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Dress

1965 (made)
Artist/Maker
Jane & Jane (made for)
Liberty & Co. Ltd. (manufacturer)
Muir, Jean (designer)
Farr, Colleen (designer)
Place of origin
London (made)

Short silk mini dress with a white ground printed with blue, purple and turquoise leaves, flowers, and berries. 7/8 length bloused sleeves. Bust darts beginning at the hip and angling sharply up the dress. Lined in cream synthetic fabric and with a false hem of cotton. Metal zipper down the back.

Object details

Categories
Day Wear
Fashion
Womenswear
Object type
Dress
Materials and techniques
Printed silk, lined with synthetic fabric, cotton and metal
Silk (Textile)
Cotton (Textile)
Synthetic Fibre
Metal
Printed
Lined
Brief description
Printed silk mini dress, designed by Jean Muir for Jane & Jane, fabric designed by Colleen Farr for Liberty & Co. Ltd., London, 1965
Physical description
Short silk mini dress with a white ground printed with blue, purple and turquoise leaves, flowers, and berries. 7/8 length bloused sleeves. Bust darts beginning at the hip and angling sharply up the dress. Lined in cream synthetic fabric and with a false hem of cotton. Metal zipper down the back.
Dimensions
  • Weight: 0.24kg
Measurements taken from dress on flat.
Production typeReady to wear
Credit line
Gift of Mrs G. de Castello.
Object history
The fabric is by Colleen Farr for Liberty & Co (Compare to p. 61 & see also p 62, Buruma, Anna. Liberty & Co In The Fifties and Sixties: A Taste for Design, (London 2009).

Historical significance: Early example of Jean Muir's work before she launched her own label.
Production
Reason For Production: Retail
Subjects depicted
Blackberries
Flowers
Leaves
Collection
Textiles and Fashion Collection
Accession number
T.3-1998

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Record createdFebruary 7, 2007
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O131464/dress-muir-jean/
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