Dress #071.2: 1920s dress in black and gold. 2017 Burlesque Korean hanji tissue

Korean hanji tissue

The hippopotamus is 4

The rabbit is 4

and pearls on the bodice and sleeves

Dress #071.2: 1920s dress in black and gold. 2017 Burlesque Korean hanji tissueThis 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. Japanese chiyogami paper in gold diamonds on black stands in for black cotton adorned with a profusion of tiny metallic and black glass beads. It is stitched onto cold pressed