Dress #077: 1920s dress in black and bronze. 2016 Burlesque The original dress is held

The original dress is held by the Metropolitan Museum of Art (accession 1981

multi-coloured fibres forming a decorative pattern on the surface of this paper

with the overskirt pulled up ‘a la Polonaise’

Materials: Japanese and Korean paper and cotton floss on cotton paper

a French gown from the 1770s

Dress #077: 1920s dress in black and bronze. 2016 Burlesque The original dress is heldThis hand stitched black and bronze gown is based on a French evening dress by the Callot Soeurs of Paris, from ca. 1925. The four Callot sisters opened their first salon in Paris, creating blouses and lingerie. By the 1920s they had stores in Nice, Biarritz, Buenos Aires, and London, and were known for simple lines, lavish embroidery, and oriental influences. Rich black Nepalese paper is trimmed with bronze Japanese paper and accented with glass