Clothing - Swiss Guipure Lace Wedding Dress, Hartnell of Melbourne, 1969

Wedding Dress, Swiss Guipure Lace, 1969

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Golda Whelan (designer), Hartnell of Melbourne

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Wedding Dress, Swiss Guipure Lace, 1969

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Wedding Dress, Swiss Guipure Lace, 1969

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Wedding Dress, Swiss Guipure Lace, 1969

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Golda Whelan (designer), Hartnell of Melbourne

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Historical information

The Fashion & Design collection of the Kew Historical Society includes examples of women’s, men’s, children’s and infants’ clothing from the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. Items in the collection were largely produced for, or purchased by women in Melbourne, and includes examples of outerwear, protective wear, nightwear, underwear and costume accessories. Golda Whelan, a designer with Hartnell of Melbourne designed this wedding dress for her daughter Liane Whelan. Liane married John Merry at St John's Anglican Church in Toorak in 1969.

Significance

The dress was manufactured in the 'house' of Hartnell of Melbourne, a leading Melbourne Fashion House in the 1950s and the 1960s.

Physical description

White slim line lace wedding dress, featuring eleven self-covered buttons down centre back Off centre rear opening done up by metal press studs. The dress has a silk satin lining and netting underskirt.

Subjects

Identifier

2019.12

Date made

1969

Place made

Lancashire House, 36-50 Flinders Lane , Melbourne , Victoria , Australia

Designer

Hartnell of Melbourne

Production methods

Handmade

Materials

cotton, silk, metal

Measurements

Length: 150 centimetres

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Accessed 15 November 2024

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