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Daisy-bone outfit

ABYSS STUDIO, Melbourne (fashion house), Sara THORN (designer), Bruce SLORACH (designer)
Daisy-bone outfit
 1988

Medium
cotton, screenprint

Measurements
(a) 71.0 cm (centre back) 20.0 cm (sleeve length) (t-shirt)
(b) 63.0 cm (outer leg) 30.0 cm (waist, flat) (shorts)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented by the National Gallery Women's Association, 1995

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Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Melbourne, Victoria

Inscription
(a) label, centre back neckline, woven in red and green on black: Sara Thorn / ABYSS / BRUCE SLORACH
(b) label, back pocket, printed in black and red on white: Sara Thorn / ABYSS! / Bruce Slorach

Accession Number
1995.769.a-b

Department
Australian Fashion and Textiles

Physical description
(a) Cotton jersey T-shirt with a black front, screen printed with daisy bone motifs in a circular pattern, and a plain blue back, with orange short sleeves screen printed with the daisy bone pattern in combinations of aqua, orange and pink, the neckline is edged with orange cotton jersey. (b) Matching Bermuda shorts with a drawstring waist, in printed cotton in blue and orange on a purple and orange ground, trimmed around the bottom and outer leg with a white cotton band printed with skulls and crossed bones in black.

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