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It was made \"to be less wasteful, and have plenty of small collars for the dresses\"\r\n\r\nThis particular dress is a version of Butterfly No 108/cat no 77/9 as depicted in Rhodes' autobiography (1984)\r\n\r\n- Daniel Milford-Cottam\r\n\r\nReference:\r\nRhodes, Zandra and Knight, Anne, <i>The Art Of Zandra Rhodes</i>, London, 1984","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Evening dress of printed silk chiffon with sash of satin, 'Mexican Dinner Plate', designed by Zandra Rhodes, London, 1978","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"Letter from Donald King to Zandra Rhodes, 24th November 1977, Requisition File, MA/1/R734.","free":"The dress was acquired for a display of recently acquired objects in 1978. 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