Dress #120. 1920s dinner dress in dark blue Hearts I’m sure Betty Draper would

I’m sure Betty Draper would have coveted his creations during the early seasons of Mad Men

The original dress is held by the Kyoto Costume Institute (accession AC1000 78-30-14)

This Edwardian evening dress is made from Japanese paper

This bewhiskered beaver is made from orange and gold Nepalese paper and features a gold glass bead eye

Dress #120. 1920s dinner dress in dark blue Hearts I’m sure Betty Draper wouldThis hand stitched paper dinner dress is based on a Robe de dner en velours vieux bleu by Paris designer Jean Magnin; the dress was featured in the February 1929 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.