles James in 1954. I chose shimmering green paper, full of shiny rayon fibres, to imitate the silk. Charles James produced some of the quintessential dress shapes of the 1940s and 1950s, and is considered by the Met to be the only American to work in the true couture tradition. The original dress is held by the Museum at FIT (accession 91. 241. 134). The dress is 6
