Jumper-style dress of pink raw silk with scoop neckline
- Title
- Jumper-style dress of pink raw silk with scoop neckline
- LC Subject
- main garments
- Donor
- Scaks, Murle
- Designer
- Colony Classics
- Description
- a) Jumper-style dress of pink raw silk with scoop neckline; no sleeves; spherical knotted buttons of self-silk accent shoulders; crescent welt pockets at hips; A-line from waist; above-knee length; center-back zip closure. b) Tie belt of pink raw silk; width: 2", length: 56".
- Motif
- Chinese knots
- Work Type
- jumpers (dresses)
- Location
- Hong Kong >> Hong Kong >> Asia >> Earth
- Date
- 1960/1969
- Identifier
- 1992.001.009
- Rights
- In Copyright
- License
- Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International
- Type
- Image
- Format
- image/tiff
- Material
- Raw Silk
- Technique
- Crescent shaped, welt pockets Knotted buttons
- Set
- Historic and Cultural Textile and Apparel Collection
- Primary Set
- Historic and Cultural Textile and Apparel Collection
- Institution
- Oregon State University
- Note
- The Colony Classics label is from the British Crown Colony of Hong Kong. Hong Kong, an island off of the coast of China, was ceded to Great Britain in the 1800s. In the 1950s and 1960s labor and fabrics were cheaper in Hong Kong, and British tariffs were lenient. There was great interest in manufacture on the island, and by the 1940s, a budding garment industry developed with focus on European styles due to the British colonial influence. Asian imported clothing was prized for superior finishing techniques and beadwork.
