Pieces from Australia’s largest private fashion collection will be featured in Bowral later this year.
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Dirty Janes Bowral will be hosting a curated selection of vintage dresses of The Charlotte Smith Fashion Collection, including designs by Chanel, Dior, Oscar de la Renta, Gucci and more.
The colection was started by Ms Smith’s godmother, Doris Darnell, who from the 1930s began collecting items of clothing worn by wealthy friends and acquaintances.
The collection was inherited by Ms Smith in 2004 and in the years since has expanded to around 8,000 collector's gowns from a variety of globally-renowned labels.
The exhibition will run from Saturday, October 27 to Sunday, November 4. Entry into the exhibition will be via donation, will all proceeds going to the Catherine Hamlin Fistula Foundation.
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