Dress #107: Charles James evening gown in green Victorian dress held by the Metropolitan Museum

held by the Metropolitan Museum of Art (accession 1989

stands in for black cotton adorned with a profusion of tiny glass beads

This was the first time I layered my papers

and be ready to hang on your wall

The original is made from laurel green moiré silk

Dress #107: Charles James evening gown in green Victorian dress held by the Metropolitan MuseumThis hand stitched paper dress is based on a vibrant green silk satin evening gown created by Charles James in 1954. Both the Museum at FIT (accession 91. 241. 129) and the Metropolitan Museum of Art (accession 2009. 300. 3522) hold versions of this gown. In addition, the Met has a toile of the dress design in black and white cotton muslin (accession 2009. 300. 796). The original dress uses a variation of the metacircle technique, where the starting