Mary Rose Batik Long "Hostess Dress"
Date1970s
Dimensions149 x 41 cm
Credit LineGift of Judith and Wilson Rodger, London, Ontario, 2014
Object number2014.001.065
Label TextThis is a 1970s era hostess gown made of fabric dyed using the batik method. A type of resist dyeing, batik originated in Indonesia some 2000 years ago. In this method, colour is applied to fabric in stages. Wax confines colours to desired areas. In the 1960s and 1970s, many Westerners embraced such hand-dyed fabrics. At first, members of the counter-culture wore them. It declared their opposition to middle-class materialism and repression. Later, the middle-class mainstream accepted them too.
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