Collection item
Summer dress with back lacing
Elle Boutique was established by Wendy Ganley in Hamilton in the mid-1960s. Wendy and her label have left a lasting legacy in the designer fashion industry of today, for it was in her workroom that Marilyn Sainty started her fashion career, and Elisabeth Findlay, who was a fan, stocked Elle in her first shop Tart in Parnell. Read more about 1970s fashion in the New Zealand Fashion Museum publication The Age of Aquarius: A 70s Revolution in Fashion.
Details
Credit:
Loan courtesy of Kathie Figgins
Copyright:
Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0 Licence
Designer:
Wendy Ganley
Manufacturing location:
Hamilton
Garment type:
Dress
Material:
Printed jersey knit
Features:
Full-skirted dress with thin straps which cross over and lace up the back of the dress.
Colour:
Dark brown ground, beige and cream print
Purchase location:
Hamilton
Exhibition:
The Age of Aquarius: A 70s Revolution in Fashion (2013–2014),
HELLO, we are the New Zealand Fashion Museum (2014)
HELLO, we are the New Zealand Fashion Museum (2014)
Label:
Elle
Date:
1976
