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dress, cocktail

human history
  • Kupu whakaahua

    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

  • Wāhi
  • Accession Number
    1993.45
  • Tohu Tuakiri Kē

    T1442 (textile)

    2214 (enquiry sheet no.)

  • Wāhanga

Mātātuhi me ngā tuhinga

Mātātuhi

Taonga

  • Rārangi Mihi
    gift of Emma Knuckey, 1990, collection of Auckland Museum, Tamaki Paenga Hira, 1993.45, T1442, 2214
  • Kuputuhi e Wātea Tūmatanui ana

    ‘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.

  • Kaiwaihanga Matua

     Emma Knuckey (Couturière)

  • Wāhi
  • Circa 1964-Circa 1966
  • Tikanga Waihanga
  • Pāoho
  • Whakaahuatanga Ine
    l 830 mm back, w 360 mm across shoulders
  • Raraunga Ine

    830mm

    360mm

  • Taumata whakarōpū
  • Whakahounga o Mua
    03 Jul 2017
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