Video: Victorian Colonial Fashion: Paper Dresses by Susan Stockwell
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-01-10 02:10
Englishwoman Susan Stockwell's paper dresses are not just another outfit that is not wearable. Unusual works of maps and banknotes represent the fashion of the Victorian era - a time when the sun did not set over the British Empire, and the colonies fed, watered and dressed the metropolis. The latter is the focus of symbolic paper dresses.
Susan Stockwell of England was born in Manchester and received her Master of Fine Arts degree 18 years ago. She now teaches at the University of East London and from time to time participates in exhibitions. It's funny and logical that on a paper dress (photo above), Great Britain is just at the level of the heart.
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