When will the recreation be finished?

When will the recreation be finished?

The humbling lesson of this project is that a challenge like this one has its own timetable. There have been many obstacles and many stops and starts since 2011, when I began actually attempting to decipher it and recreate it. It will be done when it is done, and the...
The Peacock Dress today

The Peacock Dress today

The original dress is carefully preserved in a glass case at the Curzon family home, Kedleston Hall near Derby in England, and is well worth a visit to fully appreciate its fragile, magical beauty. So what happened to dresses like these after the ball? Well, they were...