Actual Piece: Shift dress
2001
from Collection and Inspiration 2001
Medium
silk organza, habotai silk, cotton thread, metallic embroidery thread
Measurements
36.0 × 37.0 cm (folded)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 2001
© Courtesy of the artist
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Sydney, New South Wales
Accession Number
2001.827.14
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
Actual Piece: Shift dress, 1998-99 (spring/summer). The shift dress is of bias cut ivory silk organza with red habotai silk half lining. The garment is folded in a loose square parcel with the front face showing the upper section of the dress from the rounded neckline to the waist. This face is folded to expose contrasting single and double layers of the ivory organza over the red lining at a diagonal angle from the shoulder seam to the hemline. In the (facing) right corner of the garment is a feature detail of a crane in densely executed silver metallic thread embroidery. A border of wide loose red running stitches follows the outside edge of the garment. The reverse face is a pattern of contrasting colours formed by the effect of layering folds of the dress. Border stitches appear in red cotton around edges.