Easy Rider
1975
- Medium
- silk (satin), (taffeta)
- Measurements
- (a) 58.0 cm (centre back) 34.5 (sleeve length) (jacket)
(b) 109.0 cm (outer leg) 30.0 cm (waist flat) (jodhpurs)
(c) 89.0 cm (outer circumference) 12.0 cm (height) 24.0 cm (width) (cap) - Place/s of Execution
- Sydney, New South Wales
- Inscription
- (a) label, centre back, woven green on black acetate: (dancing woman) CREATED BY / Linda / Jackson
- Accession Number
- 2010.297.a-c
- Department
- Australian Fashion and Textiles
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, Victorian Foundation for Living Australian Artists, 2010
© Linda Jackson/Licensed by Copyright Agency, Australia
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Professor AGL Shaw AO Bequest - Gallery location
- Not on display
- About this work
-
Easy rider is an Oriental-inspired riding outfit comprising blue silk satin jodhpurs with Chinese style jacket featuring yellow taffeta binding. It was shown in the 1975 Flamingo Follies parade along with a collection of bias cut dresses named Flemington, Randwick, Rose Hill and Harold Park, all perfect styles for a day at the races.
- Physical description
- Three-piece outfit comprising: (a) Fitted short-sleeve jacket of blue duchess satin with Chinese-style collar fastening centre front with four yellow silk ties, lined in yellow silk. (b) Jodhpurs of blue satin, buttoning at both side seams with covered blue silk buttons. Curved hems trimmed with yellow silk bias binding. (c) Matching blue satin cap piped with yellow taffeta and lined with dark blue silk. Adjustable drawstring at back.