Mini-Dress
1965-1966
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| Place of origin |
This dress is by British designer Rosalind Yehuda. It was featured on the cover of the October 1966 issue of British Vogue.
Yehuda took a hands-on approach to the creation of her designs. She recalls making trips to Paris to source lurex yarn, like that used in this dress, before discovering a mill that produced it in Britain. She outsourced the production of her designs to local outworkers and would drive between their houses, dropping off designs and yarn, and picking up the finished garments.
Yehuda took a hands-on approach to the creation of her designs. She recalls making trips to Paris to source lurex yarn, like that used in this dress, before discovering a mill that produced it in Britain. She outsourced the production of her designs to local outworkers and would drive between their houses, dropping off designs and yarn, and picking up the finished garments.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | knitting |
| Brief description | Mini-dress of knitted silver lurex with long sleeves; Rosalind Yehuda, 1965-1966 |
| Physical description | Knitted mini-dress. The dress has a scooped neck and long sleeves with scalloped edges. |
| Production type | small batch |
| Credit line | Given by Rosalind Yehuda |
| Object history | This dress was featured on the cover of the October 1966 issue of British Vogue, and appeared in a subsequent Vogue photoshoot. |
| Summary | This dress is by British designer Rosalind Yehuda. It was featured on the cover of the October 1966 issue of British Vogue. Yehuda took a hands-on approach to the creation of her designs. She recalls making trips to Paris to source lurex yarn, like that used in this dress, before discovering a mill that produced it in Britain. She outsourced the production of her designs to local outworkers and would drive between their houses, dropping off designs and yarn, and picking up the finished garments. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | T.1704-2017 |
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| Record created | October 17, 2017 |
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