Dress #067.2: Flapper dress in oranges. 2017 Hippopotamus of Chicago catalogue

of Chicago catalogue

designed by André Perugia in 1925

This corset is based on a design from the 1893-1984 fall and winter catalogue of Boston store Jordan

Based on an 1811 illustration of The Great Anteater from ‘The Natural History of Quadrupeds

Dress #067.2: Flapper dress in oranges. 2017 Hippopotamus of Chicago catalogueThis hand stitched orange and red dress is based on an evening dancing dress designed by Voisin of Paris in ca. 1925. The dress in made from orange red papers, embedded with shiny red and orange rayon fibres. The fringes hang loose from the body of the dress. It is stitched onto cold pressed 100% cotton paper. The original dress is held by the Victoria & Albert Museum (accession T. 139&A 1967). Phryne Fisher or Daisy Buchanan would have loved dancing