Dress
ca. 1980
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Costume for 'Mandy' worn by Dick Emery. Knee length high waisted dress with full length wide sleeves and stand up collar of scarlet vermilion gold and silver lurex brocade. The sleeves and hem are trimmed with fake ocelot. Around the high waist seam and down the front from neck to hem is trimmed with bright red braid overlaid with gold lurex lattice and trimmed with hanging red bobbles. The dress opens from neck to hem and fastens with large press studs and velcro. The dress is lined with vermilion lining fabric, and the bust is padded with two large bra pads.
Object details
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| Brief description | Knee length high waisted dress with full length wide sleeves and stand up collar of scarlet vermilion gold and silver lurex brocade worn by Dick Emery as 'Mandy' in 'The Dick Emery Show', Australian Tour, ca. 1980. |
| Physical description | Costume for 'Mandy' worn by Dick Emery. Knee length high waisted dress with full length wide sleeves and stand up collar of scarlet vermilion gold and silver lurex brocade. The sleeves and hem are trimmed with fake ocelot. Around the high waist seam and down the front from neck to hem is trimmed with bright red braid overlaid with gold lurex lattice and trimmed with hanging red bobbles. The dress opens from neck to hem and fastens with large press studs and velcro. The dress is lined with vermilion lining fabric, and the bust is padded with two large bra pads. |
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| Production type | Unique |
| Marks and inscriptions | ' Dick Emery / Made By / Jacqui Stubbs. 948-0744 ' (Tape label) |
| Object history | This dress was worn by Dick Emery as the character 'Mandy' in 'The Dick Emery Show', Australian Tour, ca. 1980. |
| Production | Reason For Production: Commission |
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| Literary reference | The Dick Emery Show |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | S.476-1984 |
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| Record created | June 3, 2004 |
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