Dress #116: Charles James cocktail dress in brown Rhinoceros held by the McCord Museum

held by the McCord Museum (accession M982

Available in a variety of colours and papers

Every time I see leg o' mutton sleeves

The original dress is held by the Metropolitan Museum of Art (accession 1978

This skull features twenty-one little metallic teeth

Dress #116: Charles James cocktail dress in brown Rhinoceros held by the McCord MuseumThis hand stitched paper dress is based on a brown silk cocktail dress made by Charles James between 1952 1954 as a sample for New York ready to wear manufacturer Samuel Winston; the original is held by the Metropolitan Museum of Art (accession 2013. 341). That relationship eventually ended in a lawsuit for breach of contract, as James was convinced that Winston was stealing his designs for one of his other labels, without crediting James. James