1760s shoe in pink and purple paisley Victorian dress Charles James uses spiral draping

Charles James uses spiral draping to wrap a ‘metacircle’ around a narrow underskirt

5 inches tall

many of them created through draping on the bodies of his customers

metal bead

1760s shoe in pink and purple paisley Victorian dress Charles James uses spiral drapingThis elegant woman's shoe is based on a design from the 1760s; the originals were of painted kid leather. Mine features a buckle in metallic paper, embellished with tiny acrylic rhinestones, each one carefully stitched on by hand. The original shoe is held by the Victoria & Albert Museum (accession 270&A 1891). The shoe is 3. 75 inches wide, stitched by hand on 5x7 inch 100% cotton watercolour paper, which means that it will pop right into any