Collection item
Evening dress with floor length cap sleeves
Betty bought this Raymonde dress from Farrys in Invercargill. It cost her a whole month's wages which was quite a lot of money as Betty was a PE teacher at St Catherine's. She needed to be well turned out for the formal occasions that she attended with her husband who was the chairman of the stock exchange. Read more about 1970s fashion in the New Zealand Fashion Museum publication The Age of Aquarius: A 70s Revolution in Fashion.
Details
Credit:
Garment loan courtesy of Betty McCrostie
Copyright:
Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0 Licence
Designer:
Marcus Cohen
Maker:
The House of Raymonde
Manufacturing location:
Kingsford Smith Street, Wellington
Garment type:
Evening dress
Material:
Polyester crepe, polyester figured chiffon
Features:
The dress features silver braid on the belt and trailing floor length sleeves in chiffon with a circle motif.
Colour:
Black, silver
Purchase location:
Farrys, Invercargill
Label:
Raymonde
Date:
1970s
