Silver brocade dress

The owner of this Raphael Gowns dress bought it when her husband was made the president of the Masonic Lodge. She wore it to many official functions.

Details

Credit: Courtesy of Alison Gracie
Copyright: Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0 Licence
Designer: Unknown
Manufacturing location: New Zealand
Garment type: Dress
Colour: Silver
Purchase location: Rachel’s Gowns, Levin
Exhibition: Decades of Fashion, Palmerston North, 2014
Label: A Raphael Gown
Date: 1950s