Dress #071: 1920s dress in black and silver. 2016 Hearts ajisai is the Japanese word

ajisai is the Japanese word for hydrangea

Hand embroidered lines imitate the folds of the skirt

The bottom of the dress is overlaid with matching Japanese tissue

and oriental influences

short sleeves

Dress #071: 1920s dress in black and silver. 2016 Hearts ajisai is the Japanese wordThis hand stitched black and silver 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. Japanese chiyogami paper in silver filigree on black stands in for black cotton adorned with a profusion of tiny silver and black glass beads. It is stitched onto cold