Makers Tour Stop Seven - Beading

Each bead has been added to this stunning dress by hand and would have taken hundreds of hours to complete. Here we explain how simple shaped dresses like this were transformed by expert designers and beaders using a technique still favoured by haute couture fashion houses today.

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