The Art of Dress – On Materials

Jun 7, 2025 - 04:00
The Art of Dress – On Materials

Above: A bride in a homemade gown of silk crepe back satin. Fall 2023. Courtesy of Isabel Nolen. In December, 1888, Ellen Terry appeared as Lady McBeth at London’s Lyceum Theatre. She wore a gown adorned with the casings of beetle wings. Only nature could supply the wanted eerie shimmer in that era before plastic sequins.[1] Michael Jackson and countless others have since shimmered more than…

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