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Robin Garland Women's one-piece silver shimmer swimsuit
Robin Garland Australia1970s
Australian National Maritime Museum
Sydney, Australia
A women's one piece silver shimmer swimsuit designed by Robin Garland consisting a cross over section at the front.
A women's one piece silver shimmer swimsuit designed by Robin Garland consisting a cross over section at the front.
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- Title: Robin Garland Women's one-piece silver shimmer swimsuit
- Creator: Robin Garland Australia, Robin Garland Australia
- Date: 1970s, 1970s
- Type: Swimsuit, Swimsuit
- Significance: Robin Garland is significant as an Australian swimwear designer who was able to successfully sell her designs internationally as well as in Australia in the 1970s. Like Brian Rochford she stripped swimwear of its internal structuring to create suits that fused fashion and sport and demanded that the wearer have a well proportioned body. She pushed the boundaries of Australian swimwear design by making extremely brief swimwear, it was considered racy at the time but sold well in Australia and abroad., Robin Garland is significant as an Australian swimwear designer who was able to successfully sell her designs internationally as well as in Australia in the 1970s. Like Brian Rochford she stripped swimwear of its internal structuring to create suits that fused fashion and sport and demanded that the wearer have a well proportioned body. She pushed the boundaries of Australian swimwear design by making extremely brief swimwear, it was considered racy at the time but sold well in Australia and abroad.
- See institution's online collections: http://collections.anmm.gov.au/en/objects/details/160115/, http://collections.anmm.gov.au/en/objects/details/160115/
- Medium: Synthetic, Synthetic
- Dimensions: 641 x 255 x 58 mm, 641 x 255 x 58 mm
- Credit line: ANMM Collection Gift from The Wardrobe Store Pty Ltd, ANMM Collection Gift from The Wardrobe Store Pty Ltd
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