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Description: | Full length sleeveless evening dress in pale lilac silk crepe, with matching asymmetrical jacket with right rever embroidered with tiny seed perals and rhinestones in a meandering design; jacket has long sleeves and fastens with a single clear plastic domed button; woven labels, black on white, 'Benny Ong, London' in both dress and jacket.
Worn as a wedding outfit by the donor, the photographer Helena Anderson, on her marriage to John Anderson on 27 December 1980, having bought the dress at Oxford (Campus Clothes Ltd) in October 1980. The bride wore a single strand of pearls. The original receipt shows that the dress and jacket cost £200 and that the model was called 'Adele'.
Benny Ong studied fashion at St Martins School of Fashion and then formed his own company in 1977.
Technique: embroidered
Material: silk
Material: crepe
Benny Ong dress 1980.
Benny Ong dress 1980, label | Source: | Manchester City Galleries | Identifier: | mcag.emu.ecatalogue.70429 | Go to resource |
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