Period mint cashmere jacket with ivory wool twill trousers worn by Amanda Woodhams as Nancy Pickett in The Dressmaker

2014

Courtesy The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia

Photograph by Egmont Contreras, ACMI

The cool combination of pale green and pristine white combined in this pantsuit stands in direct contrast to the dusty and dirty backdrop of Dungatar. This design exemplifies the modern European aesthetic of leading couture houses such as Dior and Chanel in the 1950s.

Collection

Not in ACMI's collection

Previously on display

14 July 2024

ACMI: Gallery 1

Credits

costume designer

Marion Boyce

Production dates

2014

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

LN194727

Curatorial section

The Story of the Moving Image → Moving Worlds → MW-04. Costume Design → MW-04-C02

Object Types

Costume/costume element

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