Dress #111: Charles James dinner dress in shimmering brown Rabbit I’m sure Joan Holloway would

I’m sure Joan Holloway would have coveted his creations during the early seasons of Mad Men

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Dress #111: Charles James dinner dress in shimmering brown Rabbit I’m sure Joan Holloway wouldThis hand stitched paper dress is based on the Spiral dinner dress created by Charles James in ca. 1950; the original is held by Metropolitan Museum of Art (accession 2009. 300. 167). The design uses asymmetrical draping, and the skirt is constructed in a single piece that wraps around the hips and features three self covered flat buttons at the back left. Ive used a shimmering brown decorative paper to stand in for the brown silk faille of the dress