Early flight attendants vest
1990
Medium
retrospectra graphic plastic, lamé, metallic thread, cotton
Measurements
48.5 cm (centre back) 48.0 cm (waist, flat)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased from Admission Funds, 1991
© Courtesy of the copyright owner, Merlene Gibson (sister)
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Sydney, New South Wales
Inscription
signed on lining in fabric paint: "TVLLY '90"
Accession Number
CT1-1991
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
Retrospectra graphic plastic, cut into varying square and rectangular shapes, pieced together with metallic thread at each corner hand sewn onto a vest made of white cotton, lined with silver lamé. Upper middle, centre back of vest has a square piece of retrospectra graphic plastic with a hologram of a circle with the iris of an eye inside it.