Ball dress & draped jacket

Created for her Pakuranga College Senior School Ball, passionate home sewer Lesley Wedge used this opportunity to mould her first Vogue pattern into a personalised creation together with her mother Anne. This dress encapsulates a pivotal moment in Lesley’s teenage years. On the cusp of becoming a young woman, the dress made her feel poised, confident and chic. There was no doubt that for... more

Details

Credit: Garment loan courtesy of Lesley Wedge
Copyright: Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0 Licence
Maker: Lesley and Anne Wedge
Garment type: Ball dress, jacket
Material: Crepe
Exhibition: Home Sewn: Original New Zealand Fashion (Auckland 2012)
Date: 1978