Crombie Camel Cashmere Mini-Dress
AssociatedAssociated with
Crombie
(Aberdeen, Scotland, founded 1805)
Object NameDress
MediumCashmere
ClassificationsFashion and Dress
DimensionsL: 86 x B: 94 x W: 92 cm
AcquisitionPresented in 2007.
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDMS076791
About MeThis very simple mini-dress with round-neck and 3/4 length sleeves is displayed with fashionable knee-high leather boots, a pretty georgette scarf and complementary red leather travelling bag designed by Schiaparelli. It is thought the dress was home-made and there is a label inside certifying the cloth was produced by Crombie in Aberdeen. It was quite common for Crombie labels to be provided with lengths of fabric.
Crombie was founded in Aberdeen, Scotland in 1805, making it one of Britain's oldest brands.Crombie began as a producer of luxury cloth, which it sold to cloth merchants and direct to London tailors. By the 1850s, Crombie had won quality awards from Queen Victoria and Napoleon III at the Great Exhibition in London and the Exposition Universelle in Paris respectively. Later, Crombie expanded from simply manufacturing the fabric for other producers, to creating coats under its own name. Crombie is most famous for its luxury coats - so much so that the word 'Crombie' is sometimes used by other companies to refer to their own coats produced in the style of Crombie's most famous three-quarter length (usually wool) overcoats.
1930-1939
early 20th Century
c.1966
late 19th Century
late 1980s
1970s
Late 1960s - Early 1970s
