Lurex culottes

New Acquisition Obj No: 2009/43/1-2/17 Photographic print, fashion, black and white, mounted on card, Lurex Colette, designer Jo Bond, model Miki G...

This great fashion shot comes from the Bruno Benini photography archive that we acquired with funding assistance from the Australian Government’s National Cultural Heritage Account in 2009. Last year we held the exhibition Creating the look: Benini and fashion photography to celebrate the work that Bruno and his stylist wife Hazel had achieved. The following statement about this image comes from our collection record.

Photographic print, fashion, black and white, mounted on card, Lurex Colette, designer Jo Bond, model Miki Gardner, photograph by Bruno Benini, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1969. Model Miki Gardner wears Jo Bond designed lurex outfit. On reverse, upper centre, written in pencil, ‘LUREX COLOTTE DRESS PHOTOGRAPHED IN 1969 / DESIGNER – JO BOND / MODEL – MIKI GARDNER / PRINTED IN 1969′, upper left, stamped ‘BRUNO BENINI/ PHOTOGRAPHER / 6 McKILLOP ST. / MELBOURNE TEL 672633′, upper left, written in pencil ’67′ in circle twice. Reverse indicates photograph was used as a cutting board.

Photography by Bruno Benini
© Benini estate

Tags: 60s, black and white, Bruno Benini, cul, Culottes, fashion, Melbourne, photography

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