Cocktail dress with a self fabric bow

Details

Credit: Image courtesy of Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT), 1997.119
Copyright: All Rights Reserved, Image © Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT)
Designer: Unknown
Manufacturing location: Third floor, Palmerston Buildings, Queen Street, Auckland
Garment type: Cocktail dress
Material: Synthetic with a narrow self-stripe
Features: The dress has a boat neckline which forms a V at the reverse, a fitted waist and a full skirt to mid-calf. It has a self fabric bow at the waist and an overskirt which opens with a vertical slit at the front. The skirt is heavily lined.
Colour: Purple
Purchase location: 161 Queen Street, Auckland
Label: Regency Gowns
Date: Circa 1956