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It was worn by Irene Worth in the Royal Shakespeare Company's production of Edward Albee's play <i>Tiny Alice</i> staged at the Aldwych Theatre, London, in 1970. \r\n\r\nThe coat forms part of the Cecil Beaton Collection.This Collection was brought together by the society photographer Sir Cecil Beaton (1904-1980). With great energy and determination, Beaton contacted the well-dressed elite of Europe and North America to help create this lasting monument to the art of dress. The Collection was exhibited in 1971, accompanied by a catalogue that detailed its enormous range.","physicalDescription":"This circular coat of vibrant yellow screen-printed felt falls from a high yoke and has a collar of inverted top stitched scallops decorated with beaded streamers.  The large sleeves are elasticated at the wrists.  The coat was originally worn over a screen-printed chiffon hooded dress in matching colours. The hem of the coat is screen-printed with Zandra Rhodes' Diamonds and Roses print, while the upper part is printed with Knitted Circle.\r\n\r\nYellow patent shoes by Charles Jourdan, worn with above coat. 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A picture of the coat being modelled by Natalie Wood in a Gianni Penati photograph for Vogue, 1969, appears on page 31\r\n\r\nReference:\r\nRhodes, Zandra and Knight, Anne, <i>The Art Of Zandra Rhodes</i>, London, 1984\r\n\r\nThe coat forms part of the Cecil Beaton Collection.With great energy and determination the late Sir Cecil Beaton contacted the well-dressed elite of Europe and America to bring this lasting monument to the art of dress. The collection was exhibited in 1971, accompanied by a catalogue which detailed its enormous range (catalogue number 207, page 40)..","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Coat of yellow screen printed felt by Zandra Rhodes, 1969, English\r\nYellow patent leather shoes, 1969, French; Jourdan, Charles for Zandra Rhodes\r\nColoured beads threaded on red and yellow silk ribbons, to be worn as hair ribbons","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"<i>Fashion : An Anthology by Cecil Beaton</i>. 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