Collection item
Apricot lace flapper dress
Images of the modern girl of the 1920s arrived in New Zealand along with American jazz music and the glamour of Hollywood cinema. The sleek flapper dresses skimmed rather than hugged the body and when worn with the bobbed hairstyles of the day represented a new freedom for women.
Details
Credit:
Garment loan courtesy of Rosemary Osborne
Copyright:
Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0 Licence
Garment type:
Dress
Material:
Silk, rayon lace
Colour:
Apricot
Exhibition:
Decades of Fashion, Palmerston North, 2014
Date:
1920s