Dress
c.1965 (designed)
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This dress designed by Mary Quant for Ginger Group in about 1965. It has a white ground printed with navy polka dots and two tiers of ruffles at the hem. The A-line silhouette used for this dress is typical of many of Quant’s designs in the 1960s. Jean Shrimpton wears a variation of this design in a photograph by John French, published in Vogue in 1964.
Object details
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| Brief description | Dress, white ground with navy spots, by Mary Quant for Ginger Group, Wales, c.1965 |
| Physical description | Dress with long sleeves and ruffled hem. White ground with navy spots. |
| Credit line | Purchase funded by the Lee Alexander McQueen Fund for Fashion |
| Object history | Jean Shrimpton is photographed by John French in 1964 in a similar dress by Mary Quant but with ruffled cuffs and collar and plain hem. |
| Summary | This dress designed by Mary Quant for Ginger Group in about 1965. It has a white ground printed with navy polka dots and two tiers of ruffles at the hem. The A-line silhouette used for this dress is typical of many of Quant’s designs in the 1960s. Jean Shrimpton wears a variation of this design in a photograph by John French, published in Vogue in 1964. |
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| Accession number | T.92-2018 |
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| Record created | January 5, 2018 |
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