**Mary Quant “Ginger” dark blue maxi dress with halter neck
**Size: vintage 12 (8-10 AU & UK modern-day sizing) 6-8 US
**Original 1960s evening dress
**Made in England (launched in 1963) by British designer Mary Quant (as a diffusion line) to make her influential designs more accessible and affordable to a wider audience
**Collector’s item; a lot of dresses from this designer are in the
V&A Museum in London
**Closure: back zipper with hook & eye (eye missing) see photo 7;
the small lined area around the neckline has been removed (last photo)
**No size/composition label as they were attached to the removed lining
**The fabric is most likely polyester/rayon which was widely used
**Not the original hemline
**Tricky to measure due to the style of the dress, so all measurements
are approximate:
**Underarm to underarm measured flat: 17”/42.5cm
**Across the waist area measured flat: 18.5”/47cm
**Length: (from top of the zipper to hemline) 45.5”/115.5cm
**Mannequin is 1.82m tall for ref
**Please choose carefully/no returns
**Photos form part of the item description
**Combined shipping available
**Insurance is included in the shipping price, to the full value of the item cost
**International shipping available, with the exception of some countries including Germany:
The German Packaging Act, also known as VerpackG is based on the EU Packaging Waste Directive and incurs additional costs & fees to Sellers
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