Panne velvet dinner dress & platform shoes

Carolyn used to wear this Colin Cole dress to dinner parties. "I threw it on with an Afro wig and platforms and I felt fantastic!" Wearing a wig was commonplace in the 1970s. Carolyn would wear her wig decorated with yellow straw flowers.

Details

Credit: Courtesy of Carolyn McCondach
Copyright: Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0 Licence
Designer: Colin Cole
Manufacturing location: Auckland
Garment type: Dinner dress, shoes
Material: Velvet (dress), leather (shoes)
Features: The dress is made from self dot velvet, where the dot is woven using a different stitch style or depth to contrast against the rest of the fabric.
Colour: Purple (dress), black (shoes)
Label: Colin Cole
Date: 1970s