Evening Dress
1979 (made)
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Black jersey evening dress trimmed with beaded tassels, with embroidered shoulders. The high necked bodice, with a mandarin collar and puffed sleeves, is cut away immediately below the bust with a draped, wrap-around trained skirt "tied" to the bodice front and draping around the hips.The skirt extends into a long pointed train with a tassel at the end.
Accessorised with patterned nylon tights and black patent leather shoes with metal heel
Accessorised with patterned nylon tights and black patent leather shoes with metal heel
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 4 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | jersey, with beaded tassels |
| Brief description | John Bates, 1979 |
| Physical description | Black jersey evening dress trimmed with beaded tassels, with embroidered shoulders. The high necked bodice, with a mandarin collar and puffed sleeves, is cut away immediately below the bust with a draped, wrap-around trained skirt "tied" to the bodice front and draping around the hips.The skirt extends into a long pointed train with a tassel at the end. Accessorised with patterned nylon tights and black patent leather shoes with metal heel |
| Production type | Haute couture |
| Object history | The complete ensemble was donated in 1979 with a customised Adel Rootstein mannequin specially made for the purpose of modelling it. This was part of a group of 25 such total ensembles donated in 1979. "When the exhibition was transferred to the V&A a television news-crew were much taken by John Bates's audacious black evening dress embellished by Frederick Fox's Bird of Paradise hat, beaded tassels, and a great deal of bare flesh." (Valerie Mendes in the V&A Album 2, p.280) |
| Production | John Bates couture collection for Winter 1979 |
| Associated object | T.191-1980 (Ensemble) |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | T.190-1980 |
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| Record created | July 20, 2007 |
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