Dress #036: Elizabethan dress in pink and white. 2015 Hedgehog held by the Metropolitan Museum

held by the Metropolitan Museum of Art (accession 2009

The bodice is made from two layers of tissue

Lucile (aka Lady Duff Gordon) says that she 'loosed upon a startled London draped skirts that opened to reveal the legs'

Available in a variety of colours and papers

The original shoe is held by the Victoria & Albert Museum (accession 270&A-1891)

Dress #036: Elizabethan dress in pink and white. 2015 Hedgehog held by the Metropolitan MuseumThis pink and white Elizabethan dress is made from Japanese paper embellished with glass beads and metallic thread, and is hand stitched on cold pressed 100% cotton paper. It is based on a dress from: Challamel, Augustin, Frances Cashel Hoey, and John Lillie, 'The history of fashion in France; or, The dress of women from the Gallo Roman period to the present time'. London: Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington. 1882. The dress is six inches tall, stitched