1925 shoe in magenta & silver McCord 75 inches tall

75 inches tall

The only reason I don’t have a pet hedgehog is because then I’d have to keep mealworms around

This hand-stitched paper dress is based on a green wool mohair sheath made by Charles James in 1952-1953 as a sample for New York ready-to-wear manufacturer Samuel Winston

as shown in the April 1914 issue of ‘Les Modes : revue mensuelle illustrée des Arts décoratifs appliqués à la femme’

More opulent silks were also replacing the fine cotton muslins

1925 shoe in magenta & silver McCord 75 inches tallThis dainty French shoe, designed by Andr Perugia in 1925, is perfect for a night spent dancing the Charleston. Available in a variety of colours and papers, they are embellished with glass beads and a sequin. The original shoe is held by the Metropolitan Museum of Art (accession 1980. 487. 4). The shoe is 3. 75 inches wide, stitched by hand on 5x7 inch paper, which means that it will pop right into any commercial frame in that size, and be ready to