Central Otago Couture: The Eden Hore Collection Toitu Branded A child of the 1940s

A child of the 1940s

WHEN CRINOLINES

a successful but quietly spoken high-country farmer – a man of many contrasts

COLONIAL FASHION

consumption

Central Otago Couture: The Eden Hore Collection Toitu Branded A child of the 1940sCentral Otago Couture: The Eden Hore Collection by Jane Malthus & Claire Regnault & Derek Henderson (photographer) In 1975, a makeshift museum opened on a farm in the tussocked hills of the Mniatoto region of Central Otago. The main feature of this new attraction was the more than 220 high end fashion garments on display. It has been called one of the most significant collections of its kind in Australasia. And it was housed in an old tractor shed. It