Dress #092: Regency dress in red netting Hippopotamus is cut from black Nepalese

is cut from black Nepalese paper

The newly abbreviated length of dresses in the 1920s was perfect for dancing the Charleston with Daisy Buchanan at one of Jay Gatsby’s lavish parties

Based on a 1754 illustration of Testudo caretta (Loggerhead sea turtle) from ‘The Natural History of Carolina

The dress is 6 inches tall

Dress #092: Regency dress in red netting Hippopotamus is cut from black NepaleseThis hand stitched paper dress is based on an English evening dress from ca. 1810. You may recognize it as one of the costumes from the most recent film adaptation of Jane Austens Emma (featuring Anya Taylor Joy being perfect in every way). The original dress, held by the Victoria & Albert (accession T. 194 1958), is made of red silk machine made net; they display it with a white underdress. The V&A decided not to acquire the original red underdress,