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Not currently on display at the V&A

Dress

1971 (made), 1972 (made)
Place of origin

Polyester shirt-dress in grey Prince of Wales check, button down collar on boatneck and buttons down front. Mini length.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Trevira
Brief description
Dress, polyester shirt-dress in grey Prince of Wales check, Great Britain, 1971
Physical description
Polyester shirt-dress in grey Prince of Wales check, button down collar on boatneck and buttons down front. Mini length.
Dimensions
  • Weight: 0.6kg
Production typeReady to wear
Object history
Registered File number 1994/1289, Streetstyle exhibition 1994-1995, in the exhibition it was part of an outfit called 'Two Tone [UK 1978-9]'.

Worn by Jo Wallace.
Bibliographic reference
Surfers, Soulies, Skinheads & Skaters : Subcultural Style from the Forties to the Nineties Described in the exhibition publication, part of an outfit called 'Two Tone [UK 1978-9]'.
Collection
Accession number
T.261-1995

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Record createdAugust 1, 2008
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