Pinup #010: Pinup dress in red and lilac with crinoline. 2016 KCI and glass beads on cotton

and glass beads on cotton paper

The simple dress is highlighted with a wrapped silver embellishment

an American evening dress from 1893

This hand-stitched green paper dress is based on the ‘Petal’ cocktail dress designed by British-born American designer Charles James in 1951

in blue-grey silk

Pinup #010: Pinup dress in red and lilac with crinoline. 2016 KCI and glass beads on cottonThe dress is six inches tall, stitched by hand on 8x10 inch 100% cotton watercolour paper, which means that it will pop right into any commercial frame in that size, and be ready to hang on your wall. Materials: Japanese paper, glass beads, and cotton floss on cotton paper.