Collection item
Handkerchief hem dress with velvet appliqué
Kim Thompson bought this dress from a stall at Cook Street Market to wear at her engagement party. The use of t-shirt material to create fitted dresses was quite a new idea and the sewing techniques were not yet very sophisticated. The edges of the dress are flutted using a zigzag stitch and a closer zigzag is used for the appliqué. 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 Kim Thompson
Copyright:
Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0 Licence
Designer:
Unknown
Garment type:
Dress
Material:
Jersey knit, printed velvet
Features:
Fitted bodice with velvet appliqué detail.
Colour:
Ginger, cream
Purchase location:
Cook Street Market, Auckland
Label:
Unknown
Date:
1977
