Dress with bow print & self-fabric belt

This Horrockses Fashions dress was manufactured locally by California Productions (NZ) Ltd. Horrockses Fashions was a British label established in 1946 by Horrockses, Crewdson Company Ltd, a cotton textile producer. Their ready-to-wear, crisp cut and colourfully printed cotton dresses quickly found a ready audience. In 1952 the company offered Queen Elizabeth II a Horrockses wardrobe of their designs, which they thought were ideally suited to the climate on her upcoming Commonwealth tour of Australia, Tonga and New Zealand. This created a demand for Horrockses dresses from retailers in Australasia, who predicted that women would want to emulate the young Queen’s style. 

Details

Credit: Garment loan courtesy of Across the Board
Copyright: Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0 Licence
Designer: Unknown
Manufacturing location: California Productions, Chancery Street, Auckland
Garment type: Dress
Colour: Brown
Label: Horrockses Fashions
Date: Circa 1955