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Stuart Membery plaid kilt 1980s

The Darnell Collection and Cotton Australia

Australian Fashion Council

Australian Fashion Council
Australia

Kilt
1980s
Australia
By ‘Stuart Membery’
This kilt is made from heavy weight woven cotton twill tartan (Stuart plaid)


Other information
Tartan is a pattern consisting of criss-crossed horizontal and vertical bands in multiple colors
http://aestheticcrit.com/a-history-of-plaid.html

http://library.ndsu.edu/tools/dspace/load/?file=/repository/bitstream/handle/10365/17184/A-492-1966.pdf?sequence=1

‘Studio: The Bicentennial Fashion Book’, 1988, page 56-57

‘The Great Aussie Fashion’, by Elina MacKay, A Kevin Weldon Production, 1984, pages 14-15, 269

My Australian readers may remember Stuart from the fashion industry in Australia in the 1980's and also as the man behind bringing Esprit to Australia many moons ago.
http://absolutelybeautifulthings.blogspot.com.au/2009/11/stuart-membery.html

Exhibited: “Some Kind of Wonderful”: 80s Fashion from the Darnell Collection”, Rockhampton Art Gallery, Rockhampton, QLD, 3 May- 29 June 2014. Page 14, exhibition catalogue

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  • Title: Stuart Membery plaid kilt 1980s
  • Creator: The Darnell Collection, Cotton Australia
  • Fashion House: Stuart Membery
  • Date Created: 1980
  • Location Created: Australia
  • Provenance: Australia
  • Type: Kilt
  • Photographer: Cotton Australia
  • Original Source: The Darnell Collection
  • Medium: Heavy weight woven cotton twill tartan
Australian Fashion Council

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