Dress #112: Charles James dinner dress in shimmering brown LACMA Based on a 1774 illustration

Based on a 1774 illustration of Erinaceus europaeus (European

an evening dress by ‘Thurn’ of New York and Paris from 1920-1925

and fastened with a large

organza ribbon

Dress #112: Charles James dinner dress in shimmering brown LACMA Based on a 1774 illustrationThis hand stitched paper dress is based on the Spiral dinner dress created by Charles James in ca. 1950; the original is held by Metropolitan Museum of Art (accession 2009. 300. 167). The design uses asymmetrical draping, and the skirt is constructed in a single piece that wraps around the hips and features three self covered flat buttons at the back left. Ive used a shimmering brown decorative paper to stand in for the brown silk faille of the dress