Dress #071.5: 1920s dress in black and gold. 2019 Capybara This hand-stitched brown Regency dress

This hand-stitched brown Regency dress

Hand embroidered lines imitate the folds of the skirt

This sweater is based on a golf jersey design from the 1898 Spencer

with tiny shell shapes standing in for the applique along the bottom of the dress

Dress #071.5: 1920s dress in black and gold. 2019 Capybara This hand-stitched brown Regency dressThis hand stitched black and gold dress is based on an American or European gown from ca. 1928, just when Phryne Fisher was making a splash in St. Kildas, Melbourne. The dress hangs in two tiers, with each edged in Japanese tissue to imitate the floating layers of the original. Nepalese paper in gold on black stands in for black cotton adorned with a profusion of tiny metallic and black glass beads. It is stitched onto cold pressed 100% cotton paper.