Collection item
Long black velvet coat
Allison Winterbottom bought this black velvet coat from Fotheringay Boutique on Auckland's Karangahape Road in the 1970s. She liked to wear it as a coat or coat dress, she also styled it with hot pants and knee high black boots or with a maxi skirt and tuxedo waistcoat underneath.
Details
                                Credit: 
                                Courtesy of Allison Winterbottom 
                            
                                                    
                                Copyright: 
                                Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0 Licence 
                            
                    
                            Designer: 
                            Unknown, possibly Walter Hart 
                        
                                                                                    
                            Garment type: 
                            Coat 
                        
                                            
                            Material: 
                            Velvet 
                        
                                                                
                            Colour: 
                            Black 
                        
                                            
                            Purchase location: 
                            Fotheringay Boutique 
                        
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
                            Label: 
                            Fotheringay  
                        
                                            
                            Date: 
                            1970s 
                        
                 
                    





