Cocktail Dress
1979 (made)
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Black jersey knee length evening dress and jacket embroidered and edged with gold metallic thread. Dress is completely backless beneath the jacket. Gilded nylon gloves worn scrunched tightly over forearm, with pair of heeled black satin shoes
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 7 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | jersey, metallic embroidery |
| Brief description | Woman's ensemble consisting of: black jersey cocktail dress and jacket, 1979, British, designed by Janice Wainwright; pair of gold nylon gloves, 1979, British, designed by Cornelia James; pair of black satin shoes, 1979, Italian, designed by Migmani. |
| Physical description | Black jersey knee length evening dress and jacket embroidered and edged with gold metallic thread. Dress is completely backless beneath the jacket. Gilded nylon gloves worn scrunched tightly over forearm, with pair of heeled black satin shoes |
| Production type | Ready to wear |
| Credit line | Given via Simpson (Piccadilly) Ltd |
| 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. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | T.313 to 315-1980 |
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| Record created | August 16, 2007 |
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