This photograph shows model Maggi Eckardt wearing a romantic chocolate and white ribbon textured Ninette skirt and blouse in 1968.

Hazel Benini recalls that she took a risk choosing Maggi, a former Paris-based Balenciaga model, for this shot as it was her first PR job and neither she nor Bruno had worked with Maggi previously. Maggi who was also expensive at $30 an hour, turned up with several wigs on wig heads under her arm.

Hazel had borrowed the table and kettle from Joel's auction rooms, which were across the road from Bruno's studio. The tablecloth, one of her many props, was a length of tasselled velvet curtain used by Hazel to great affect!

Anne-Marie Van de Ven, Curator 2009

This object is part of the Bruno Benini photography archive which was acquired by the Powerhouse Museum with the assistance of the Australian Government's National Cultural Heritage Account in 2009.

This particular print was created by Benini for the 'Bruno Benini: fashion images 1956-1976' exhibition held at RMIT Gallery, Melbourne, Friday 12 February - Saturday 13 March 1999.

Photographic print, black and white, model Maggi Eckardt wears Ninette skirt and blouse, studio shot, by Bruno Benini, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1968

Photograph shows model Maggi Eckhardt in ribbon textured Ninette skirt and blouse, standing beside wooden table with kettle and stack of books on top of the velvet tablecloth with tasselled edging.

Photographed: Benini, Bruno; Melbourne, Victoria; 1968

Used: Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology; Melbourne, Victoria; 1999

2009/43/1-1/30

1968

611 mm

510 mm

5 mm