Dress #082: Edwardian afternoon dress in cream and black. 2019 Bison ajisai is the Japanese word

ajisai is the Japanese word for hydrangea

and form a zig-zag ornamenting the top of the bodice

but that’s just the way nature designed them

This hand-stitched paper dress from the early 1920s is constructed of shimmering wine Japanese paper

As is typically seen in Regency dresses

Dress #082: Edwardian afternoon dress in cream and black. 2019 Bison ajisai is the Japanese wordBased on an afternoon dress from Cauet Soeurs, from the November 1908 issue of Les Modes : revue mensuelle illustre des Arts dcoratifs appliqus la femme. The 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