Hothouse dress
summer 1980
Medium
cotton, metal
Measurements
104.0 cm (centre back) 48.0 cm (waist, flat)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of the artist, 2006
© Katie Pye
Gallery location
Gallery 10
Level 2, NGV Australia
About this work
Upon completing a Diploma of Art (Painting) at East Sydney Technical College in 1973, and more interested in fashion design, Katie Pye opened a concept clothing boutique called Duzzn’t Madder in Balmain, Sydney (1976–77). In the early 1980s Pye made costume designs for film productions and styled music videos for local bands. In 1979, she established the Katie Pye Studio with her partner George Nezovic and began selling limited collections under her own label. A proponent of art fashion, her garments combine graphic colour and experimental textile treatments with an emphasis on loose fitting forms.
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Sydney, New South Wales
Inscription
label, inner neckline, woven in red on dark green cotton: Katie Pye / Sydney (map of Australia) Australia
Accession Number
2006.438
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