Collection item
Cocktail dress with beaded tags
This simple sheath-style cocktail was first shown in the exhibition After 6 and Before 8 at the Auckland Museum in 2003. It appealed to New Zealand Fashion Museum curator Doris de Pont and was in part the inspiration for Looking Terrific: The story of El Jay. With the eyes of today the beaded tags and yoke beading has visual reference to korowai. A totally modern interpretation and not at all intended at the time of manufacture when it was available in three fashionable colourways – natural white, sea green and soft blue. Read more about Gus Fisher and the El Jay label in the New Zealand Fashion Museum publication Looking Terrific: The story of El Jay.
Details
Credit:
Image courtesy of Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira, 1995-133-1
Copyright:
Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0 Licence
Maker:
El Jay (Gus Fisher)
Manufacturing location:
Auckland
Garment type:
Cocktail dress
Material:
Silk crepe, beads, sequins
Features:
This dress is made from a piece of ready-beaded fabric from Dior Paris.
Colour:
Natural white
Label:
El Jay
Date:
Circa 1967
