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