Dress #071.5: 1920s dress in black and gold. 2019 Capybara a drape of fabric would

a drape of fabric would allow a flash of the slip to peek through when the wearer was in motion

This hand-stitched brown Regency dress

until I found this delightful (if slightly guilty-looking) specimen in the 1918 book ‘Wild Animals of North America: Intimate Studies of Big and Little Creatures of the Mammal Kingdom’

This sweater is based on a golf jersey design from the 1898 Spencer

it is stitched onto cold-pressed 100% cotton paper

Dress #071.5: 1920s dress in black and gold. 2019 Capybara a drape of fabric wouldThis hand stitched black and gold dress is based on an American or European gown from ca. 1928, just when Phryne Fisher was making a splash in St. Kildas, Melbourne. The dress hangs in two tiers, with each edged in Japanese tissue to imitate the floating layers of the original. Nepalese paper in gold on black stands in for black cotton adorned with a profusion of tiny metallic and black glass beads. It is stitched onto cold pressed 100% cotton paper.