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Work on paper - Women's Official Occasions Uniform Design Drawings, Wendy Powitt, c. 1992

  • hand drawn image of a white woman wearing a shirt, skirt, gloves, shawl and headscarf with native botanical prints on a yellow background

    uniform design sketch

  • hand drawn image of a white woman wearing a black skirt and a blouse with native botanical prints on a yellow background. line drawings of back and front of skirt, and footwear included, with a brown and black symbol in top left corner

    uniform design sketch

  • hand drawn image of a white woman wearing a black skirt, black blazer, with a line drawing to the right of the blazer, with scarf showing native botanical prints on a yellow background

    uniform design sketch

  • hand drawn image of a white woman wearing a black skirt, black vest, mustard shirt and neck scarf. line drawings of shirt, scarf and vest are shown to the left

    uniform design sketch

  • hand drawn image of a white woman wearing a shirt, skirt, gloves, shawl and headscarf with native botanical prints on a yellow background
  • hand drawn image of a white woman wearing a black skirt and a blouse with native botanical prints on a yellow background. line drawings of back and front of skirt, and footwear included, with a brown and black symbol in top left corner
  • hand drawn image of a white woman wearing a black skirt, black blazer, with a line drawing to the right of the blazer, with scarf showing native botanical prints on a yellow background
  • hand drawn image of a white woman wearing a black skirt, black vest, mustard shirt and neck scarf. line drawings of shirt, scarf and vest are shown to the left

Historical information

A set of laminated A3 sketchbook pages depicting designs for the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Women's Official Occasions Uniform designed by Wendy Powitt.

On the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games donor Doug Pleasance wrote-

The 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games saw an evolutionary change in designer selection. A Declaration of Interest Form was communicated to over forty potential designers. The task and especially tight timelines that were involved deterred many aspirants, however, there remained eight designers with the potential we were seeking. These eight designers were paid $3,000 per submission and the winning designer, Wendy Powitt, was paid $15,000. For the first time the judging panel included two athletes, one male swimmer and one female basketballer, their influence was pivotal.

The Official Uniform was used for both travel and official functions. This included a tailored blazer and trouser/skirt set (all water repellent) by Fletcher Jones in pure olive green faille fabric by Foster Valley, a cotton PE formal shirt by Pelaco, pure wool knitwear by Spangaro, a printed wool tie by TD Noone, wool nylon socks by Holeproof and footwear by Hush Puppy.

Physical description

8116.1 - A laminated A3 sketchbook page depicting a design for the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Women's Official Occasions Uniform. The main drawing shows the design for a green skirt and green woollen vest over a yellow button up shirt with printed neck tie. Three smaller drawings on the left side of the page show the details of the vest, necktie and shirt.

8116.2 - A laminated A3 sketchbook page depicting a design for the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Women's Official Occasions Uniform. The main drawing shows the design for a black skirt and printed scoop neck, button up blouse, cinched at the waist with a black belt. Around the central drawing are smaller drawings showing the details of the skirt, belt and shoes.

8116.3 - A laminated A3 sketchbook page depicting a design for the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Women's Official Occasions Uniform. The main drawing shows the design for a black skirt and black blazer with detailed striping across the right front and right arm. There is a small detailed drawing of the blazer to the right of the main figure which includes the design of a scarf.

8116.4 - A laminated A3 sketchbook page depicting a design for the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Women's Official Occasions Uniform. The main drawing shows the design for a green skirt, a yellow printed, sleeveless shirt, yellow gloves, along with a matching headband and scarf.

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