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dress, cocktail

human history
  • Description

    dress, cocktail, straight, sleeveless, knee-length, black wool crepe with two vertical flap extensions to centre front, wide black silk ribbon trim `threaded' at hipline terminates in a bow

    cocktail dress

    Emma Celia Knuckey (born Auckland, 1913)

    Auckland, New Zealand, mid 1960s

    silk

    makers label ‘Emma Knuckey / MADE IN AUCKLAND / NEW ZEALAND’

    length of back 830 mm

  • Place
  • Accession Number
    1993.45
  • Other Id

    T1442 (textile)

    2214 (enquiry sheet no.)

  • Department

Images and documents

Images

Artefact

  • Credit Line
    gift of Emma Knuckey, 1990, collection of Auckland Museum, Tamaki Paenga Hira, 1993.45, T1442, 2214
  • Public Access Text

    ‘Perfection. Simple. Understated. Utterly wearable.’ These words, a response typical of many fashion writers when describing Knuckey’s designs, are more that suitable to describe this stylish dress for younger women. In the 1960s the influence of British popular culture was extensive. One of the most important fashion trends of this movement was the invention of the mini - skirt.

  • Primary Maker

     Emma Knuckey (Couturière)

  • Place
  • Date
    Circa 1964-Circa 1966
  • Technique
  • Period
  • Media
  • Measurement Description
    l 830 mm back, w 360 mm across shoulders
  • Measurement Reading

    830mm

    360mm

  • Classification
  • Last Update
    03 Jul 2017
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