{"meta":{"version":"2.1","_links":{"self":{"href":"https://api.vam.ac.uk/v2/object/O148359"},"collection_page":{"href":"https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O148359/"}},"images":{"_primary_thumbnail":"https://framemark.vam.ac.uk/collections/2008BT4455/full/!100,100/0/default.jpg","_iiif_image":"https://framemark.vam.ac.uk/collections/2008BT4455/","_alt_iiif_image":[],"imageResolution":"high","_images_meta":[{"assetRef":"2008BT4455","copyright":"©Victoria and Albert Museum, London/Diane Meyersohn","sensitiveImage":false}]},"see_also":{"_iiif_pres":"https://iiif.vam.ac.uk/collections/O148359/manifest.json","_alt_iiif_pres":[]}},"record":{"systemNumber":"O148359","accessionNumber":"MISC.23&A-1988","objectType":"Ensemble","titles":[{"title":"The Dispo Kid","type":"series title"}],"summaryDescription":"","physicalDescription":"Round-necked sleeveless flared shift dress of vilene printed with a design of lions and hearts in pink, blue, and orange-red on a bright lemon ground. The armholes are bound with lemon bias binding. The matching triangular headscarf is bound with lemon bias binding, extending into tie-strings along the front edge. ","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Meyersohn, Diane","id":"A21674"},"association":{"text":"designer","id":"x36960"},"note":""},{"name":{"text":"Silverstein, Joanne","id":"AUTH344499"},"association":{"text":"designer","id":"x36960"},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[{"name":{"text":"Dispo (Meyersohn & Silverstein Ltd)","id":"A17312"},"association":{"text":"manufacturer","id":"x33306"},"note":""}],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"vilene","id":"x36468"},{"text":"nylon","id":"AAT14462"}],"techniques":[{"text":"machine sewing","id":"AAT257463"},{"text":"printing","id":"AAT53319"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Bonded cellulose fibre with printed design, nylon","categories":[{"text":"Paper clothing and textiles","id":"THES394433"},{"text":"Children's clothes","id":"THES48979"},{"text":"Europeana Fashion Project","id":"THES265804"},{"text":"Fashion","id":"THES48957"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"YVA","id":"THES48593"},"images":["2008BT4455"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"CA002","id":"THES388382"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""},{"current":{"text":"003","id":"THES324707"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"dress","id":"AAT46159"}],[{"text":"headscarf","id":"AAT256716"}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"No","note":""},{"apprise":"","note":""},{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"London","id":"x28980"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1967","earliest":"1967-01-01","latest":"1967-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"Given by the designer","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Length","value":"540","unit":"mm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Circumference","value":"330","unit":"mm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"Bust","note":""},{"dimension":"Depth","value":"500","unit":"mm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"Skirt","note":""},{"dimension":"Circumference","value":"500","unit":"mm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"Hem","note":""},{"dimension":"Diameter","value":"515","unit":"mm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"skirt","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"Measured flat with estimate of depth of dress if on mannequin. If using head scarf will need a head! Head scarf measures 330 across top of triangle and 208 from top edge  to point of triangle.","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"Given by Diane Meyersohn [86/2141A] as part of a collection of similar items. The dresses were designed by the donor, made up in Brick Lane, and marketed by her under the label 'The Dispo Kid' from premises in Riding House Street, London. Meyersohn felt that, although sold worldwide, the children's range was not as successful as it might have been: the vilene used to make them is inflammable, and major stores refused to sell the garments because of this.\r\n\r\nOn entry to the museum the condition was noted as 'good'","historicalContext":"The designer felt that, although sold worldwide, the children's range was not as successful as it might have been: the vilene is inflammable, and major stores such as Tesco refuse to handle the garments because of this.","briefDescription":"Dress and headscarf, Diane Meyersohn, London, 1967","bibliographicReferences":[],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"Mass produced","id":"THES48863"},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[{"text":"lions","id":"x30150"},{"text":"hearts","id":"AAT9874"}],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[{"text":"6. CHILD'S DRESS AND SCARF\r\nDesigned by Diane Meyersohn (British) and sold by her\r\nunder the label 'The Dispo Kid', London, Great Britain,\r\n1967\r\nBonded fibre 'paper', printed\r\nGiven by the designer\r\nMisc.23-1988\r\n\r\nDiane Meyersohn designed adult 'paper' clothes also.\r\nThe garments were made up in Brick Lane, London and\r\nsold world-wide. The children's range was less successful\r\nthan the adult range because major stores such as Tesco\r\nrefused to handle it on the grounds that the material was\r\ninflammable.","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null}},{"text":"<b>Paper dresses </b>\n\r\nWhen they were sold, these dresses (above) were described as paper dresses, to be worn once and disposed of. But they are actually made of a polypropylene textile. This is made up of plastic threads and won’t biodegrade, unlike real paper. \n\r\nIn the late 1960s, fashion designers experimented with new lots of new materials without much thought for the environment. \n\r\nDesigner: Diane Meyersohn for Dispo \r\nDate: 1967 \r\nLocation: UK \r\nMaterials: Vilene \r\nGiven by Diane Meyersohn \r\nMuseum nos. MISC.21, 22, 23-1988 \n\r\n[Young V&amp;A, Design Gallery, Design makes things last longer, long object label]","date":{"text":"01/07/2023","earliest":"2023-07-01","latest":"2023-07-01"}}],"partNumbers":["MISC.23-1988","MISC.23A-1988"],"accessionNumberNum":"23","accessionNumberPrefix":"MISC","accessionYear":1988,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE","Girl's headscarf","Girl's \"paper\" dress"],"assets":[],"recordModificationDate":"2025-11-21","recordCreationDate":"2008-03-27","availableToBook":false}}