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Petticoat

ca. 1970 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Gina Fratini used a melange of ethnographic and historical references for her romantic collections. This Slav-inspired, layered ensemble features boldly coloured and patterned fabrics. Featured in Vogue, styled with bright red shoes and stockings, it was described as a "frogged wallpaper print surcoat opening on a tucked strawberry wool crepe tunic and magnificent Liberty wool skirt, full and braided."


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Cotton
Brief description
Cotton petticoat, designed by Gina Fratini, London, ca. 1970
Physical description
Red cotton petticoat.
Production typeHaute couture
Gallery label
Gina Fratini used a melange of ethnographic and historical references for her romantic collections. This Slav-inspired, layered ensemble features boldly coloured and patterned fabrics. Featured in Vogue, styled with bright red shoes and stockings, it was described as a "frogged wallpaper print surcoat opening on a tucked strawberry wool crepe tunic and magnificent Liberty wool skirt, full and braided."(1997)
Credit line
Given by the designer
Object history
Registered File number 1990/1385.
Part of an outfit T.276 to D-1990 and was featured in Vogue magazine. Modelled by the actress Britt Ekland, it was described as a 'frogged wallpaper print surcoat opening on a tucked strawberry wool crepe tunic and magnificent Liberty wool skirt, full and braided.' The outfit was priced at £76.10s and was available from Harrods, Campus in Edinburgh, and Dorothy Rowley in Walsall.
Association
Summary
Gina Fratini used a melange of ethnographic and historical references for her romantic collections. This Slav-inspired, layered ensemble features boldly coloured and patterned fabrics. Featured in Vogue, styled with bright red shoes and stockings, it was described as a "frogged wallpaper print surcoat opening on a tucked strawberry wool crepe tunic and magnificent Liberty wool skirt, full and braided."
Bibliographic reference
De La Haye, Amy, ed. The Cutting Edge: 50 Years of British Fashion 1947-1997. London: V&A Publications, 1997. p.97
Collection
Accession number
T.276A-1990

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Record createdDecember 13, 2010
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