Collection item
Day dress with detailed print
From about the 1930s, new screen-printing technologies revolutionised the textile industry, replacing labour-intensive, expensive block printing methods and engraved roller machines. Mass-produced designs made print and pattern an affordable indulgence. By the 1960s, complex, bold, yet detailed graphic printed textiles - like those on this Minima 52 day dress - were suddenly in vogue.
Details
Credit:
Text and image from Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington, GH015808.
Copyright:
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington, All rights reserved.
Designer:
Alma Kimber
Garment type:
Day dress
Material:
Cotton
Features:
This printed cotton dress features plastic buttons and a belt with metal fittings.
Colour:
Blue, white
Label:
Minima 52 by Southwell
Date:
Early 1960s
