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Opera house dress and leggings

Opera house dress and leggings
 1979

Medium
leather, cotton, silk
Measurements
(a) 77.0 cm (centre back) 38.0 cm (waist, flat) (dress)
(b) 1.0 × 497.0 cm (belt)
(c-d) 33.0 × 12.0 cm (each) (leggings)
Place/s of Execution
Melbourne, Victoria
Inscription
(c-d) label, sewn on inside back, woven in white cotton on black cotton: Jenny Bannister for chai
Accession Number
1998.190.a-d
Department
Australian Fashion and Textiles
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of the artist, 1998
© Jenny Bannister
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Professor AGL Shaw AO Bequest
Reproduction requests
Gallery location
Not on display
Physical description
The white leather mini dress has an asymmtrical shoulder line with a Sydney Opera House motif decorating the proper right shoulder outlined in matching stitching. An inverted motif also decorates the lower centre front. A long white rope wraps around the waist several times. The dress is lined in black silk. Pair of matching white leather leggings are decorated with horizontal cuts/slashing.