Dress #071.2: 1920s dress in black and gold. 2017 Morels Materials: Nepalese paper and cotton

Materials: Nepalese paper and cotton floss on cotton paper

held by the Victoria & Albert Museum (accession T

designed by Gabriella Pescucci

Materials: Korean and Japanese paper and cotton floss on cotton paper

each cut out separately and stitched

Dress #071.2: 1920s dress in black and gold. 2017 Morels Materials: Nepalese paper and cottonThis hand stitched black and gold 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 gold diamonds on black stands in for black cotton adorned with a profusion of tiny metallic and black glass beads. It is stitched onto cold pressed