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Desire Lines - the Fashionable Body 1790–1930


  • Narryna 103 Hampden Road Battery Point TAS 7004 Australia (map)
Desire Lines Exhibition

Returning Tuesday 26 February, closing Saturday 30 March

EMPIRE, HOURGLASS & ANDROGYNOUS…

Desire Lines explores how fashion emphasized different aspects of the female form – bust, hips and booty over the period 1790 -1930. The exhibition draws on Narryna’s nationally significant costume collection which includes the underwear that shaped the fashionable silhouette.