And Now For Something Completely Different...

[damej]

A Victorian stage costume made with 1,000 irridescent beetle wings has been restored and returned to display:
http://www.pasthorizons.com/index.php/archives/03/2011/the-archaeology-of-a-dress

Comments

[arebekah]

That's lovely!

And, makes me wonder if this is where that laurel who knits cotehardies/gothic fitted dresses got her notion that it was somehow a medieval thing to do.