Vampire Bat in Wine Corset including evening dresses

including evening dresses

' published in London in 1789

acrylic sequins

a 1950 dress designed by Charles James

This hand-stitched Edwardian evening dress is made from Japanese paper

Vampire Bat in Wine Corset including evening dressesIf you look closely, you'll see that this ferocious little vampire bat has teeny tiny stitched fangs. It is based on an 1811 illustration of the Vampire Bat from The Natural History of Quadrupeds, and Cetaceous Animals: : from the Works of the Best Authors, Antient and Modern, Embellished with Numerous Plates, Accurately Coloured from Nature; in Two Volumes. The bat is 4. 75 inches wide, stitched by hand on 5x7 inch 100% cotton watercolour paper,