Fashioning Empire in Adelaide. The J. Miller Anderson Wedding Gown of 1881: Fashion, Labour, and Aspiration in Colonial South Australia, Petrina Killey

Article from Vol 47 no 4, November 2025

Fashioning Empire in Adelaide. The J. Miller Anderson Wedding Gown of 1881: Fashion, Labour, and Aspiration in Colonial South Australia, Petrina Killey

Abstract:

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.

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