Fashioning Empire in Adelaide. The J. Miller Anderson Wedding Gown of 1881: Fashion, Labour, and Aspiration in Colonial South Australia
Described at the time as ‘the first of its kind produced in these colonies’, the wedding gown examined in this article embodies significance beyond its sartorial form; it constitutes a multi-faceted historical artefact positioned at the nexus of design, commerce, technology, identity and social history. Petrina Killey examines the gown's materiality, background and symbolic resonance within the colonial context.
