Dress #055.2: Charles James ‘Petal’ cocktail dress in green Anteater and appeared in his book

and appeared in his book 'Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet' in 1906

without crediting James

they display it with a white underdress

This hand-stitched dress is based on a green silk satin evening gown designed by Charles James in 1954

with couched stitches decorating the neckline

Dress #055.2: Charles James ‘Petal’ cocktail dress in green Anteater and appeared in his bookThis hand stitched paper dress is based on the Petal cocktail dress, created by Charles James in 1951; the original, in pale green silk, is held by the Metropolitan Museum of Art (accession 2009. 300. 334). In my version, pale green mizutama tissue layered over a shimmering pale green paper to give depth to the colour. Charles James produced a number of different versions of his Petal dress, both as a ballgown, and the shorter cocktail length seen