Cream dress with printed motif

Marilyn Sainty set up the boutique Starkers in Sydney in 1968. She returned to New Zealand in the early 1970s where she continued to design and make under the Starkers label, now made in New Zealand.

Details

Credit: Garment loan courtesy of Wendy Ganley
Copyright: Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0 Licence
Designer: Marilyn Sainty
Manufacturing location: New Zealand
Garment type: Dress
Material: Cotton polyester knit jersey
Features: The yoke and sleeves of this dress are cut in one piece without shoulder seams. It is finished with narrow bands and a printed flower motif.
Colour: Cream
Exhibition: Elle and the Youthquake: The changing face of fashion (Auckland, October 2014)
Label: Starkers
Date: Circa 1973