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Dress

1984 (designed), 1993 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Dress made to resemble a khaki silk shirt tucked into a velvet skirt with braces, shirt cuffs matching the velvet skirt.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Silk and velvet
Brief description
Dress, silk and velvet, Mark and Syrie, London, remade in 1993 from a 1984 design.
Physical description
Dress made to resemble a khaki silk shirt tucked into a velvet skirt with braces, shirt cuffs matching the velvet skirt.
Object history
Registered File number 1993/2020, Streetstyle exhibition 1994-1995, in the exhibition it was part of a "Fashion Skinhead"outfit (includes the boots T.636-1994).
Remade in 1993 from a 1984 design.
Production
Remade 1993 from a 1984 design.
Bibliographic reference
Surfers, Soulies, Skinheads & Skaters : Subcultural Style from the Forties to the Nineties Not described in the exhibition publication.
Collection
Accession number
T.584-1993

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Record createdMay 19, 2009
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