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Mini dress

PRUE ACTON, Melbourne (fashion house), Prue ACTON (designer)
Mini dress
 1967

Medium
acetate, cotton, nylon, metal, plastic

Measurements
80.0 cm (centre back) 32.0 cm (waist, flat)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Diana Reece, 2004

Gallery location
Not on display

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Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Melbourne, Victoria

Inscription
label, back neck line, printed in black on white polyester: Prue Acton (flower motif above o) / AUSTRALIA

Accession Number
2004.633

Department
Australian Fashion and Textiles

This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Professor AGL Shaw AO Bequest

Physical description
White, long sleeved mini dress with square front neckline and separate full skirt section descending from the waist. The dress is constructed in cream stitch cotton lace with appliqued beads of tiny ribbon bows placed horizontally on the bodice and vertically on the shirt. There are short metal zips at each narrow sleeve cuff and the dress fastens with a long metal zip centre back. The dress is fully lined in a cream coloured synthetic fabric.

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