DINNIGAN Collette (Designer)

Collette Dinnigan's dress has the charm of an antique dress, yet possesses a modern sensuality, suspended as it is from two spaghetti straps. Its lace tiers and train belong to the romantic, early twentieth-century designers such as Paquin, Lucile and Doeuillet. Dinnigan launched her career designing and selling lace and chiffon lingerie. Her success allowed her to open a shop in Sydney in 1992, and begin designing a ready-to-wear line. Her use of womanly fabrics and attention to the female from resulted in clinging slip dresses that gave sophistication to the trend for wearing underwear as outwear. The preciousness of her designs is reminiscent of haute couture detailing and was a contrast to the prevailing use of undecorated fabrics cut into graphic forms. The simple shapes of underwear are wrought in lace and placed over contrasting satins to achieve the luminescence illustrated here. 

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