Gown, Evening
Description
White silk taffeta full length gown. Has fully gathered skirt and a close fitting basque forming a "V" in the front. Deep "V" neckline back and front. Puffed sleeves. Eight pink and white organdie flowers attached to back of seam of basque. Back zip fastening. c1982.
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Manufacturer
Subject person
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This
silk
taffeta
dress
was
designed
and
made
by
Pam
Darney
for
a
New
Year's
ball
in
Vienna
at
the
Palais
in
Schwarzenburg.
Pam
and
Barry
Darney
had
been
travelling
in
Europe
where
they
heard
about
a
private
hotel
in
a
palace.
They
wrote
to
ask
to
stay
and
were
accepted.
The
next
year,
back
in
New
Plymouth,
a
beautiful
invitation
arrived
in
the
post
inviting
them
to
return
for
a
ball.
They
arrived
and
Pam
was
appointed
a
maid
to
help
her
iron
and
prepare
her
dress.
The
ball
started
at
midnight
and
went
to
4am.
they
danced
on
the
marble
floors
amongst
the
artworks
to
a
five
piece
string
quintet
playing
Strauss.
Pam Darney designed and made many of her dresses. She based her clothes on the European designers in Vogue. She used the photos to draw up her own designs to work from. She was never formally trained but learnt from her Grandmother, who was a tailor, on her treadle sewing machine.
Pam Darney designed and made many of her dresses. She based her clothes on the European designers in Vogue. She used the photos to draw up her own designs to work from. She was never formally trained but learnt from her Grandmother, who was a tailor, on her treadle sewing machine.
Accession number
A92.739
Collection type
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