Dressed
£53.99
When crinolines, bustles and ostrich feathers were the height of colonial fashion. This richly illustrated and lively social history explores the creation, consumption and spectacle of fashionable dress in Aotearoa New Zealand from 1840 to the early 1900s. Dressmakers were essential contributors to the development of New Zealand, and as a colonial outpost of the British Empire, New Zealands 19th century dress culture was heavily shaped by international trends. Interactions with Māori, the demands of settler lifestyle and the countrys geography all added another layer. Dressed teems with the fascinating, busy lives of early businesswomen, society women and civic figures. Featuring dresses and fashionable accessories from museums throughout Aotearoa New Zealand, and including over 270 images, this major book makes a significant contribution to histories of colonial dress.
Claire Regnault is Senior Curator New Zealand Histories & Cultures at Te Papa. She is particularly interested in New Zealand’s dress histories, and associated industries including fashion photography, textile design, retail and promotion.
She is the author of Dressed: Fashionable Dress in Aotearoa New Zealand from 1840 to 1910 (2021), winner of the 2022 Ockham New Zealand Book Award for Illustrated Non-Fiction; New Zealand Gown of the Year (2003); and co-author of The Dress Circle: New Zealand Fashion Design Since 1940 (2010). She is the President of Costume & Textiles Aotearoa New Zealand, and a member of the Eden Hore Central Otago steering committee.
- ISBN-13
- 9780994146069
- Publisher
- Te Papa Press
- Imprint
- Te Papa Press
- Publication date
- 1 June 2021
- Format
- Hardback
- Pages
- 448
- Dimensions
- 250 x 190 mm
- Illustrations
- illus
- Language
- English