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As Edna metamorphosed from a dowdy woman with hat and handbag to a glamorously spectacled gladioli-obsessed 'gigastar', 'squillionairess' and Dame, Humphries ensured that his outfits were as eye-catching and  flamboyant as his creation. He regularly worked with the designer Stephen Adnitt to create his witty and ingenious costumes, after they met at London Television in the late 1980s when Adnitt was working on the  programme <i>The Dame Edna Experience</i>. \r\n\r\nWith its design based on a gingham tablecloth and plate of cooked breakfast complete with cutlery, the Breakfast Dress is an excellent example of a witty costume thoughtfully created to relate meaningfully to his audience - in this case the staff at the baked beans' factory that Edna was visiting for one episode of the BBC television programme <i>Dame Edna's Work Experience,</i> produced in 1996 by DLT Entertainment UK.","physicalDescription":"Costume designed by Stephen Adnitt.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Adnitt, Stephen","id":"AUTH318712"},"association":{"text":"Designed","id":"x40048"},"note":""},{"name":{"text":"Murray, Dominic","id":"AUTH343450"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"AAT251917"},"note":"Dominic Murray made the plate at the hem of the dress"},{"name":{"text":"Sandberg, Mathilde","id":"A14219"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"AAT251917"},"note":"Mathilde Sandberg created the 'tablecloth' fabric out of which the dress was made"},{"name":{"text":"Willis, Sally","id":"AUTH343451"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"AAT251917"},"note":"Sally Willis made the dress"}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[{"name":{"text":"Megastar Productions Ltd","id":"AUTH318687"},"association":{"text":"","id":""},"note":""}],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"thread","id":"AAT14250"},{"text":"metal","id":"AAT10900"},{"text":"polyester crêpe","id":"x44343"},{"text":"plastic","id":"AAT14570"},{"text":"polyurethane","id":"AAT14495"},{"text":"PVC","id":"AAT14513"},{"text":"dye","id":"AAT13029"},{"text":"paint","id":"AAT15029"},{"text":"","id":""}],"techniques":[],"materialsAndTechniques":"Polyester crêpe, dip-dyed and decorated with plastic, polyurethane foam and PVC simulations of food and cutlery","categories":[{"text":"Entertainment & Leisure","id":"THES48959"},{"text":"Theatre costume","id":"THES268477"},{"text":"Theatre","id":"THES250537"},{"text":"Television","id":"THES269530"},{"text":"Cross-dressing","id":"THES274899"},{"text":"Secrets of the Museum","id":"THES290200"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"T&P","id":"THES48602"},"images":["2009BY1340","2009BY1374","2009BY1403"],"imageResolution":"low","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"55","id":"THES49760"},"free":"","case":"CA3","shelf":"5","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"dress","id":"AAT46159"}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"London","id":"x28980"},"association":{"text":"","id":""},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1997","earliest":"1997-01-01","latest":"1997-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[{"object":{"text":"S.155-2017","id":"O1378012"},"association":"Ensemble"},{"object":{"text":"S.161-2017","id":"O1378339"},"association":"Design"}],"creditLine":"Given by Barry Humphries","dimensions":[],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"The Breakfast Dress was worn by the performer Barry Humphries appearing as Dame Edna Everage, a comedy character created by him.  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