Sunflower
Dress Fabric
1994 (made)
1994 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Gary Page was the chief designer at British fashion label Red or Dead, created in the early 1980s by Wayne and Gerardine Hemingway. Their philosophy was to provide innovative, high fashion at affordable prices. This sunflower print was designed to enhance sophisticated eveningwear. The motif was chosen purely for its visual impact without any subliminal message, taking inspiration from the simple pleasures of life.
'The sunflowers are lovely, they sum up summer, its not complicated or deep, its just nice' said Wayne Hemingway.
'The sunflowers are lovely, they sum up summer, its not complicated or deep, its just nice' said Wayne Hemingway.
Object details
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| Title | Sunflower (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Screen-printed silk satin |
| Brief description | Screen printed silk satin dress fabric with sunflower motif, multi coloured colourway, Gary Page for Red or Dead, England, 1994. |
| Physical description | Screen printed silk satin dress fabric with sunflower motif in multi coloured colourway |
| Dimensions |
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| Production type | Mass produced |
| Credit line | Given by Gary Page |
| Object history | This fabric was designed for the Spring Summer 1994 collection. |
| Production | Gary Page was chief designer at Red or Dead Attribution note: Screen printed with four colour separation by Belford Prints, Macclesfield Reason For Production: Retail |
| Subject depicted | |
| Summary | Gary Page was the chief designer at British fashion label Red or Dead, created in the early 1980s by Wayne and Gerardine Hemingway. Their philosophy was to provide innovative, high fashion at affordable prices. This sunflower print was designed to enhance sophisticated eveningwear. The motif was chosen purely for its visual impact without any subliminal message, taking inspiration from the simple pleasures of life. 'The sunflowers are lovely, they sum up summer, its not complicated or deep, its just nice' said Wayne Hemingway. |
| Bibliographic reference | Miller, Lesley Ellis, and Ana Cabrera Lafuente, with Claire Allen-Johnstone, eds. Silk: Fibre, Fabric and Fashion. London: Thames & Hudson Ltd in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 2021. ISBN 978-0-500-48065-6.
This object features in the publication Silk: Fibre, Fabric and Fashion (2021) |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | T.7-2007 |
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| Record created | March 21, 2007 |
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