Dress #119: Charles James ballgown in pale blue and blue-green 1920s and 1930s dress I layered Japanese mizutama watermark

I layered Japanese mizutama watermark tissue in dark rose over a shimmering lilac paper

and the sheer black silk over the shoulders

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The design is based on an a tailored suit from Linker Co

Dress #119: Charles James ballgown in pale blue and blue-green 1920s and 1930s dress I layered Japanese mizutama watermarkThis hand stitched paper dress is based on a ballgown created by Charles James between 1950 1952; the original is held by the Metropolitan Museum of Art (accession C. I. 65. 36. 1). For this ballgown, James took inspiration from the late nineteenth century with swags of pale blue silk satin gathered at the front and back over a blue green silk taffeta underskirt, forming a miniature bustle. Charles James is considered by the Met to be the only