2009/43/1-2/32 Photographic print, fashion, black and white, mounted on card, model Liz Scarborough wearing Le Louvre coat, photograph by Bruno Benini, Victoria, Australia, 1965-1970

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+ Australian fashion
+ Fashion photography
+ Commercial photography
+ Scarborough, Liz
+ Coats
+ Boots
+ Le Louvre
+ Bushfires

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+ Bruno Benini Archive Collection

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Photograph of model Liz Scarborough wearing Le Louvre coat, 1983

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Statement of significance

This unique fashion photograph was taken by Benini shortly after the bushfires swept through the Dandenong Ranges in Victoria. The model stands in a charred Australian landscape wearing knee high boots and an animal print coat by Le Louvre of Melbourne.
Le Louvre was a fashion house established by Lillian Wightman (see portrait of Wightman in Benini archive) and later owned by her daughter Georgina Weir. The house opened in the early 1920s [1922?] at Howey Place, Melbourne, before moving to 74 Collins Street, Melbourne during the late 1920s, where it remained throughout the 20th century.
While Le Louvre became renowned for its chiffon 'party' dresses, Le Louvre also stocked international labels including Chanel and Chloe. The 'Le Louvre Building' is listed on the Register of the National Estate. Le Louvre is renowned for its chiffon 'party' dresses. Le Louvre also stocked international labels including Chanel and Chloe.

Anne-Marie Van de Ven, Curator with Alysha Buss, Curatorial Intern, 2009

References
Company website: http://www.lelouvre.com.au/

Production notes

The production date for this photograph requires further research. The date range is attributed as 1965-1970.
There were bushfires in the Dandenong Ranges, Victoria in 1962 and 1968 prior to the Ash Wednesday fires of 1983.

History notes

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.

If Bruno Benini particularly liked a shot he'd taken, he would make a print or as Hazel Benini recalled, 'create a blow-up and then put it up on his studio wall'. The walls of the studio foyer were covered with these, mostly 20 x 24 inch, prints. Some of the prints were damaged over the years and thrown out, however many remain, with corner pin holes intact. This is one of those prints.

The Benini archive contains photographs showing how the Benini's displayed these prints in the foyer of the studio.

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Photographic print, fashion, black and white, mounted on card, model Liz Scarborough wearing Le Louvre coat, photograph by Bruno Benini, Victoria, Australia, 1965-1970

On reverse, upper right, written in black ink, '1983 / AFTER THE BUSHFIRES DANDENONGS ASH WED / LE LOUVRE COAT / MODEL LIZ SCARBOROUGH', upper centre stamped BRUNO BENINI/ PHOTOGRAPHER / 6 McKILLOP ST. / MELBOURNE TEL 672633', upper left, written in pencil '11' in circle.

Photographed: Benini, Bruno; Melbourne, Victoria; 1983

Marks

On reverse, upper right, written in black ink, '1983 / AFTER THE BUSHFIRES DANDENONGS ASH WED / LE LOUVRE COAT / MODEL LIZ SCARBOROUGH', upper centre stamped BRUNO BENINI/ PHOTOGRAPHER / 6 McKILLOP ST. / MELBOURNE TEL 672633', upper left, written in pencil '11' in circle.

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2009/43/1-2/32

Production date

1983

Height

601 mm

Width

496 mm

Depth

3 mm

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This object belongs to:

Bruno Benini Archive Collection

Subjects

+ Australian fashion
+ Fashion photography
+ Commercial photography
+ Scarborough, Liz
+ Coats
+ Boots
+ Le Louvre
+ Bushfires

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