Dress #074: Edwardian dress in ivory and black. 2016 Anteater But you probably can’t tell

But you probably can’t tell

The piece is based on a dress from ca

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

I couldn’t call myself a Torontonian if I didn’t have a raccoon in my collection

Dress #074: Edwardian dress in ivory and black. 2016 Anteater But you probably can’t tellThis 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