Wool evening gown with fringed hemline

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Wool evening gown with fringed hemline

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New Zealand Fashion Museum

Collection

New Zealand Fashion Museum

Description

Vinka Lucas and her husband David opened their salon, Maree de Maru, in 1962. It was located on Customs Street in Auckland, but they had their eye on the city's busiest street, Queen Street, and they moved there in 1966 with a series of spectacular promotions. This evening gown was worn by Miss New Zealand 1970, Linda Ritchie. Linda was given an entire wardrobe sponsored by the New Zealand Wool Board. With the assistance of Jean Lodge she commissioned or purchased daywear, gowns, swimsuits a...

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Date created

1971

Creator

Vinka Lucas

URL

https://www.nzfashionmuseum.org.nz/w/wool-evening-gown-with-fringed-hemline/

Related subjects

Evening gown

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Image courtesy of Linda Ritchie Collection. Rotorua Museum Te Whare Taonga o Te Arawa (L2010.34.4) ; Image © Rotorua Museum Te Whare Taonga o Te Arawa

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