Opera House outfit
1977
- Medium
- silk (taffeta), cotton, rayon
- Measurements
- (a) 86.0 cm (centre back) 69.5 cm (sleeve length) (jacket)
(b) 69.5 cm (centre back) 27.0 cm (waist, flat) (skirt)
(c) 116.0 cm (outer leg) 31.0 cm (waist, flat) (pants)
(d) 19.0 × 34.0 × 1.0 cm (bag)
(e) 21.0 × 34.5 × 1.0 cm (bag) - Place/s of Execution
- Sydney, New South Wales
- Inscription
- (b) label, inner front hemline, printed (vertically) in black on white acetate: SYDNEY
printed in black on white acetate: LINDA JACKSON / FLAMINGO PARK
(c) label, centre back, woven red on white cotton: LINDA JACKSON FLAMINGO PARK - Accession Number
- 2010.302.a-e
- 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
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Featuring an array of white appliqué sails on vibrant blue silk, Opera house is a playful abstracted idea of the Australian icon which opened in 1973. Jackson’s original Sydney Opera House outfit was created out of linen in 1974, and was included in the first Flamingo Follies parade held the same year. Jackson is recognised for transposing Australian flora and fauna into her designs; however, this is one rare occasion where she has reinterpreted Australian architecture. With Opera house, Jackson has revisited an existing design and developed upon the original, a process seen in many of her collections.
- Physical description
- Outfit comprising jacket, skirt and pants made of blue Indian silk with white silk taffeta appliqué and with two matching bags. (a) Swing-back 1950s-style jacket with shawl collar. Opera House motifs appliquéd in white taffeta. (b) Dirndl skirt lined with white rayon. Opera House motifs appliquéd in white taffeta. (c) Bias cut blue pants. (d) White cotton bag with top stitching with zip (e) White cotton bag with ‘Sydney’ in red cord appliqué. Reverse has two music notes appliquéd in black cotton.