Dress #074: Edwardian dress in ivory and black. 2016 Brains overlaid with Korean tissue and

overlaid with Korean tissue and accented with silver

Glass beads stand in for the buttons that run down each side of the bodice

The dress was worn by Miss Heather Firbank of Mayfair

and is hand stitched on cold-pressed 100% cotton paper

The chanterelles are hand stitched on cold-pressed 100% cotton paper

Dress #074: Edwardian dress in ivory and black. 2016 Brains overlaid with Korean tissue andThis hand stitched Edwardian paper dress is based on an English evening gown by Lucile from 1913. With dresses like this, Lucile (aka Lady Duff Gordon) says that she 'loosed upon a startled London draped skirts that opened to reveal the legs'. The dress was worn by Miss Heather Firbank of Mayfair, London; the Victoria and Albert Museum holds over a hundred pieces from Miss Firbanks wardrobe. Miss Firbank would have been a contemporary of Downton