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2001/101/1 Outfit, womens, comprising evening dress and jacket, rayon / silk / cardboard, by Misses Mooney, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, c. 1935. Click to enlarge.
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Womens evening outfit by Misses Mooney

This evening dress with matching jacket is labelled "Misses Mooney, 189 Collins Street Melbourne" and was made in the mid 1930s. It is typical of the type of elegant evening dresses worn by women in the 1930s and is a good example of quality Australian fashion from that period. It is also an excellent example of an early use of the man-made fibre rayon.

The fashionable look for women in the interwar period changed around 1930 from the linear, gamine look of the twenties in favour of softer, …

Summary

Object No.

2001/101/1

Object Statement

Outfit, womens, comprising evening dress and jacket, rayon / silk / cardboard, by Misses Mooney, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, c. 1935

Physical Description

Evening dress with matching jacket made of printed black raylon featuring stylised floral pattern in white, red and green.

Dress: close fitting, full length dress with slight train at back. The bodice is sleeveless with a V-neckline and plunging scooped back. The skirt has a deep double ruffle at the shaped hem. The bodice and ruffles are cut on the cross. The dress has a proper left side seam opening that fastens with five metal hooks and eyes and five metal press studs. It is machine sewn and unlined.

Jacket: short, loosely fitted, tailored jacket has a V-neck and puffed elbow length sleeves. Centre front opening fastens at the waist with one fabric covered button. The jacket is machine sewn and unlined.

Marks

White and yellow fabric label inside centre back neck of jacket 'PHONE C890/Misses Mooney/189 COLLINS ST/MELBOURNE'.

Short URL

https://ma.as/9678

Source

Credit Line

Gift of Kylie Winkworth, 2001

Acquisition Date

21 October 2001

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{{cite web |url=https://ma.as/9678 |title=Womens evening outfit by Misses Mooney |author=Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences |access-date=23 March 2023 |publisher=Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences, Australia}}

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