Dress #081.2: Edwardian dress in black with brown belt. Teacup The turtle is 4

The turtle is 4

This hand-stitched blue Regency dress

the Victoria and Albert Museum holds over a hundred pieces from Miss Firbank’s wardrobe

a prehistoric mammal that could grow to the size and shape of a Volkswagen Beetle

This heart is based on an 1885 illustration of 'The Heart' from the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union’s ‘Hygiene for Young People’

Dress #081.2: Edwardian dress in black with brown belt. Teacup The turtle is 4This hand stitched dress in based on a gown from the Austrian House of Drcoll, created around 1912 1913. The bodice is made from two layers of tissue, in black and off white, over a camisole cut from gold and white floral Japanese chiyogami paper. The draping skirt, with its pointed train epitomizing the highest style of the time, is cut from black Nepalese paper. Stitched lines highlight the lines and folds of the dress. The original dress is held by