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Evening gown

HALL LUDLOW, Melbourne (fashion house), Hall LUDLOW (designer)
Evening gown
 (c. 1953)

Medium
acetate, metal thread (lamé)

Measurements
(a) 119.0 cm (centre back) 27.5 cm (waist, flat) (dress)
(b) 3.5 × 77.0 cm (belt)
(c) 112.0 cm (centre back) 27.5 cm (waist, flat) (petticoat)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Peggy Stone in memory of the artist, 2011

Gallery location
Not on display

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Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Melbourne, Victoria

Inscription
(a) label, centre back neckline, printed in black on white acetate: LUDLOW Model

Accession Number
2011.533.a-c

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
Gold lamé halter neck evening dress with belted waist and floor length full skirt. Neck strap has two raised lapels, and the bodice features geometric seam lines and two raised flaps from the bust. The dress has a low cut back with a separate petticoat and fastens at the centre back with zip.

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