1760s shoe in mauve and gold Rhinoceros The snail is 4 inches

The snail is 4 inches wide

After a great deal of thought about how to best portray the way the underskirt was visible below and from behind the split front panel

Ancient and Modern

Phryne Fisher or Daisy Buchanan would have loved dancing the Charleston in this little dress

to echo the original French silk

1760s shoe in mauve and gold Rhinoceros The snail is 4 inchesThis elegant woman's shoe is based on a design from the 1760s; the originals were of painted kid leather. Mine features a buckle in metallic paper, embellished with tiny acrylic rhinestones, each one carefully stitched on by hand. The original shoe is held by the Victoria & Albert Museum (accession 270&A 1891). The shoe is 3. 75 inches wide, stitched by hand on 5x7 inch 100% cotton watercolour paper, which means that it will pop right into any