Collection item
Yellow dress with leg-of-mutton sleeves
Peplums were popular in the 1940s. Wartime fabric shortages and austerity measures precluded anything too fancy and the addition of a modest peplum made a simply cut garment look less severe.
Details
Credit:
Garment loan courtesy of Mona Cheetham
Copyright:
Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0 Licence
Designer:
Unknown
Garment type:
Dress
Features:
The dress features a peplum, leg-of-mutton sleeves and a self-fabric belt.
Colour:
Yellow
Exhibition:
Decades of Fashion, Palmerston North, 2014
Label:
Unlabelled
Date:
1940s
