Dress #110: Charles James evening dress in silver and black PMA while the sleeves are in

while the sleeves are in a metallic Japanese paper in a purpled bronze shade

The dress is made from chiyogami (Japanese paper)

a Universal Reference Library

other Japanese paper

It is based on an English dress from 1912

Dress #110: Charles James evening dress in silver and black PMA while the sleeves are inThis hand stitched paper dress is based on an evening dress created by Charles James in 1950 1951; the original is held by the Chicago History Museum (accession 1960. 487a). According to costume historian Timothy Long, on a visit to the Museum Charles James identified this dress as being originally created for Marjorie Merriweather Post. The Museum itself identifies this as having been worn by the donor, Mrs. William O. Hunt. The shape is a precursor