Dress #067.2: Flapper dress in oranges. 2017 Hippopotamus London: Low

London: Low

The shimmering combination of subtle colours evokes the silk chine and silk voile of the original dress

designed by André Perugia in 1925

coming together in an oversized bow at the front of the dress

of Chicago catalogue

Dress #067.2: Flapper dress in oranges. 2017 Hippopotamus London: LowThis hand stitched orange and red dress is based on an evening dancing dress designed by Voisin of Paris in ca. 1925. The dress in made from orange red papers, embedded with shiny red and orange rayon fibres. The fringes hang loose from the body of the dress. It is stitched onto cold pressed 100% cotton paper. The original dress is held by the Victoria & Albert Museum (accession T. 139&A 1967). Phryne Fisher or Daisy Buchanan would have loved dancing