Green Turtle in silver filigree on dark green Mid-century dress held by the FIDM Museum

held by the FIDM Museum (accession 2014

This hand-stitched late Victorian paper gown is based on a dinner dress designed by the famed Charles-Frederick Worth in ca

an Austrian dress by House of Drécoll from 1912-1913

This ostrich is based on an illustration from Johann Daniel Meyer’s 1748 book Angenehmer Und Nützlicher Zeit-Vertreib Mit Betrachtung Curioser Vorstellungen Allerhand Kriechender

This design is based on an American dinner or evening dress from 1831-1835

Green Turtle in silver filigree on dark green Mid-century dress held by the FIDM MuseumThe green turtle may seem morose, but thats just the way nature designed them. They can be found happily hanging out (though you wouldnt know it to look at them) in shallow lagoons, nibbling on sea grasses. The only thing that makes them sad is that they are endangered. For that reason (and also, you probably dont have a lagoon), you cant take them home as pets. How about consoling yourself with one of my stitched paper green turtles, instead? Based