Collection item
Pants & v-neck tunic
On her return to New Zealand in the late 1960s, Annie Bonza established a reputation for her distinctive braid 'doodling' and writing on garments. She developed a signature style based on a technique she had become fascinated in many years earlier. "When I worked at Chadwick and Bray they had all these pre-war patterns of cornelli designs. These intrigued me, and I was able to stay behind after work and play. But I could never get the hang of doing cornelli so I substituted with braid."
Details
Credit:
Loan courtesy of Gil Hanly
Copyright:
Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0 Licence
Designer:
Annie Bonza
Manufacturing location:
Theatre Lane, Auckland
Garment type:
Pants, tunic
Colour:
Black
Purchase location:
Theatre Lane, Auckland
Label:
Annie Bonza Clothes
Date:
Circa 1970
