Dress; Green shift dress with white pintucked panel

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Dress; Green shift dress with white pintucked panel

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Toitū Otago Settlers Museum

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Toitū Otago Settlers Museum NZMuseums

Description

This 1920s day dress in apple green crepe epitomises the simple elegance of its era. It is sleeveless and comes to just below the knee, a somewhat ‘racy’ length that was new in this period. The main body of the dress is of simple construction; a tubular ‘shift dress’ without bust or waistline. It is enlivened by the asymmetrical insert of pleated net that angles down to the left hip. This line of angle carries on through the pleated sash that falls to the hemline and which is echoed in the sm...

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Date created

1920s

URL

https://ehive.com/collections/3242/objects/27663

Related subjects

1920s / Dress / Green

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