Collection item
Semi-Couture Day Dress
This dress belonged to Joan Macpherson, who was the buyer first at The DIC and later at Kirkcaldie & Stains. Both stores were stockists of El Jay in Wellington. Joan also organised and compered the in-store fashion parades. Read more about Gus Fisher and the El Jay label in the New Zealand Fashion Museum publication Looking Terrific: The story of El Jay.
Details
Credit:
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa GH016363
Maker:
El Jay (Gus Fisher)
Garment type:
Day dress
Material:
Wool facecloth
Features:
This dress is a semi-couture garment with parts of its shape and structure supported and reinforced by buckram panels on the inside.
Label:
Christian Dior by El Jay
Date:
Circa 1958
