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- Title
- Blue swimsuit candlewick cape
- Content partner
- New Zealand Fashion Museum
- Collection
- New Zealand Fashion Museum
- Description
Although known for its iconic rugby jerseys, the first garment to be given the Canterbury label was underwear – the woollen kind worn in 1920s New Zealand. Forty years later this Canterbury swimsuit was made from cotton.
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- Date created
- Early 1960s
- URL
- https://www.nzfashionmuseum.org.nz/b/blue-swimsuit-candlewick-cape/
- Related subjects
- Swimsuit, cape
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Garment loan courtesy of Cathy Dunn of Penelope Tree Vintage (swimsuit) Fiona McGeough (cape) ; Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0 Licence
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