NGV Announce 200 Years of Australian Fashion Exhibition
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03.12.2015

NGV Announce 200 Years of Australian Fashion Exhibition

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The exhibition will present more than 120 works from over 90 designers and celebrate Australia’s unique voice in the fashion industry.

Alongside works by contemporary designers such as Akira, Richard Nylon, Ellery and Toni Maticevski, the exhibition will showcase standout designs from the last 200 years including Australia’s earliest known surviving dress, a 1950s blue feathered ball gown by Collins Street salon La Petite and a dress from Collette Dinnigan’s ground-breaking 1995 Paris runway show.

The exhibition will also feature a  catwalk of garments that celebrate the output of the Fashion Design Council (FDC), which was established in 1983 to nurture independent Australian fashion design.