Black sequinned flapper dress

Images of the modern girl of the 1920s arrived in New Zealand along with American jazz music and the glamour of Hollywood cinema. The sleek flapper dresses skimmed rather than hugged the body and when worn with the bobbed hairstyles of the day represented a new freedom for women. The original owner of this dress, Josephine McGuire, was a married woman with three children.... more

Details

Credit: Garment loan courtesy of the Brown family
Copyright: Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0 Licence
Designer: Unknown
Garment type: Dress
Material: Silk crepe, sequins
Colour: Black
Label: Unlabelled
Date: Circa 1926